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Høgeloft

Høgeloft, seen from above at true elevation

Høgeloft rises to 1,920 m. Store Jukleeggi stands 1,834 m to the southwest, 1.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Knipenborg, a peak 1.2 miles away. Valdresflye passes 26 miles off.

The story

Høgeloft is a mountain on the border between Lærdal Municipality (in Vestland county) and Hemsedal Municipality (in Buskerud county), Norway. At 1,920 metres (6,300 ft) above sea level, it is the highest mountain in the Filefjell mountain range. Høgeloft is one of the mountains in the Hemsedal Top 20 group. Høgeloft is located about 22 kilometres (14 mi) east of the village of Borgund in Lærdal Municipality, not far from the European route E16 highway and the old Filefjell Kongevegen road. The lake Juklevatnet lies at the southern base of the mountain and the lake Eldrevatnet lies 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) to the southwest of the mountain.

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Wikidata Q4567626, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1920 m

How to reach it

Coordinates61.05389, 8.21442

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Knipenborg: 1.2 mi
  • Store Jukleeggi: 1.3 mi
  • Vesle Jukleeggi: 3.1 mi
  • Storeknippa: 3.6 mi
  • Buaknuppen: 4.1 mi
Cliffs
  • Oddedalsberget: 6.3 mi
  • Kristenskøridn: 6.8 mi
  • Endeknabben: 7.6 mi
  • Vetle Honingberget: 7.7 mi
  • Nilsegjerdbergi: 8.4 mi
Waterfalls: 39
  • Bekkefossen: 8.1 mi
  • Bergstølfossen: 8.5 mi
  • Eltunsføssen: 9.8 mi
  • Sprangfossen: 12.8 mi
  • Fossane: 13.0 mi
Beaches: 9
  • Juklevasstrandi: 1.8 mi
  • Brusestølstrondi: 9.5 mi
  • Kløvningadn: 12.3 mi
  • Sanden: 12.8 mi
  • Pålssanden: 16.2 mi
Museums: 6
Historic sites: 6
  • Stiftsstøtta: 8.7 mi
  • Putnaklanten: 11.3 mi
  • Kvernhusa ved Leine: 12.8 mi
  • Vangsteinen: 13.0 mi
  • Myrestein: 13.5 mi
Artworks: 5
Attractions: 3
Springs: 1
  • Vasstrone: 18.1 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.7 miles of Høgeloft. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Store JukleeggiSW 236°1,834 m1.3 mi
StorebotteggeESE 104°1,824 m7.7 mi
BleiaWNW 291°1,821 m4.7 mi
RaudbergnutenSSW 208°1,819 m12.5 mi
SuletindenNNW 328°1,780 m5.6 mi
RankonøseE 94°1,771 m9.9 mi
HestebottnutenSSW 195°1,746 m13.0 mi
KnipenborgNNW 347°1,740 m1.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:3017:4418:41
June solstice03:5121:4323:09
September equinox07:1118:3419:31
December solstice09:41—15:11

Local time (Europe/Oslo).

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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OpenStreetMap element node/11455115164

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