Storsylen
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Storsylen rises to 1,762 m. Lillsylen stands 1,702 m to the north, 0.6 miles off. 81 named places lie within 25 miles, 57 of them named summits.
The story
Storsylen is a mountain in Tydal Municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. At 1,762 metres (5,781 ft), Storsylen is the highest mountain in the Sylan mountain range. The mountain summit lies less than 100 metres (330 ft) west of the national border with Sweden and about 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) east of the lake Nesjøen. To climb the mountain from the south, the route is characterized as scrambling, from the north it is an easy hike.
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Wikidata Q1370893, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,762 m
How to reach it
81 named places within 25 miles
- Lillsylen: 0.6 mi
- Storsola: 1.4 mi
- Nordsylen: 1.5 mi
- Bandaklumpen: 1.9 mi
- Stenfjellet: 3.6 mi
- Gravbakkfossen: 13.6 mi
- Storfossen: 14.7 mi
- Esfossen: 14.9 mi
- Småfossan: 16.3 mi
- Kvernfossen: 16.5 mi
- Henfallet naturreservat: 19.0 mi
- Djuptjønna naturreservat: 19.9 mi
- Kvennskora naturreservat: 21.5 mi
- Minnesmerke: 17.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Storsylen. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lillsylen | N 351° | 1,702 m | 0.6 mi |
| Nimmehtsgaejsie | SSW 212° | 1,529 m | 8.7 mi |
| Nordsylen | NW 314° | 1,520 m | 1.5 mi |
| Sørskardsfjellet | SSW 205° | 1,474 m | 9.6 mi |
| Nordskardsfjellet | SW 214° | 1,442 m | 9.4 mi |
| Fongen | WNW 302° | 1,441 m | 20.9 mi |
| Bandaklumpen | SW 233° | 1,426 m | 1.9 mi |
| Øfjellet | WNW 285° | 1,251 m | 12.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:14 | 17:24 | 18:25 |
| June solstice | 03:04 | 21:41 | 23:23 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:15 | 19:15 |
| December solstice | 09:49 | — | 14:31 |
Local time (Europe/Stockholm).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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