Skip to content
Byway
JoinOpen app
Waterfall · Iceland

Skútafoss

Skútafoss, a waterfall in Iceland
Skútafoss, a waterfall in IcelandEric Kilby · CC BY-SA 2.0
Skútafoss, a waterfall in Iceland
Jakub Hałun · CC BY 4.0
Skútafoss, a waterfall in Iceland
Eric Kilby · CC BY-SA 2.0
Skútafoss, a waterfall in Iceland
Eric Kilby · CC BY-SA 2.0
Skútafoss, a waterfall in Iceland
Eric Kilby · CC BY-SA 2.0

More photographs at the Wikimedia Commons category.

Skútafoss is a waterfall, at a modelled elevation of 123 m. Jökulgilstindar stands 1,337 m to the north, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Innstifoss, a waterfall 0.3 miles away. Ring Road passes 0.6 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Step-free access
No
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates64.34227, -14.94748

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Þorgeirsstaðatindur: 0.8 mi
  • Skálatindur: 1.0 mi
  • Kleifatindur: 1.2 mi
  • Hrafnagilstindur: 1.4 mi
  • Skeggtindar: 2.0 mi
Waterfalls: 7
Artworks: 2
  • Red chair: 0.6 mi
  • Akurey SF 52: 10.1 mi
Attractions: 2
  • Godland movie set: 5.4 mi
  • Tröllakrókar: 18.5 mi
Historic sites: 2
Museums: 1
  • Svavarssafn - Listasafn: 10.0 mi
Nature reserves: 1
  • Ósland: 10.4 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.3 miles of Skútafoss. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
JökulgilstindarN1,337 m11.9 mi
AfréttatindurN1,212 m11.8 mi
MeingilstindurN1,130 m11.3 mi
ReifstindurNW1,046 m10.4 mi
LambatungnafjallW1,023 m3.4 mi
SeltindurWNW998 m8.8 mi
NjörvafellstindurNW990 m11.5 mi
SvartagilsheiðiNNE930 m11.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0218:1019:14
June solstice02:2321:4123:42
September equinox06:4318:0119:04
December solstice10:58—14:59

Local time (Atlantic/Reykjavik).

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/4421797620

More waterfalls in Iceland

Drive to it

Byway plans a real route around stops like this one.

Plan a driveMore waterfalls
Private beta · Free to join

Take the scenic way to Skútafoss.

Byway plans around your taste, mapped places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.

Private beta · Free to join · No card · Invite when a spot opens