Akureyri · Iceland
Dimmuborgir car park · Mývatn
Free public car park at Dimmuborgir lava field, named by Visit North Iceland in its Mývatn aurora entry.
See tonight's live score and best time to go for Dimmuborgir car park in Aurora Atlas
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Why it works for the aurora
- View
- North over the lava towers to Hverfjall crater and the lake; low and open..
- Darkness
- Dark sky, grade 1 on a scale from 0 (darkest) to 5. Little artificial light; a good place for faint aurora and the Milky Way.
- Aurora
- Under the auroral oval: aurora can be overhead even on quiet nights.
Getting there
- Distance
- About 69 km by road from Akureyri (estimate), roughly 1 h 19 by car.
- Parking
- Free car park.
- Coordinates
- 65.5916, -16.9127 · Open in OpenStreetMap
Before you go
Lava paths are uneven and icy; stay at the car park or on marked paths.
Dress for standing still in the cold, bring a head torch with a red light, and park only where parking is allowed. A forecast is guidance, not a promise: check the road and weather warnings for Iceland before a night drive. See our winter safety note.
Spot information from openstreetmap.org.