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Northern lights in Hemavan
7 viewing spots around Hemavan, chosen for a dark sky and an open view. For each one: how dark it is, which way it looks, where to park and how to get there. Near the edge of the auroral oval: aurora on most active nights, low in the northern sky on quiet ones.
- Viewing spots
- 7
- Dark or very dark
- 5
- Magnetic latitude
- 63.4°
- Clearest dark month
- March 21 % of hours clear or partly clear
Which of these spots is clear tonight, and when? Aurora Atlas scores every spot hour by hour from the cloud forecast, darkness, the moon and live aurora activity, with live camera stills and road notices.
See tonight's live scores for Hemavan in Aurora AtlasViewing spots
- Kungsleden trailhead, Hemavan Southern end of the Kungsleden trail at Hemavan; a short walk up the trail takes you onto open fell above the village…
- Laisaliden, start of Drottningleden Start of the Drottningleden trail between Tärnaby and Hemavan, right at the tree line with a wide view west towards…
- Lake Gäutan shore, Tärnaby Lakeshore in Tärnaby, the larger of the two villages; the lake gives an open horizon a few steps from the road.
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Ammarnäs, Vindelfjällen
Remote mountain village in the Vindelfjällen reserve, 90 km up the valley from Sorsele; very dark, with open views…
- Rastplats Gränsen · E12 at the Norwegian border Rest area with toilets on the E12 a few metres from the Norwegian border, above the treeline: the darkest, most open…
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Tjulträsk car park · Ammarnäs
Public car park at the end of the road west of Ammarnäs, start of the Kungsleden section into Vindelfjällen.
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Road 363 rest area · Nabbnäs, Ammarnäs
Rest area with toilets on the road into Ammarnäs, by the Långflytje wetland delta.
Drive times are estimates from Hemavan by straight-line distance, as the app estimates them before it knows your route; ferries and winter closures are not counted.
Good to know in Hemavan
- Check the mountain webcams first Hemavan’s webcams look out from the top station and the upper slopes. If the top is in cloud, try the valley or drive towards Ammarnäs. Source
- Get to the tree line Around Hemavan and Tärnaby the birch forest ends low. Trails such as Drottningleden start right at the tree line, where the whole sky opens up. Source