Inari · Finland

Kaunispää fell top

Fell top (438 m) just above Saariselkä with a road to the summit; open views in every direction, and it can rise above valley fog.

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Laponie 2019 (46344164765)
“Laponie 2019 (46344164765)” by Nicolas Buffler from Guilherand Granges, France, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (resized).

Why it works for the aurora

View
360° from the top; Saariselkä village lights below to the south.
Darkness
Mostly dark sky, grade 2 on a scale from 0 (darkest) to 5. Some light from a village, houses or a road nearby.
Aurora
Under the auroral oval: aurora can be overhead even on quiet nights.

Getting there

Distance
About 32 km by road from Inari (estimate), roughly 36 min by car.
Parking
at the top, by the café (winter access may be limited; check before you go).
Coordinates
68.4333, 27.4430 · Open in OpenStreetMap

Before you go

Exposed summit road: check the weather before driving up.

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 Finland before a night drive. See our winter safety note.

Spot information from inarisaariselka.fi.