Inari · Finland
Mielikköjärvi fen bird tower · Veskoniemi
An 8 m bird tower at the forest edge looking over a large open fen and pond, a few hundred metres' walk from a signposted car park on the Veskoniemi road east of Ivalo; a wide, dark sky close to Ivalo airport and hotels.
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Why it works for the aurora
- View
- Over a large open sedge fen with a pond in front of the tower..
- 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 14 km by road from Inari (estimate), roughly 16 min by car.
- Parking
- Small car park on Veskoniementie, signposted path of a few hundred metres.
- Coordinates
- 68.7348, 27.7012 · Open in OpenStreetMap
Before you go
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 openstreetmap.org.