Inari · Finland
Utsjoki church and church cottages
Public car park at the 1850s Utsjoki church and its old church cottages (a protected museum site) on a fell lake, south of the village.
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Why it works for the aurora
- View
- Open over Lake Mantojärvi; fells around the lake keep the lowest sky partly hidden..
- 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 170 km by road from Inari (estimate), roughly 3 h 15 by car.
- Parking
- Free asphalt car park; a second car park is next to it.
- Coordinates
- 69.8630, 27.0078 · Open in OpenStreetMap
Before you go
Respect the church and museum buildings; stay on cleared ground.
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.