Jokkmokk · Sweden
Dundret summit car park, Gällivare
Mountain just south of Gällivare that rises well above the tree line; Gällivare’s tourist pages name the car park by the top as an aurora spot.
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Why it works for the aurora
- View
- Bare summit plateau (≈820 m); Gällivare lights to the north.
- 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
- Near the edge of the auroral oval: aurora on most active nights, low in the northern sky on quiet ones.
Getting there
- Distance
- About 82 km by road from Jokkmokk (estimate), roughly 1 h 35 by car.
- Parking
- summit car park (the road is a ski track in winter).
- Coordinates
- 67.1150, 20.6000 · 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 Sweden before a night drive. See our winter safety note.
Spot information from gallivare.se.