Norway
Northern lights in Karasjok
10 viewing spots around Karasjok, 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. Under the auroral oval: aurora can be overhead even on quiet nights.
- Viewing spots
- 10
- Dark or very dark
- 8
- Magnetic latitude
- 66.8°
- Clearest dark month
- March 29 % 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 road notices.
See tonight's live scores for Karasjok in Aurora AtlasViewing spots
- Karasjok · riverside Riverside at the edge of Karasjok, the seat of the Sámi Parliament; a few minutes from the centre you have forest…
- E6 north of Karasjok · plateau Open plateau stretch of the E6 between Karasjok and Lakselv, with almost no lights in any direction.
- Rv92 west of Karasjok · plateau The road towards Kautokeino climbs onto the open Finnmark plateau within a short drive of Karasjok; dark in every…
- Doaresjávri rest area · E6 Main rest area with toilets on the E6 across the Finnmark plateau (Finnmarksvidda), Norway's driest region at 360–400…
- Ássebákti rest area · Rv92 Rest area by the Ássebákti cultural-heritage trail on the Rv92 west of Karasjok, in pine forest by the river: a quiet…
- Liidnebeachanguolbba rest area · Rv92 Main rest area for 15 cars on the flat pine heath of the Rv92 between Karasjok and Kautokeino, in the heart of the dry…
- Oalgevárri rest area · E6 north of Karasjok Rest area on the E6 just north of Karasjok, the closest dark stop with a northern view for people staying in the…
- Jeambealesvárri rest area · road to Finland Rest area with a viewpoint on the road from Karasjok to the Finnish border.
- Rivdnjesvađđa car park · E6 plateau Car park on the E6 across the Finnmark plateau between Karasjok and Lakselv.
- Roddenes rest area · Porsangerfjorden Rest area with toilets and a nature trail on Østre Porsangerveien (Fv98) on the east shore of the Porsangerfjord…
Drive times are estimates from Karasjok 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 Karasjok
- The driest, coldest skies in Norway The Finnmark plateau is the driest part of Norway, with only 360–400 mm of precipitation a year and cold, stable winter weather, so clear nights are more common than on the coast. The aurora is visible from early September to the first weeks of April. Source
- Dress for deep cold Inland Finnmark gets far colder than the coast: on clear, calm nights, the best for aurora, temperatures can drop below −30 °C. Dress in layers, keep batteries warm, and join a guided tour if you are not used to that kind of cold. Source