Kilpisjärvi · Finland
Malla and Saana car park
Free Metsähallitus car park (26 spaces) at the start of the Malla Strict Nature Reserve and Saana trails, on the treeline between the two fells: a legal place to stop with lake and fells around you.
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Why it works for the aurora
- View
- Over the north end of Lake Kilpisjärvi; Saana to the east, Malla to the west; open along the valley north towards the Norwegian border..
- 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 2 km by road from Kilpisjärvi (estimate), roughly 3 min by car.
- Parking
- Free asphalt car park, 26 spaces.
- Coordinates
- 69.0600, 20.7717 · Open in OpenStreetMap
Before you go
A snowmobile route crosses next to the car park: stay clear of it.
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.