Levi · Finland
Pallaslompolo car park · Pallas
Small public car park with a viewpoint over Pallaslompolo, on the way into the Pallas fells: darker than the visitor centre.
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Why it works for the aurora
- View
- North over the small Pallaslompolo lake and fen; the Pallas fells rise to the west..
- 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 42 km by road from Levi (estimate), roughly 48 min by car.
- Parking
- Free car park; room for about 8 cars; unpaved surface.
- Coordinates
- 68.0016, 24.1946 · Open in OpenStreetMap
Before you go
Remote: tell someone your plan; mobile coverage may be patchy.
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.