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Norway Norway scenic viewpoint

Stegastein

You can see 30 km from here, looking north-west.

36Viewyas Score

Viewpoint

Calculating the panorama…

Drag to turn around. The relief is drawn 2.2 times taller so the ridges can be read; far ridges are paler, as in the real air.

The view

Up to 30 km away.

Calculated on the relief one degree at a time, up to 250 km, with the curvature of the Earth and the refraction of the air: what stands above the horizon from here.

36out of 100

Our own rating, from the relief and the climate only: open horizon (35 points), how far you see (25), sea and named peaks in view (20) and clear months (20).

  • 30 kmFarthest ridgelooking north-west
  • 88%Open horizonof the circle where the horizon is below your eyes
  • 669 mAltitudeabove the sea, at the highest point of the viewpoint

From the relief only: buildings, trees and haze are not in the model. On a hazy day you see much less; 250 km is the limit of our calculation.

The sun

The best sunsets are in February, from April to May and in September.

When the sun really disappears from this viewpoint — behind the relief or into the sea — and in which direction, on the 15th of each month, in local time.

  1. Jansouth194 min before the sea-level sunset18%
  2. Febsouth-west42 min before the sea-level sunset20%
  3. Marwest54 min before the sea-level sunset19%
  4. Aprwest60 min before the sea-level sunset21%
  5. Maynorth-west58 min before the sea-level sunset20%
  6. Junnorth-west28 min before the sea-level sunset19%
  7. Julnorth-west26 min before the sea-level sunset19%
  8. Augwest56 min before the sea-level sunset18%
  9. Sepwest56 min before the sea-level sunset20%
  10. Octsouth-west38 min before the sea-level sunset19%
  11. Novsouth-west38 min before the sea-level sunset18%
  12. Decsouth162 min before the sea-level sunset20%
  • Time: when the sun goes behind the horizon you see from here.
  • Minutes: how much earlier the relief hides the sun.
  • %: share of clear sky that month (NASA, 2001–2020).

The highlighted months are the clearest. Golden hour starts about an hour before.

The place

Stegastein.

Scenic viewpoint in Norway

Stegastein is a scenic viewpoint in Norway, 669 m above the sea.

On a clear day the farthest ridge you can see is 30 km away, looking north-west.

The horizon is open, below your eyes, over 88% of the circle.

The skies are clearest in February, from April to May and in September.

Stegastein viewpoint - panoramio (1)
TomasEE · CC BY 3.0

Get there and stay

Plan the visit

A guided tour, a bed nearby, a car.

Tours, cable cars and tickets for StegasteinGetYourGuideSee prices Stays with a view near StegasteinBooking.comSee prices Car hire at BGO airport (Bergen)Discover CarsSee prices 

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From above

The viewpoint and its surroundings.

The satellite image of the 6 × 6 km around the viewpoint, with what OpenStreetMap shows nearby.

Stegastein seen from above (Sentinel-2)
Seen from above: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 (EOX, CC BY 4.0), 6 × 6 km, north up. Points © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Around, in OpenStreetMap

  • 8other viewpoints within 5 kmStegastein, Prest, Ås and 5 more
  • 1named peaks within 5 kmPrest
  • 2shelters and huts within 5 kmTurken, Dagsturhytta
  • 26car parks within 3 km
  • 2restaurants and cafés within 3 km
  • 4campsites within 10 kmLunde Camping, Skaim Hytter, Undredal Camping and 1 more
  • 13places to stay within 10 kmBjorgo Gard, Winjum Hyter, Hotel Aurlandsfjord and 10 more
  • cable car and funicular stations within 5 km
  • marked trails within 3 km
  • visitor centres within 5 km

Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.

In our other atlases

What you see from Stegastein, and what is near.

Everything around this viewpoint — mountains, water, forests, birds, caves and the night sky — in the family's atlases.

Peakyas933 mountains within 25 km
Stiganosi1,762 m · 11 kmTarven1,704 m · 15 kmNorddalshøgdi1,600 m · 17 kmStorskavlen1,729 m · 19 kmHånosi1,837 m · 22 kmHåstarren1,721 m · 23 kmDyranosi1,693 m · 23 kmAlvsnosi1,708 m · 24 km
Lakeyas8 lakes within 15 km
Vassbygdevatnet1.7 km² · 5.6 kmHornsvatnet0.3 km² · 9.5 kmSkammadalsvatnet0.3 km² · 13 kmNorddalsvatnet1.1 km² · 13 kmTissedalsvatnet0.7 km² · 13 kmLangavatnet0.4 km² · 14 kmViddalsdammen3.9 km² · 14 kmVetlemelevatnet0.2 km² · 15 km
Cascadyas18 waterfalls within 15 km
Fossadrevet · 1.0 kmHagafossen · 1.3 kmVoldefossen · 3.4 kmRjoandefossen · 11 kmEitrefossen · 11 kmTunshellefossen · 14 kmTunnshello · 14 kmLægdafossen · 14 km

Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap, GBIF). Links open when each site is online.

Photographs

The view, as people saw it.

Stegastein viewpoint showing Aurlandsfjord
Netha Hussain · CC BY-SA 4.0
Stegastein viewpoint (17413960063)
Markus Trienke · CC BY-SA 2.0
Stegastein viewpoint - panoramio
TomasEE · CC BY 3.0

Other viewpoints nearby.

Stegastein

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  • 74Viewyas Score
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  • 343Peaks in view
  • 2,423 mAltitude

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Troll Wall

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  • 65Viewyas Score
  • 153 kmFarthest ridge
  • 61Peaks in view
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Utsikten

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  • 26Viewyas Score
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  • —Peaks in view
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Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q628686) · CC0
SunJ. Meeus, Astronomical Algorithms
Peaks in viewPeakyas (Wikidata, CC0)
Panorama and altitudeCopernicus DEM GLO-90 / GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA
CloudsNASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2)
What is around© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
ImagesEOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons
Sister atlasesPeakyas, Lakeyas, Cascadyas

Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.

The family

Do you prefer beaches, lakes, mountains, waterfalls, islands, rivers, canyons, caves, dark skies, viewpoints, birdwatching or forests?

Same idea, other landscapes: field atlases built on open data, in seven languages.

beachesCoastyaFind your beach: sea temperature, sun and swimming month by month.Visit lakesLakeyasEvery lake on Earth: water temperature, ice, depth and the shore.Visit mountainsPeakyasEvery summit in 3D: summit weather, the 0 °C line, huts and trails.Visit waterfallsCascadyasEvery waterfall: height, flow month by month and when it roars.Visit islandsIslandyasEvery island from the sea up: size, sea temperature, ferries and 3D.Visit riversRiveryasEvery river from source to sea: the journey, the flow and the basin in numbers.Visit canyonsCanyonyasEvery canyon cut to scale: depth to the floor, rim and floor temperatures, trails and viewpoints.Visit cavesCavernyasEvery cave with its real depth and length: the rock above, the temperature inside all year, and how to visit.Visit dark skiesDarkskyasWhere the night is still dark: the sky of every place, the Milky Way month by month, the Moon, eclipses and auroras.Visit
viewpointsViewyasEvery viewpoint with its real 360° panorama: the peaks you can name, how far you see and where the sun sets.You are here
birdwatchingBirdyasEvery bird sanctuary and wetland with the species recorded month by month: who is resident, who comes for the summer, who only passes through.Visit forestsForestyasEvery forest with its land-cover rings, what grows and lives in it, and the best months to walk it.Visit