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Georgia Georgia canyon rim

Tsalka Canyon

You can see 29 km from here, looking south-west.

32Viewyas Score

Canyon rim

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 29 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.

32out 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).

  • 29 kmFarthest ridgelooking south-west
  • 78%Open horizonof the circle where the horizon is below your eyes
  • 1,335 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 from July to September and in November.

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. Jansouth-west100 min before the sea-level sunset32%
  2. Febsouth-west108 min before the sea-level sunset31%
  3. Marwest110 min before the sea-level sunset28%
  4. Aprwest110 min before the sea-level sunset28%
  5. Maywest118 min before the sea-level sunset30%
  6. Junwest124 min before the sea-level sunset35%
  7. Julwest122 min before the sea-level sunset37%
  8. Augwest112 min before the sea-level sunset41%
  9. Sepwest106 min before the sea-level sunset40%
  10. Octsouth-west106 min before the sea-level sunset37%
  11. Novsouth-west102 min before the sea-level sunset38%
  12. Decsouth-west96 min before the sea-level sunset36%
  • 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

Tsalka Canyon.

Canyon carved by the Khrami River in Tsalka Municipality, Georgia

Tsalka Canyon is a canyon rim in Georgia, 1,335 m above the sea.

On a clear day the farthest ridge you can see is 29 km away, looking south-west.

The horizon is open, below your eyes, over 78% of the circle.

The skies are clearest from July to September and in November.

Dashbashi 24
Paata vardanashvili · CC BY-SA 4.0

Get there and stay

Plan the visit

A guided tour, a bed nearby, a car.

Tours, cable cars and tickets for Tsalka CanyonGetYourGuideSee prices Stays with a view near Tsalka CanyonBooking.comSee prices Car hire at TBS airport (Tbilisi)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.

Tsalka Canyon 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

  • 7other viewpoints within 5 kmGorge View, Free Waterfall view and 5 more
  • 2shelters and huts within 5 km
  • 2car parks within 3 km
  • 3restaurants and cafés within 3 km
  • 8places to stay within 10 kmHotel Anri, Park Side Hotel, Tsalka hostel and 5 more
  • named peaks within 5 km
  • cable car and funicular stations within 5 km
  • marked trails within 3 km
  • visitor centres within 5 km
  • campsites within 10 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 Tsalka Canyon, and what is near.

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

Peakyas7 mountains within 25 km
Gora Bedeni · 7.3 kmYaylo1,951 m · 10 kmGora Bulak Dag · 11 kmKldekari2,040 m · 19 kmDalidaghi Mountain2,914 m · 24 kmArjevani2,757 m · 24 kmMount Lukuni1,899 m · 24 km
Lakeyas2 lakes within 15 km
Tsalka Reservoir22 km² · 7.4 kmBareti Lake0.7 km² · 9.2 km
Darkskyas1 dark-sky places within 30 km
Tsalka CanyonBortle 2 · this place
Canyonyas1 canyons within 20 km
Tsalka Canyon · this placeTsalka Canyon · 3.0 km
Riveryasthe river nearby
Khrami River201 km · 51 m³/s

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.

Dashbashi 11
Paata vardanashvili · CC BY-SA 4.0
Dashbashi Canyon Natural Monument, Georgia
Ani.Georgia · CC BY-SA 4.0
Dashbashi Canyon Natural Monument, Kvemo Kartli, Georgia
Ani.Georgia · CC BY-SA 4.0

Other viewpoints nearby.

Tsalka Canyon

Georgia

  • 32Viewyas Score
  • 29 kmFarthest ridge
  • —Peaks in view
  • 1,335 mAltitude

Mount Aragats

Armenia · 118 km

  • 77Viewyas Score
  • 249 kmFarthest ridge
  • 109Peaks in view
  • 4,052 mAltitude

See the guide

Mount Kazbek

Russia · 128 km

  • 77Viewyas Score
  • 249 kmFarthest ridge
  • 64Peaks in view
  • 4,991 mAltitude

See the guide

Azhdahak

Armenia · 166 km

  • 77Viewyas Score
  • 249 kmFarthest ridge
  • 119Peaks in view
  • 3,586 mAltitude

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q87094469) · 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, Darkskyas, Canyonyas, Riveryas

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