Finland observation tower
Vesilinna
You can see 37 km from here, looking south.
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 37 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.
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).
- 37 kmFarthest ridgelooking south
- 100%Open horizonof the circle where the horizon is below your eyes
- 1Peaks in viewnamed summits that rise above the relief in front
- 146 mAltitudeabove the sea, at the highest point of the viewpoint
The 1 peaks you can name from here
From west to east as you turn around: height, distance and direction. Each one links to its guide on Peakyas, our mountain atlas.
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 May to August.
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.
- Jansouth-west18 min before the sea-level sunset18%
- Febsouth-west16 min before the sea-level sunset22%
- Marwest12 min before the sea-level sunset30%
- Aprwest12 min before the sea-level sunset30%
- Maynorth-west12 min before the sea-level sunset33%
- Junnorth-west16 min before the sea-level sunset31%
- Julnorth-west16 min before the sea-level sunset31%
- Augnorth-west16 min before the sea-level sunset33%
- Sepwest12 min before the sea-level sunset29%
- Octwest14 min before the sea-level sunset18%
- Novsouth-west18 min before the sea-level sunset12%
- Decsouth-west26 min before the sea-level sunset15%
- 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
Vesilinna.
Water tower in Jyväskylä, Finland
Vesilinna is an observation tower in Finland, 146 m above the sea.
On a clear day the farthest ridge you can see is 37 km away, looking south.
1 named peaks rise above the relief in front; the most prominent is Kanavuori (198 m), 8 km away.
The horizon is open, below your eyes, over 100% of the circle.
The skies are clearest from May to August.
Get there and stay
- Going upCheck the opening hours before you go: towers and decks close in bad weather.
- Laajis Urban Caravancampsite · 2.6 km · 7 within 10 km
- Kesähotelli Harjuplace to stay · 0.4 km · 18 within 10 km
- Jyväskylänearest town · 1.0 km in a straight linePlaces to stay in JyväskyläBooking.com · sponsored link↗
- Jyväskylä Airport (JYV)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 18 km in a straight lineCar hire at TMP airport (Tampere / Pirkkala)Discover Cars · sponsored link↗
Plan the visit
A guided tour, a bed nearby, a car.
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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.
Around, in OpenStreetMap
- 21other viewpoints within 5 kmHarjun ulkoilupuisto, Äijälänsalmen vanha silta, Eerolanpuron kosteikko and 18 more
- 37named peaks within 5 kmPysäkkivuori, Aittovuori, Jyskänvuori and 34 more
- 17cable car and funicular stations within 5 km
- 9marked trails within 3 kmMaakuntaura, Luontopolku, Aittovuoren luontopolku and 6 more
- 67shelters and huts within 5 kmLaavu, Kalasaari, Hiihtomaan kota and 64 more
- 1,126car parks within 3 km
- 1visitor centres within 5 kmJyväskylä Tourist Information
- 136restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 7campsites within 10 kmLaajis Urban Caravan and 6 more
- 18places to stay within 10 kmKesähotelli Harju, Verso, Forenom Hostel Jyväskylä and 15 more
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 Vesilinna, and what is near.
Everything around this viewpoint — mountains, water, forests, birds, caves and the night sky — in the family's atlases.
Peakyas8 mountains within 25 km
Lakeyas20 lakes within 15 km
Forestyas1 forests and trees within 15 km
Darkskyas2 dark-sky places within 30 kmFigures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap, GBIF). Links open when each site is online.
Photographs
The view, as people saw it.
Other viewpoints nearby.
Vesilinna
Finland
- 48Viewyas Score
- 37 kmFarthest ridge
- 1Peaks in view
- 146 mAltitude
Saraakallio
Finland · 24 km
- 40Viewyas Score
- 23 kmFarthest ridge
- —Peaks in view
- 108 mAltitude
Puijo tower
Finland · 123 km
- 56Viewyas Score
- 73 kmFarthest ridge
- 3Peaks in view
- 233 mAltitude
Pyynikki observation tower
Finland · 134 km
- 52Viewyas Score
- 54 kmFarthest ridge
- 2Peaks in view
- 153 mAltitude
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q15304480) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Sun | J. Meeus, Astronomical Algorithms |
| Peaks in view | Peakyas (Wikidata, CC0) |
| Panorama and altitude | Copernicus DEM GLO-90 / GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Clouds | NASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2) |
| What is around | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Sister atlases | Peakyas, Lakeyas, Forestyas, Darkskyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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