Finland observation tower
Haukkavuori observation tower
You can see 49 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 49 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).
- 49 kmFarthest ridgelooking south
- 100%Open horizonof the circle where the horizon is below your eyes
- 21%Seaof the circle where the horizon is the sea
- 25 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 May and from July 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-west8 min before the sea-level sunset17%
- Febsouth-west6 min before the sea-level sunset20%
- Marwest6 min before the sea-level sunset28%
- Aprwest6 min before the sea-level sunset31%
- Maynorth-west8 min before the sea-level sunset38%
- Junnorth-west12 min before the sea-level sunset34%
- Julnorth-west8 min before the sea-level sunset36%
- Augnorth-west8 min before the sea-level sunset36%
- Sepwest6 min before the sea-level sunset32%
- Octwest6 min before the sea-level sunset20%
- Novsouth-west8 min before the sea-level sunset13%
- Decsouth-west10 min before the sea-level sunset14%
- 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
Haukkavuori observation tower.
Observation tower in Kotka, Finland
Haukkavuori observation tower is an observation tower in Finland, 25 m above the sea.
On a clear day the farthest ridge you can see is 49 km away, looking south.
The sea fills 21% of the horizon.
The horizon is open, below your eyes, over 100% of the circle.
The skies are clearest in May and from July to August.
Get there and stay
- Going upCheck the opening hours before you go: towers and decks close in bad weather.
- Santalahti campingcampsite · 4.4 km · 2 within 10 km
- Original Sokos Hotel Seurahuone Kotkaplace to stay · 0.9 km · 55 within 10 km
- Kotkanearest town · 1.2 km in a straight linePlaces to stay in KotkaBooking.com · sponsored link↗
- Lappeenranta Airport (LPP)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 93 km in a straight lineCar hire at LPP airport (Lappeenranta)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
- 10other viewpoints within 5 kmRäskin lintutorni, Haukkavuoren näkötorni and 8 more
- 13shelters and huts within 5 kmABC automaatti and 12 more
- 114car parks within 3 km
- 1visitor centres within 5 kmPalvelupiste Ruori
- 39restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 2campsites within 10 kmSantalahti camping, Leirikeskus Luovi
- 55places to stay within 10 kmOriginal Sokos Hotel Seurahuone Kotka, Hotelli Merikotka, Gasthaus Vanha-Merivartioasema and 52 more
- named peaks within 5 km
- cable car and funicular stations within 5 km
- marked trails within 3 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 Haukkavuori observation tower, 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
Islandyasthe island
Coastya47 beaches within 10 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.
Haukkavuori observation tower
Finland
- 59Viewyas Score
- 49 kmFarthest ridge
- —Peaks in view
- 25 mAltitude
SkyWheel Helsinki
Finland · 113 km
- 67Viewyas Score
- 36 kmFarthest ridge
- 11Peaks in view
- 6 mAltitude
Viewpoint Maahisenkierros
Finland · 131 km
- 54Viewyas Score
- 32 kmFarthest ridge
- 8Peaks in view
- 96 mAltitude
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q3561206) · 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, Islandyas, Coastya, Birdyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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