Location Atlas

The world's
93 watch points.

polar · azimuthal

Legend

Book watch point

dot size → success rate

Forecast watch point

ring size → how easily aurora reaches it

auroral oval · a quiet night

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Bortle scale

Astronomer John Bortle's light-pollution scale, built on 50+ years of observation: 1–2 is the darkest sky, 8–9 heavy city light. Dark areas in the north generally fall in the 3–5 band.

1 · dark9 · city

73 of 93 locations

Beyond the book —
each point's geomagnetic reach and the Kp it needs.

Southern Norway.

Kp for a glow

Kp 4

Kp overhead

Kp 6

Geomagnetic lat.

56.0°N

● oval edge

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Lyngenfjord · Beach

Norway · Troms

Kp 2 — 330%

Lyngenfjord · Lay-by

Norway · Troms

Kp 2 — 330%

Buøya

Norway · Moskenesøya

Kp 210%

Bergsbotn platform

Norway · Senja, Troms

Kp 2 — 325%

Straumsnes jetty

Norway · Senja, Troms

Kp 2 — 320%

Valberg church

Norway · Lofoten

Kp 2 — 340%

Henningsvær lay-bys

Norway · Lofoten

Kp 2 — 330%

Unstad beach

Norway · Lofoten

Kp 2 — 335%

Elgsnes cove

Norway · Troms

Kp 2 — 310%

Elgsnes ramp

Norway · Troms

Kp 2 — 330%

Russeluft

Norway · Alta, Finnmark

Kp 1 — 220%

Vatnajökull

Iceland · Skaftafell

Kp 3 — 430%

Blue Lagoon

Iceland · Grindavík

Kp 3 — 425%

Porjus

Sweden · Lapland

Kp 2 — 320%

Abisko Aurora Observatory

Sweden · Lapland

Kp 1 — 260%

Ramberg E10 road

Norway · Lofoten

Kp 2 — 330%

Sørvågen

Norway · Lofoten

Kp 2 — 330%

Storvatnet

Norway · Lofoten

Kp 2 — 330%

Røren hill

Norway · Lofoten

Kp 2 — 330%

Skagsanden beach

Norway · Lofoten

Kp 2 — 330%

Lilleeid

Norway · Lofoten

Kp 2 — 330%

Tromsø

Norway · Northern Europe

Kp 1+67.0°N

Lyngen

Norway · Northern Europe

Kp 1+66.5°N

Senja

Norway · Northern Europe

Kp 1+66.5°N

Svolvær

Norway · Northern Europe

Kp 2+65.0°N

Svalbard (Longyearbyen)

Norway · Northern Europe

Kp 0+75.0°N

Kirkenes

Norway · Northern Europe

Kp 1+67.0°N

Kiruna

Sweden · Northern Europe

Kp 2+64.8°N

Kilpisjärvi

Finland · Northern Europe

Kp 1+66.0°N

Rovaniemi

Finland · Northern Europe

Kp 2+63.0°N

Ivalo

Finland · Northern Europe

Kp 2+64.0°N

Saariselkä

Finland · Northern Europe

Kp 2+64.0°N

Nellim

Finland · Northern Europe

Kp 2+64.0°N

Inari

Finland · Northern Europe

Kp 1+65.0°N

Oulu

Finland · Northern Europe

Kp 3+61.0°N

Reykjavík

Iceland · Northern Europe

Kp 2+63.5°N

Akureyri

Iceland · Northern Europe

Kp 1+67.0°N

Iceland (countrywide)

Iceland · Northern Europe

Kp 2+64.0°N

Kangerlussuaq

Greenland · Greenland

Kp 0+71.0°N

Nuuk

Greenland · Greenland

Kp 1+67.0°N

Ilulissat

Greenland · Greenland

Kp 0+72.0°N

Yellowknife

Canada · North America

Kp 1+67.0°N

Whitehorse

Canada · North America

Kp 3+63.0°N

Dawson City

Canada · North America

Kp 1+66.0°N

Churchill

Canada · North America

Kp 1+67.0°N

Fort McMurray

Canada · North America

Kp 3+63.0°N

Jasper

Canada · North America

Kp 4+58.0°N

Iqaluit

Canada · North America

Kp 1+70.0°N

Edmonton

Canada · North America

Kp 4+60.0°N

Fairbanks

USA · North America

Kp 1+65.0°N

Coldfoot / Bettles

USA · North America

Kp 0+68.0°N

Anchorage

USA · North America

Kp 3+61.0°N

Denali

USA · North America

Kp 2+63.0°N

Utqiaġvik (Barrow)

USA · North America

Kp 0+70.0°N

Northern Minnesota (Voyageurs)

USA · North America

Kp 5+57.0°N

Michigan Upper Peninsula (Keweenaw)

USA · North America

Kp 5+57.0°N

North Dakota

USA · North America

Kp 5+56.0°N

Montana (Glacier NP)

USA · North America

Kp 5+55.0°N

Northern Maine (Acadia)

USA · North America

Kp 5+57.0°N

Washington (North Cascades)

USA · North America

Kp 6+54.0°N

Murmansk / Kola Peninsula

Russia · Northern Europe

Kp 2+65.5°N

Shetland