Iceland Skógafoss Waterfall

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Richard Lizzimore

Roman Martin

Sometimes it is difficult to get an image without people at the popular sites in Iceland, so one option is to include them.

Sometimes it is difficult to get an image without people at the popular sites in Iceland, so one option is to include them.

James Lawrence

97mm1/100sf/6ISO 400

Richard Lizzimore

45mm6sf/18ISO 100
Rainbow in the midday sun.

Rainbow in the midday sun.

Richard Lizzimore

30mm6/10sf/6ISO 100
View from the path that runs up beside the falls.

View from the path that runs up beside the falls.

Richard Lizzimore

24mm1/2500sf/9ISO 500
Skogafoss from the cafe / bar

Skogafoss from the cafe / bar

Andy Scott

77mm1/500sf/10ISO 800
Skogafoss from the cafe / bar

Skogafoss from the cafe / bar

Andy Scott

65mm1/500sf/10ISO 800

Daniel Phillips

14mm2sf/4ISO 1000

Jeff Martin

50mm8sf/8ISO 100

Daniel Phillips

70mm1/40sf/3ISO 100

Daniel Phillips

20mm1/10sf/5ISO 100

Daniel Phillips

86mm1/320sf/5ISO 100
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About this spot
Skógafoss is a waterfall on the southern ring road in Iceland 155km east of Reykjavik. It is a good, but busy spot.

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Contributors

Roman Martin

1 image

Richard Lizzimore Curator

Spot contributor 3 images

Daniel Phillips

4 images

Andy Scott

2 images

Jeff Martin

1 image

James Lawrence

1 image

Getting there
Main

Main

63.531250000, -19.512010000

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Car Parking

Car Parking

63.529510000, -19.512870000

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Directions

Skógafoss is just of the southern part of the route 1 ring road, 155km east of Reykjavik and 34km east of Vik.

The waterfall is visible from the road when travelling from the west. There is a track on the left (right if travelling from Vik) that leads to the parking lot (64.52945, -19.51280).
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Iceland

Iceland
Today's times

Tuesday, Sep 21, 2021

04:09

Night End

06:12

Dawn

06:59

Sunrise

08:01

Golden Hour Ends

18:23

Golden Hour Begins

19:22

Sunset

20:11

Dusk

22:15

Night

Weather forecast
Temperature Cloud cover Wind Visibility Pressure Humidity
6PM 6 °C 100%

W

36 mph

5 km

979 mb

92%
9PM 6 °C 100%

W

29 mph

8 km

984 mb

86%
Temperature Cloud cover Wind Visibility Pressure Humidity
12AM 5 °C 100%

W

20 mph

6 km

991 mb

86%
3AM 5 °C 100%

W

14 mph

6 km

993 mb

83%
6AM 4 °C 100%

NW

10 mph

10 km

994 mb

90%
9AM 5 °C 100%

W

19 mph

2 km

994 mb

89%
12PM 4 °C 100%

W

21 mph

2 km

996 mb

84%
3PM 4 °C 100%

W

20 mph

2 km

997 mb

76%
6PM 4 °C 91%

NW

8 mph

10 km

996 mb

73%
9PM 2 °C 76%

N

6 mph

10 km

998 mb

80%
Temperature Cloud cover Wind Visibility Pressure Humidity
12AM 2 °C 42%

N

8 mph

10 km

1001 mb

74%
3AM 2 °C 1%

N

7 mph

10 km

1004 mb

69%
6AM 3 °C 49%

N

4 mph

10 km

1004 mb

58%
9AM 5 °C 100%

SE

3 mph

10 km

1004 mb

61%
12PM 4 °C 100%

E

9 mph

6 km

1002 mb

88%
3PM 4 °C 100%

E

14 mph

3 km

997 mb

92%
6PM 3 °C 100%

E

19 mph

3 km

992 mb

94%
9PM 4 °C 100%

E

20 mph

10 km

987 mb

91%
Temperature Cloud cover Wind Visibility Pressure Humidity
12AM 5 °C 100%

E

18 mph

6 km

984 mb

91%
3AM 5 °C 100%

NW

7 mph

8 km

986 mb

92%
6AM 5 °C 100%

W

7 mph

5 km

988 mb

95%
9AM 4 °C 99%

SW

3 mph

10 km

991 mb

91%
12PM 4 °C 99%

SE

5 mph

1 km

993 mb

92%
3PM 5 °C 100%

E

2 mph

5 km

994 mb

88%
6PM 5 °C 74%

E

7 mph

9 km

995 mb

87%
9PM 4 °C 88%

E

8 mph

1 km

995 mb

93%
Temperature Cloud cover Wind Visibility Pressure Humidity
12AM 4 °C 94%

E

9 mph

1 km

995 mb

93%
3AM 4 °C 100%

NE

6 mph

3 km

993 mb

94%
6AM 5 °C 100%

E

15 mph

2 km

992 mb

90%
9AM 4 °C 69%

E

12 mph

2 km

993 mb

93%
12PM 4 °C 85%

NE

15 mph

5 km

992 mb

92%
3PM 5 °C 100%

NE

15 mph

10 km

991 mb

80%
6PM 4 °C 100%

NE

11 mph

10 km

991 mb

76%
9PM 3 °C 100%

N

9 mph

10 km

991 mb

68%
Temperature Cloud cover Wind Visibility Pressure Humidity
12AM 2 °C 100%

N

9 mph

10 km

990 mb

67%
3AM 1 °C 78%

NE

11 mph

10 km

989 mb

67%
6AM 1 °C 52%

N

12 mph

10 km

989 mb

71%
9AM 2 °C 17%

NE

8 mph

10 km

990 mb

73%
12PM 4 °C 18%

N

8 mph

10 km

990 mb

69%
3PM 5 °C 45%

N

8 mph

10 km

991 mb

68%
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