Fossil Plain

Fossil Plain: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: usually quiet; mostly local visitors. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this attraction: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit Fossil Plain

Season: October to February.

Crowd: Usually quiet; mostly local visitors.

Typical week: Mon quiet · Tue quiet · Wed quiet · Thu quiet · Fri light · Sat light · Sun light.

How to reach Fossil Plain — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 67.00126, -50.78561. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Fossil Plain

• Ferguson Lake · lake · Qeqqata · ~9 km · Must-see
• Sanningasup Tasii · lake · Qeqqata · ~15 km · Must-see
• Qingartaq Sanningasup Tasia · lake · Qeqqata · ~17 km · Must-see
• Aavitsup Tasia · lake · Qeqqata · ~25 km · Must-see
• Russel glacier · viewpoint · Qeqqata · ~35 km · Must-see
• Isunnguata Sermia · viewpoint · Qeqqata · ~43 km · Must-see
• Tasersuaq (Nuuk) · lake · Qeqqata · ~57 km · Must-see
• Itinnerup Tasersua;Tasersuup Qinngua · lake · Qeqqata · ~58 km · Must-see
• Arctic Circle Trail · trek · Qeqqata · ~75 km · Must-see
• Kangerlussuaq Museum · museum · Qeqqata · ~5 km
• Black Ridge · viewpoint · Qeqqata · ~6 km
• Strømfjordshavn · beach · Qeqqata · ~13 km
• Tarajornitsut · viewpoint · Qeqqata · ~13 km
• Limnæasø · lake · Qeqqata · ~16 km
• Sugarloaf Waterfall Trail (no trailmarks) · waterfall · Qeqqata · ~18 km
• Sugarloaf Waterfall · waterfall · Qeqqata · ~19 km
• Bowdoin Bay · beach · Qeqqata · ~21 km
• Plane Wreckage #1: T33 57-763 · fort · Qeqqata · ~23 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Fossil Plain

Other other attractions near Fossil Plain

• Aasivissuit – Nipisat · attraction · Qeqqata · ~36 km
• used gas-cartridge sharing point · attraction · Qeqqata · ~5 km
• Plane Wreckage #2: T-33 (1968) · attraction · Qeqqata · ~7 km
• Christmas Tree · attraction · Qeqqata · ~11 km
• Plane Wreckage #3 - T-33 (1968) · attraction · Qeqqata · ~12 km
• Plane Wreckage - CF-MEX (DC-3, 1961) · attraction · Qeqqata · ~14 km
• Leverett Glacier · attraction · Qeqqata · ~34 km
• New Itinneq Bridge · attraction · Qeqqata · ~84 km
• Old Itinneq Bridge (still existing) · attraction · Qeqqata · ~84 km
• ATV bridge (approximate trajectory) · attraction · Qeqqata · ~127 km

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