Within an hour or so of Orstad: Jæren National Tourist Route (13 km), Stavanger (Gamle Stavanger) (21 km), Ryfylke Tunnel (Ryfast) (23 km), Preikestolen (Pulpit Rock) (36 km).
Are there any good drives near Orstad?
The nearest famous roads are Jæren National Tourist Route, Lysebotn Road (Lysevegen) and Lysevegen.
Where is Orstad?
Orstad is in Rogaland, Norway, about 4 km from Kleppe.
Road trip
Drive to Orstad
Add it as a stop and the planner works out the driving, the nights and what's worth seeing on the way.
Flat, windswept coastal drive south of Stavanger past endless dune beaches, stone-walled farmland and lighthouses: Norway's softest coastline and a favourite of surfers and sunset chasers.
13 km · about 25 min drive
landmark
Stavanger (Gamle Stavanger)
Northern Europe's best-preserved wooden house settlement, a charming cluster of 173 white-painted 18th-century houses near the harbour.
21 km · about 25 min drive
tunnel
Ryfylke Tunnel (Ryfast)
The world's longest and deepest subsea road tunnel, running 14.4 km beneath the fjord from Stavanger to Ryfylke and reaching 292 m below sea level.
23 km · about 25 min drive
natural wonder
Preikestolen (Pulpit Rock)
A flat-topped cliff rising 604 meters above Lysefjorden, one of Norway's most iconic and thrilling viewpoints.
The 604m flat-topped cliff above Lysefjord is the cliff-edge fight that ends Fallout; a 4km hike from the car park.
36 km · about 40 min drive
natural wonder
Lysefjord
A 42km sheer-walled fjord framed by Pulpit Rock and Kjerag, threaded by a serpentine fjord-side road.
50 km · about 55 min drive
scenic viewpoint
Kjeragbolten
A boulder wedged in a mountain crevice 984 metres above the Lysefjord, one of Norway's most thrilling photo opportunities.
57 km · about 65 min drive
Driving roads near Orstad
Right hereJæren National Tourist RouteFlat, windswept coastal drive south of Stavanger past endless dune beaches, stone-walled farmland and lighthouses: Norway's softest coastline and a favourite of surfers and sunset chasers.
23 kmRyfylke Tunnel (Ryfast)The world's longest and deepest subsea road tunnel, running 14.4 km beneath the fjord from Stavanger to Ryfylke and reaching 292 m below sea level.
57 kmKjeragboltenA boulder wedged in a mountain crevice 984 metres above the Lysefjord, one of Norway's most thrilling photo opportunities.
62 kmLysevegenA dramatic mountain road in Norway with 27 hairpin bends providing access to the famous Pulpit Rock viewpoint.
62 kmLysebotn Road (Lysevegen)A spectacular Norwegian mountain road descending 900m through 27 hairpins and a spiral tunnel to the Lysefjord, near the famous Preikestolen cliff.
78 kmSuleskarvegen (Fv337)A lonely moorland road across the Setesdal uplands between Sirdal and the Lysefjord region, all bare rock and lakes.
When to drive here
May to September
Far northern latitude: short daylight hours outside summer make long drives harder.