Making Google Map and Driving Routes For Each Day – Days 1 to 5

NOTE: This post has been updated based on the routes we actually followed on our trip. All of the maps reflect our choice to drive around Iceland in a Clockwise Direction.

Here are Google Maps showing all of the places we may visit for each day of our trip. This post will only show maps for Days 1-3. We may not be able to visit all of the places shown on each map depending on time constraints, some are short hikes from parking areas.  These maps will help with our navigation once we arrive we will have access to them on our phones, and each map has driving directions included for navigating to each stop.  At least this is our plan until we arrive and see what type of navigation system is in the CamperVan.  This will also help us to determine approximate driving distances for each day, and then how much time remains for sightseeing.  It will be summer and the days will be long at that latitude, so that gives us more time to tour in daylight.

Day 1 Map

Below is our Map for Day 1 when we arrive in Iceland at around 9:30 AM. We will pick up our CamperVan from CampEasy and then head to a couple of Grocery Stores for supplies.
If time permits and the volcano does not close the Blue Lagoon, we will try and get there in the afternoon to relax. The normal road from Keflavik to the Blue Lagoon is currently closed due to volcano damage, so the only way to get there is the longer route to the south.  We can’t get to the Blue Lagoon without tickets in hand, they will not let anyone past the roadblocks without a pre-purchased ticket.  We could not show the entire route there on the map due to road closures, Google Maps would not route us all the way there.  The Blue Lagoon also gets closed when there is volcanic activity, and it just recently reopened on June 10, 2024, after the latest eruption.  It may not even be open when we arrive.

After we visit the Blue Lagoon, if we decide to go there and it is open, we will head to our first campground northeast of Reykjavik

Click on the “Full Screen” icon on the upper right of the map to see the map in more detail.

Day 2 Map

Below is our Map for our route on Day 2.

Day 3 Map

Below is our Map for Day 3. 

Day 4 Map

Here is our Map for Day 4 in Iceland.

Day 5 Map

Below is our Map of Day 5.

 

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