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Abenberger Wald

Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data), CC BY 4.0, with relief shading from Copernicus WorldDEM-30

60% trees around it and 957 species recorded.

66Forestyas Score

Forest

  • trees within 3 km60%
  • wild within 10 km72%
  • species recorded957
  • Altitude475 m

The forest around

60% trees.

Read like the rings of a cut trunk: from the centre out, the land within 1, 3, 6 and 10 km, coloured by what covers it.

Trees 92%Grassland 2%Cropland 6%Trees 56%Grassland 15%Water 0%Cropland 23%Built-up 5%Trees 58%Grassland 13%Water 0%Cropland 25%Built-up 4%Trees 56%Grassland 15%Water 0%Bare ground 0%Cropland 21%Built-up 7%60%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km92%
  • 1–3 km56%
  • 3–6 km58%
  • 6–10 km56%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees56%
  • Grassland15%
  • Water0%
  • Cropland23%
  • Built-up5%

ESA WorldCover 2021 (10 m, from Sentinel satellites), sampled every 120 m. A clearing, a road or a lake counts as what it is.

Who lives here

957 species recorded.

The plants, fungi, birds and mammals people have recorded here most often.

European Alder
European AlderAlnus glutinosa165 recordsAEngelhardt · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wood club-rush
Wood club-rushScirpus sylvaticus160 recordsChristian Fischer · CC BY-SA 3.0
Pedunculate Oak
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur147 recordsAlgirdas at Lithuanian Wikipedia · Public domain
Scots Pine
Scots PinePinus sylvestris140 recordsHello, I am Bruce on Flickr · CC BY-SA 2.0
Queen of the meadow
Queen of the meadowFilipendula ulmaria138 recordsUnknown author · Public domain
Soft Rush
Soft RushJuncus effusus135 recordsThe original uploader was Meggar at English Wikipedia . · CC BY-SA 3.0
Elder
ElderSambucus nigra123 recordsW. Bulach · CC BY-SA 4.0
Reed-grass, reed-canary grass
Reed-grass, reed-canary grassPhalaris arundinacea122 recordsFranz Xaver · CC BY-SA 3.0
Silver Birch
Silver BirchBetula pendula116 recordsUnknown author · Public domain
Purple-loosestrife
Purple-loosestrifeLythrum salicaria105 recordsGeorge Chernilevsky · CC BY 4.0
European bird cherry
European bird cherryPrunus padus98 recordsИгоревич · Public domain
Cabbage Thistle
Cabbage ThistleCirsium oleraceum97 recordsDiAuras · CC BY-SA 4.0

Open records within 5 km (GBIF, licensed for any use). Busy places are better recorded than remote ones.

In numbers

The forest, measured.

66out of 100

Our own rating, from open data only: tree cover (40 points), wildness (20), species recorded (30) and protection or heritage (10).

  • 60%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 72%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 957Speciesrecorded more than once within 5 km
  • 475 mAltitudeabove the sea

When to walk

Best for walking in May and in September.

How good each month is for a walk: mild days and little rain make the bar taller.

  1. Jan2°-4°57 mm
  2. Feb3°-4°42 mm
  3. Mar9°-1°47 mm
  4. Apr14°3°42 mm
  5. May19°8°82 mm
  6. Jun22°12°76 mm
  7. Jul25°14°82 mm
  8. Aug24°13°81 mm
  9. Sep20°9°56 mm
  10. Oct14°4°52 mm
  11. Nov7°0°53 mm
  12. Dec2°-3°56 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Abenberger Wald.

Unincorporated area in Germany

Abenberger Wald is a forest in Germany, 475 m above the sea.

Seen from space, 60% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 72% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

957 species have been recorded around it: 888 plants, 2 fungi, 64 birds and 3 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: European Alder, Wood club-rush and Pedunculate Oak.

The best time to walk is in May and in September.

Abenberger Wald seen from above (Sentinel-2)
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data), CC BY 4.0, with relief shading from Copernicus WorldDEM-30

Get there and walk

Plan the visit

A guided walk, a bed nearby, a car.

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From above

The forest and its surroundings.

The satellite image of the 6 × 6 km around the place, with the trails, notable trees, picnic sites and huts that OpenStreetMap shows.

Abenberger Wald seen from above (Sentinel-2)
Seen from above: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 (EOX, CC BY 4.0), 6 × 6 km, north up. Points © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Around, in OpenStreetMap

  • 47marked trails within 5 kmPlanetenweg Georgensgmünd, Rangau-Pfalz-Weg, Dr.-Fritz-Linnert-Weg and 44 more
  • 2named and notable trees within 6 km
  • 12picnic sites within 4 km
  • 56shelters and huts within 6 km
  • 4viewpoints within 5 kmBühl, Burg Abenberg-Fernsicht, Luginsland and 1 more
  • 1visitor centres within 6 kmMeiersbeck
  • 28car parks within 3 km
  • 8campsites within 10 kmWohnmobilstellplatz Abenberg, Wohnmobilpark Rezattal, Wohnmobil-Stellplatz "Obere Mühle" Roth and 5 more
  • 44places to stay within 10 kmHotel Burg Abenberg, Bratwursthotel Böbel, Gasthaus zur Post and 41 more
  • 10restaurants and cafés within 3 km

Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.

In our other atlases

Around Abenberger Wald.

The mountains, lakes, rivers, waterfalls and canyons around this forest, the viewpoints above it, the birds and the night sky, in the family's atlases.

Peakyas114 mountains within 25 km
Reckenberg519 m · 12 kmHöhberg534 m · 15 kmSchloßberg607 m · 16 kmRohrberg603 m · 21 kmFlüglinger Berg541 m · 22 kmLaubbichel636 m · 23 kmLämmerberg620 m · 23 kmEichelberg617 m · 24 km
Lakeyas4 lakes within 15 km
Igelsbachsee0.6 km² · 11 kmGroßer Brombachsee8.0 km² · 12 kmKleiner Brombachsee2.2 km² · 14 kmRothsee1.9 km² · 15 km
Darkskyas1 dark-sky places within 30 km
Nicolaus-Copernicus-PlanetariumBortle 8 · 25 km
Birdyas2 birding sites within 25 km
Wälder im Vorland der südlichen Frankenalb79 species · 15 kmAltmühltal mit Brunst-Schwaigau und Altmühlsee262 species · 23 km
Canyonyas2 canyons within 20 km
Massendorfer Schlucht6.5 kmSchnittlinger Loch7.1 km

Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.

Other forests nearby.

Abenberger Wald

Germany

  • 66Forestyas Score
  • 60%Trees
  • 72%Wild
  • 957Species

Veldensteiner Forst

Germany · 64 km

  • 82Forestyas Score
  • 94%Trees
  • 82%Wild
  • 1,119Species

See the guide

Dechenwald

Germany · 10 km

  • 58Forestyas Score
  • 52%Trees
  • 63%Wild
  • 842Species

See the guide

Winkelhofer Forst

Germany · 73 km

  • 74Forestyas Score
  • 77%Trees
  • 77%Wild
  • 791Species

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q15325187) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species16,116 open records within 5 km (GBIF, CC0 and CC BY 4.0 only)
See these recordsgbif.org
Names and photosWikidata (CC0); GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons
AltitudeCopernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA
Temperature and rainNASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2)
What is around© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
ImagesEOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons
Sister atlasesPeakyas, Lakeyas, Darkskyas, Birdyas, Canyonyas

Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.

The family

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