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Alonei Abba nature reserve

Hoshvilim · CC BY-SA 4.0

40% trees around it and 262 species recorded.

45Forestyas Score

ForestBirds

  • trees within 3 km40%
  • wild within 10 km57%
  • species recorded262
  • Altitude180 m

The forest around

40% 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 71%Shrubland 3%Grassland 14%Bare ground 0%Cropland 7%Built-up 4%Trees 36%Shrubland 3%Grassland 21%Water 0%Bare ground 1%Cropland 25%Built-up 13%Trees 34%Shrubland 3%Grassland 25%Water 0%Bare ground 1%Cropland 24%Built-up 13%Trees 27%Shrubland 2%Grassland 21%Wetland 0%Water 2%Bare ground 2%Cropland 28%Built-up 19%40%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km71%
  • 1–3 km36%
  • 3–6 km34%
  • 6–10 km27%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees36%
  • Shrubland3%
  • Grassland21%
  • Water0%
  • Bare ground1%
  • Cropland25%
  • Built-up13%

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

262 species recorded.

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

Animated oat
Animated oatAvena sterilis362 recordsEpgrande · CC BY 4.0
Slender Oat
Slender OatAvena barbata21 recordsJose Hernandez · Public domain
Silverleaf nightshade
Silverleaf nightshadeSolanum elaeagnifolium10 recordsPLAKLE · CC BY-SA 4.0
Quercus ithaburensis
Quercus ithaburensisQuercus ithaburensis5 recordsOffer.s.z · CC BY-SA 4.0
White mustard
White mustardSinapis alba5 recordsAriel Palmon · CC BY-SA 3.0
Santa Maria feverfew
Santa Maria feverfewParthenium hysterophorus4 recordsEthel Aardvark · CC BY 3.0
Oleander
OleanderNerium oleander4 recordsUnknown author · CC BY 2.5
Bulbous barley
Bulbous barleyHordeum bulbosum3 recordsDaderot · Public domain
Ground-pine
Ground-pineAjuga chamaepitys3 recordsUnknown author · CC BY-SA 3.0
Lilies-of-the-field
Lilies-of-the-fieldAnemone coronaria3 recordsAviad2001 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Pigeon Berry
Pigeon BerryPhytolacca americana3 recordsEpgrande · CC BY 4.0
Prickly lettuce
Prickly lettuceLactuca serriola3 recordsHerbarium of the University of Coimbra (COI) · CC BY 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.

45out of 100

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

  • 40%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 57%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 262Speciesrecorded more than once within 5 km
  • 180 mAltitudeabove the sea

When to walk

Best for walking in March and in December.

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

  1. Jan16°9°118 mm
  2. Feb17°10°88 mm
  3. Mar20°11°46 mm
  4. Apr23°13°23 mm
  5. May26°16°7 mm
  6. Jun30°20°1 mm
  7. Jul32°22°1 mm
  8. Aug32°23°1 mm
  9. Sep30°22°2 mm
  10. Oct28°19°18 mm
  11. Nov23°15°57 mm
  12. Dec19°11°104 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Alonei Abba nature reserve.

Alonei Abba nature reserve is a forest in Israel.

Seen from space, 40% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 57% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

262 species have been recorded around it: 36 plants, 0 fungi, 222 birds and 4 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: Animated oat, Slender Oat and Silverleaf nightshade.

The best time to walk is in March and in December.

Alonei Abba 13
Hoshvilim · CC BY-SA 4.0

Get there and walk

  • שבט אחיםcampsite · 1.1 km · 5 within 10 km
  • מול היערplace to stay · 1.9 km · 9 within 10 km
  • Basmat Ṭab‘ūnnearest town · 1.2 km in a straight line
  • Uri Michaeli Haifa International Airport (HFA)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 14 km in a straight lineCar hire at TLV airport (Tel Aviv)Discover Cars · sponsored link

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.

Alonei Abba nature reserve 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

  • 15marked trails within 5 kmשביל ישראל, דרך נוף יער קרית אתא, מהשומר הראשון לאסטרונאוט הראשון and 12 more
  • 58named and notable trees within 6 kmהאלון הגדול - גן אילן, האלון הבודד and 56 more
  • 5picnic sites within 4 km
  • 8shelters and huts within 6 km
  • 5viewpoints within 5 kmמצפה ברק, מצפה שרון, מצפה רוני and 2 more
  • 1visitor centres within 6 kmשביל פרות החלב
  • 25car parks within 3 km
  • 5campsites within 10 kmשבט אחים, פינת אסיף, חניון לילה בית השומר and 2 more
  • 9places to stay within 10 kmמול היער, בית וגם סיפור, פארק להנצחת מג'די חלבי and 6 more
  • 2restaurants 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 Alonei Abba nature reserve.

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.

Peakyas58 mountains within 25 km
Keren HaCarmel474 m · 11 kmMount Atzmon547 m · 13 kmMount Precipice395 m · 14 kmHar Jona573 m · 16 kmDvora mountain437 m · 17 kmMount Tabor530 m · 22 kmGivat HaMoreh515 m · 23 kmAlexander Mountain527 m · 25 km
Lakeyas1 lakes within 15 km
Ma'agar Bet Netofa1.0 km² · 8.7 km
Viewyas2 viewpoints within 15 kmComing soon
Mount Precipice395 m · 14 kmGalit Overlook14 km
Birdyas1 birding sites within 25 km
Ein Afek Nature Reserve243 species · 13 km
Cavernyas5 caves within 20 km
Raqefet Cave13 kmPalmach Cave15 kmOrnit caves17 kmSefunim Cave18 kmBottom "Hilazon" cave20 km
Riveryasthe river nearby
Tzipori river32 km

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

Photographs

The forest, as people saw it.

Alonei Abba 07
Hoshvilim · CC BY-SA 4.0
Thaumetopoe convoy
Shlomi.israel · Public domain
PikiWiki Israel 7319 Basmat Tivon
יהודית גרעין-כל Yehudit Garinkol · CC BY 2.5

Other forests nearby.

Alonei Abba nature reserve

Israel

  • 45Forestyas Score
  • 40%Trees
  • 57%Wild
  • 262Species

Atatürk Forest (Israel)

Israel · 22 km

  • 71Forestyas Score
  • 65%Trees
  • 89%Wild
  • 343Species

See the guide

Rihan forest

Israel · 29 km

  • 55Forestyas Score
  • 54%Trees
  • 82%Wild
  • 59Species

See the guide

Birya forest

Israel · 42 km

  • 58Forestyas Score
  • 50%Trees
  • 77%Wild
  • 288Species

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q19401334) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species40,202 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, Viewyas, Birdyas, Cavernyas, Riveryas

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

The family

Do you prefer beaches, lakes, mountains, waterfalls, islands, rivers, canyons, caves, dark skies, viewpoints, birdwatching or forests?

Same idea, other landscapes: field atlases built on open data, in seven languages.

beachesCoastyaFind your beach: sea temperature, sun and swimming month by month.Visit lakesLakeyasEvery lake on Earth: water temperature, ice, depth and the shore.Visit mountainsPeakyasEvery summit in 3D: summit weather, the 0 °C line, huts and trails.Visit waterfallsCascadyasEvery waterfall: height, flow month by month and when it roars.Visit islandsIslandyasEvery island from the sea up: size, sea temperature, ferries and 3D.Visit riversRiveryasEvery river from source to sea: the journey, the flow and the basin in numbers.Visit canyonsCanyonyasEvery canyon cut to scale: depth to the floor, rim and floor temperatures, trails and viewpoints.Visit cavesCavernyasEvery cave with its real depth and length: the rock above, the temperature inside all year, and how to visit.Visit dark skiesDarkskyasWhere the night is still dark: the sky of every place, the Milky Way month by month, the Moon, eclipses and auroras.Visit
viewpointsViewyasEvery viewpoint with its real 360° panorama: the peaks you can name, how far you see and where the sun sets.Coming soonVisit
birdwatchingBirdyasEvery bird sanctuary and wetland with the species recorded month by month: who is resident, who comes for the summer, who only passes through.Visit
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