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Atewa Range

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

93% trees around it and 562 species recorded.

86Forestyas Score

ForestDense canopyBirds

  • trees within 3 km93%
  • wild within 10 km97%
  • species recorded562
  • Altitude393 m

The forest around

93% 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 6%Bare ground 1%Built-up 0%Trees 93%Grassland 3%Built-up 4%Trees 92%Grassland 3%Bare ground 1%Built-up 4%Trees 96%Shrubland 1%Grassland 2%Built-up 2%93%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km92%
  • 1–3 km93%
  • 3–6 km92%
  • 6–10 km96%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees93%
  • Shrubland0%
  • Grassland3%
  • Bare ground0%
  • Built-up4%

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

562 species recorded.

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

Sherbournia calycina
Sherbournia calycinaSherbournia calycina29 recordsHooker · Public domain
Greenwayodendron oliveri
Greenwayodendron oliveriGreenwayodendron oliveri21 recordsFauna & Flora of Liberia. · CC BY-SA 4.0
Rothmannia whitfieldii
Rothmannia whitfieldiiRothmannia whitfieldii18 recordsLouis van Houtte · Public domain
Poison devil's-pepper
Poison devil's-pepperRauvolfia vomitoria18 recordsHerbarium of the University of Coimbra (COI) · CC BY 4.0
Dracaena viridifloraVU
Dracaena viridifloraDracaena viridiflora18 recordsDracaenaworldwide · CC BY-SA 4.0
Solanum terminale
Solanum terminaleSolanum terminale16 recordsHerbarium of the University of Coimbra (COI) · CC BY 4.0
Showy balloonvine
Showy balloonvineCardiospermum grandiflorum16 recordsBernd Sauerwein · CC BY-SA 3.0
Nauclea diderrichiiNT
Nauclea diderrichiiNauclea diderrichii16 recordsCollector: K. R. Mayer Determined by: A. C. Smith & S. P. Darwin (1986) · CC0
Baissea leonensisBaissea leonensis34 records
Didymosalpinx abbeokutaeDidymosalpinx abbeokutae20 records
Peperomia fernandopoianaPeperomia fernandopoiana20 records
Pavetta akeassiiPavetta akeassii18 records

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

In numbers

The forest, measured.

86out of 100

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

  • 93%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 97%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 562Speciesrecorded more than once within 5 km
  • 393 mAltitudeabove the sea

When to walk

Best for walking from July to August.

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

  1. Jan32°21°21 mm
  2. Feb33°23°47 mm
  3. Mar32°23°108 mm
  4. Apr31°23°121 mm
  5. May29°23°166 mm
  6. Jun28°22°205 mm
  7. Jul27°21°125 mm
  8. Aug28°20°70 mm
  9. Sep29°21°154 mm
  10. Oct29°22°194 mm
  11. Nov30°22°81 mm
  12. Dec31°21°21 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Atewa Range.

Mountain range in Ghana

Atewa Range is a forest in Ghana, 393 m above the sea.

Seen from space, 93% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 97% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

562 species have been recorded around it: 367 plants, 0 fungi, 192 birds and 3 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: Sherbournia calycina, Greenwayodendron oliveri and Rothmannia whitfieldii.

The best time to walk is from July to August.

Atewa Range 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.

Atewa Range 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

  • 3places to stay within 10 kmRoyal Grisheval- Adadientem, Asunaba Guest House, Gold City Hotel
  • marked trails within 5 km
  • named and notable trees within 6 km
  • picnic sites within 4 km
  • shelters and huts within 6 km
  • viewpoints within 5 km
  • visitor centres within 6 km
  • car parks within 3 km
  • campsites within 10 km
  • restaurants 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 Atewa Range.

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.

Peakyas3 mountains within 25 km
Atiwiredu10 kmTetekasum21 kmAjwisaim21 km

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

Other forests nearby.

Atewa Range

Ghana

  • 86Forestyas Score
  • 93%Trees
  • 97%Wild
  • 562Species

Aburi Botanical Gardens

Ghana · 57 km

  • 78Forestyas Score
  • 84%Trees
  • 90%Wild
  • 107Species

See the guide

Shai Hills Resource Reserve

Ghana · 79 km

  • 62Forestyas Score
  • 36%Trees
  • 96%Wild
  • 506Species

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Forêt de Missahoé

Togo · 159 km

  • 84Forestyas Score
  • 97%Trees
  • 95%Wild
  • 523Species

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Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q754580) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species3,554 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

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

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