Serbia forest
Banjica Forest
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48% trees around it and 403 species recorded.
- trees within 3 km48%
- wild within 10 km64%
- species recorded403
- Altitude178 m
The forest around
48% 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, ring by ring
- 0–1 km44%
- 1–3 km48%
- 3–6 km45%
- 6–10 km44%
What covers the land (1–3 km)
- Trees48%
- Grassland5%
- Water0%
- Bare ground0%
- Cropland0%
- Built-up47%
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
403 species recorded.
The plants, fungi, birds and mammals people have recorded here most often.
VU
CR
Open records within 5 km (GBIF, licensed for any use). Busy places are better recorded than remote ones.
In numbers
The forest, measured.
Our own rating, from open data only: tree cover (40 points), wildness (20), species recorded (30) and protection or heritage (10).
- 48%Treesof the land within 3 km
- 64%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
- 403Speciesrecorded more than once within 5 km
- 178 mAltitudeabove the sea
When to walk
Best for walking in April and in October.
How good each month is for a walk: mild days and little rain make the bar taller.
- Jan-4°48 mm
- Feb-3°46 mm
- Mar1°50 mm
- Apr7°50 mm
- May12°78 mm
- Jun16°83 mm
- Jul18°63 mm
- Aug18°55 mm
- Sep13°56 mm
- Oct7°54 mm
- Nov2°46 mm
- Dec-2°47 mm
- Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
- Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Banjica Forest.
Forest in Belgrade, Serbia
Banjica Forest is a forest in Serbia.
Seen from space, 48% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 64% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.
403 species have been recorded around it: 217 plants, 13 fungi, 159 birds and 14 mammals.
The most recorded plants are: Ruscus aculeatus, Garlic Mustard and Greater Celandine.
The best time to walk is in April and in October.
Get there and walk
- VisitingHours in OpenStreetMap: 24/7
- Camping Center Belgradecampsite · 6.2 km · 3 within 10 km
- Belgrade Boutique Houseplace to stay · 1.6 km · 300 within 10 km
- Voždovacnearest town · 1.4 km in a straight line
- Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport (BEG)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 14 km in a straight lineCar hire at BEG airport (Belgrade)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.
Around, in OpenStreetMap
- 4marked trails within 5 kmMarkirana staza, E4: Beograd (Krnjača) – Osipaonica, ST401 Belgrade - Avala and 1 more
- 17named and notable trees within 6 kmСпоменик природе Платан код Милошевог конака, Тиса у Пожешкој, Тиса у Ботићевој and 14 more
- 98picnic sites within 4 km
- 79shelters and huts within 6 km
- 21viewpoints within 5 kmВидиковац and 20 more
- 7visitor centres within 6 kmТуристички информативни центар, Информације, Guest Services and 4 more
- 698car parks within 3 km
- 3campsites within 10 kmCamping Center Belgrade
- 300places to stay within 10 kmBelgrade Boutique House, Ferrit, Allegra and 297 more
- 190restaurants 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 Banjica Forest.
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.
Peakyas131 mountains within 25 kmVračar plateau2.8 kmTopčidersko Brdo3.3 kmVeliki Vračar5.0 kmAvala511 m · 9.1 km↗Mali Vis274 m · 12 kmZbeg14 kmUmnjanski Vis122 m · 16 kmVelika Humka23 km
Lakeyas1 lakes within 15 kmVeliko Blato1.9 km² · 11 km
Darkskyas2 dark-sky places within 30 kmAstronomical Observatory in BelgradeBortle 8 · 4.9 km↗Belgrade PlanetariumBortle 9 · 6.9 km
Viewyas1 viewpoints within 15 kmComing soonAvala511 m · 9.1 km↗
Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Other forests nearby.
Banjica Forest
Serbia
- 53Forestyas Score
- 48%Trees
- 64%Wild
- 403Species
Ambassadors' Alley
Bosnia and Herzegovina · 191 km
- 74Forestyas Score
- 62%Trees
- 88%Wild
- 380Species
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q4855839) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Land cover | ESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0 |
| Species | 111,416 open records within 5 km (GBIF, CC0 and CC BY 4.0 only) |
| See these records | gbif.org |
| Names and photos | Wikidata (CC0); GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Altitude | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Temperature and rain | NASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2) |
| What is around | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Sister atlases | Peakyas, Lakeyas, Darkskyas, Viewyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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