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Bienville National Forest

formulanone from Huntsville, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0

84% trees around it and 36 species recorded.

78Forestyas Score

ForestNational forestWild

  • trees within 3 km84%
  • wild within 10 km99%
  • species recorded36
  • Altitude144 m

The forest around

84% 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 79%Grassland 21%Trees 84%Grassland 15%Cropland 0%Built-up 0%Trees 86%Grassland 13%Water 0%Built-up 0%Trees 82%Grassland 16%Water 0%Built-up 1%84%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km79%
  • 1–3 km84%
  • 3–6 km86%
  • 6–10 km82%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees84%
  • Grassland15%
  • Water0%
  • Cropland0%
  • Built-up0%

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

36 species recorded.

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

Ridged yellow flax
Ridged yellow flaxLinum striatum5 recordsRobert H. Mohlenbrock. USDA NRCS. 1995. Northeast wetland flora: Field office guide to pla · Public domain
Smooth phlox
Smooth phloxPhlox glaberrima5 recordsMason Brock ( Masebrock ) · Public domain
Spiked hoarypea
Spiked hoarypeaTephrosia spicata5 recordsPhoto by David J. Stang · CC BY-SA 4.0
Giant ironweed
Giant ironweedVernonia gigantea4 recordsunknown, cover claims that the figures are drawn by specialists under the supervision of N · Public domain
Slender woodoats
Slender woodoatsChasmanthium laxum3 recordsPhoto by David J. Stang · CC BY-SA 4.0
Johnsongrass
JohnsongrassSorghum halepense3 recordsEpgrande · CC BY 4.0
Purple lovegrass
Purple lovegrassEragrostis spectabilis3 recordsMark Marathon · CC BY-SA 3.0
Spurred butterfly pea
Spurred butterfly peaCentrosema virginianum3 recordsSmokemob · CC BY 3.0
Dillenius' ticktrefoil
Dillenius' ticktrefoilDesmodium glabellum3 recordsBritton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Can · Public domain
Velvetleaf ticktrefoil
Velvetleaf ticktrefoilDesmodium viridiflorum3 recordsBecky · CC0
Blue mistflower
Blue mistflowerConoclinium coelestinum3 recordsKENPEI · CC BY 3.0
Kudzu
KudzuPueraria montana2 recordsPhoto by Peggy Greb. · Public domain

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

In numbers

The forest, measured.

78out of 100

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

  • 84%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 99%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 36Speciesrecorded more than once within 5 km
  • 144 mAltitudeabove the sea

When to walk

Best for walking in November.

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

  1. Jan12°1°122 mm
  2. Feb15°3°146 mm
  3. Mar19°7°138 mm
  4. Apr24°11°136 mm
  5. May28°16°107 mm
  6. Jun32°20°121 mm
  7. Jul33°22°130 mm
  8. Aug33°21°119 mm
  9. Sep31°18°96 mm
  10. Oct26°12°98 mm
  11. Nov19°6°99 mm
  12. Dec14°3°139 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Bienville National Forest.

Forest in Mississippi

Bienville National Forest is a national forest in United States.

Seen from space, 84% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 99% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

36 species have been recorded around it: 29 plants, 0 fungi, 7 birds and 0 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: Ridged yellow flax, Smooth phlox and Spiked hoarypea.

The best time to walk is in November.

MS13 North - Bienville National Forest (41820915811)
formulanone from Huntsville, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0

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.

Bienville National Forest 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 kmDays Inn, Holiday Inn Express, Econo Lodge
  • 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 Bienville National 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.

Peakyas8 mountains within 25 km
Mathes Hill6.8 kmHarrell Prairie Hill9.9 kmPinkston Hill11 kmSherman Hill11 kmSpencer Hill12 kmWalk Hill12 kmBald Hill15 kmDiamond Hill21 km
Viewyas1 viewpoints within 15 kmComing soon
Moore Lookout Tower6.7 km

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

Other forests nearby.

Bienville National Forest

United States

  • 78Forestyas Score
  • 84%Trees
  • 99%Wild
  • 36Species

Tombigbee National Forest

United States · 116 km

  • 87Forestyas Score
  • 94%Trees
  • 100%Wild
  • 253Species

See the guide

De Soto National Forest

United States · 145 km

  • 83Forestyas Score
  • 91%Trees
  • 100%Wild
  • 98Species

See the guide

Delta National Forest

United States · 132 km

  • 76Forestyas Score
  • 100%Trees
  • 84%Wild
  • 73Species

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Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q4904599) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species218 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, Viewyas

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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