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Black Forest

Elena Dyatlova~ukwiki · CC BY-SA 4.0

98% trees around it and 411 species recorded.

  • trees within 3 km98%
  • wild within 10 km52%
  • species recorded411
  • Altitude162 m

The forest around

98% 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 98%Grassland 0%Wetland 0%Water 1%Trees 98%Grassland 2%Cropland 0%Built-up 0%Trees 54%Grassland 9%Wetland 2%Water 0%Cropland 34%Built-up 1%Trees 29%Grassland 9%Wetland 1%Water 1%Cropland 60%Built-up 1%98%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km98%
  • 1–3 km98%
  • 3–6 km54%
  • 6–10 km29%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees98%
  • Grassland2%
  • Wetland0%
  • 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

411 species recorded.

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

Ramsons
RamsonsAllium ursinum26 recordsAgnes Monkelbaan · CC BY-SA 4.0
Wild tulip
Wild tulipTulipa sylvestris18 recordsBernd Haynold · CC BY 2.5
Norway maple
Norway mapleAcer platanoides7 recordsMartin Bobka (= Martin120 ) · CC BY-SA 2.5
Hornbeam
HornbeamCarpinus betulus6 recordsBotaurus · Public domain
Pedunculate Oak
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur6 recordsAlgirdas at Lithuanian Wikipedia · Public domain
Wayfaring tree
Wayfaring treeViburnum lantana5 recordsOpioła Jerzy · CC BY 2.5
Dogwood
DogwoodCornus sanguinea5 recordsFrank Vincentz · CC BY-SA 3.0
Eastern daisy fleabane
Eastern daisy fleabaneErigeron annuus5 recordsW. Bulach · CC BY-SA 4.0
AshNT
AshFraxinus excelsior5 recordsWillow · CC BY 2.5
Field Maple
Field MapleAcer campestre5 recordsWillow · CC BY-SA 2.5
Common violet
Common violetViola odorata5 recordsFritz Geller-Grimm · CC BY-SA 2.5
Herb bennet
Herb bennetGeum urbanum5 recordsDidier Descouens · 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.

65out of 100

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

  • 98%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 52%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 411Speciesrecorded more than once within 5 km
  • 162 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. Jan-3°-9°43 mm
  2. Feb0°-8°36 mm
  3. Mar6°-2°39 mm
  4. Apr14°4°32 mm
  5. May22°11°60 mm
  6. Jun26°16°70 mm
  7. Jul29°18°63 mm
  8. Aug28°17°33 mm
  9. Sep22°11°50 mm
  10. Oct14°4°45 mm
  11. Nov6°-1°39 mm
  12. Dec0°-6°40 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Black Forest.

Historical forest in Right-Bank Ukraine

Black Forest is a forest in Ukraine.

Seen from space, 98% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 52% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

411 species have been recorded around it: 107 plants, 269 fungi, 26 birds and 9 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: Ramsons, Wild tulip and Norway maple.

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

Чорний ліс 9
Elena Dyatlova~ukwiki · CC BY-SA 4.0

Get there and walk

  • База церкви Жива Надіяcampsite · 9.8 km · 1 within 10 km
  • Лісна галявинаplace to stay · 10 km · 1 within 10 km
  • Tsybulevenearest town · 5.8 km in a straight line
  • Chişinău International Airport (RMO)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 339 km in a straight lineCar hire at KBP airport (Boryspil)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.

Black 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

  • 1named and notable trees within 6 kmСтарезний дуб
  • 5picnic sites within 4 km
  • 1shelters and huts within 6 km
  • 1viewpoints within 5 kmВигляд на Чорний ліс
  • 1car parks within 3 km
  • 1campsites within 10 kmБаза церкви Жива Надія
  • 1places to stay within 10 kmЛісна галявина
  • marked trails within 5 km
  • visitor centres within 6 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.

Photographs

The forest, as people saw it.

Panoramic trail - Northern Black Forest 03
H. Zell · CC BY-SA 3.0
Black Forest Preserve 06 Cross-Road (YDS 2075)
Nataliya Shestakova · CC BY-SA 4.0
Хащі Чорного лісу
PHOTOROMIO · CC BY-SA 4.0

Other forests nearby.

Black Forest

Ukraine

  • 65Forestyas Score
  • 98%Trees
  • 52%Wild
  • 411Species

Kholodny Yar

Ukraine · 46 km

  • 69Forestyas Score
  • 87%Trees
  • 61%Wild
  • 372Species

See the guide

Millennial oak tree of Maksym Zaliznyak

Ukraine · 43 km

  • 41Forestyas Score
  • 67%Trees
  • 59%Wild
  • 3Species

See the guide

Sofiyivsky Park

Ukraine · 170 km

  • 44Forestyas Score
  • 40%Trees
  • 37%Wild
  • 232Species

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q2642284) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species4,404 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

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

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