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Bois de la Cambre - Ter Kamerenbos

GdML · CC BY-SA 3.0

51% trees around it and 1,783 species recorded.

58Forestyas Score

ForestFungiBirdsWildlife

  • trees within 3 km51%
  • wild within 10 km60%
  • species recorded1,783
  • Altitude123 m

The forest around

51% 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 64%Grassland 1%Water 3%Built-up 33%Trees 49%Grassland 2%Water 0%Built-up 48%Trees 52%Grassland 3%Water 1%Cropland 2%Built-up 42%Trees 49%Grassland 13%Water 0%Cropland 9%Built-up 29%51%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km64%
  • 1–3 km49%
  • 3–6 km52%
  • 6–10 km49%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees49%
  • Grassland2%
  • Water0%
  • Cropland0%
  • Built-up48%

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

1,783 species recorded.

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

European Beech
European BeechFagus sylvatica1,370 recordsMalene Thyssen · CC BY-SA 3.0
Garlic Mustard
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata1,354 recordsO. Pichard · CC BY-SA 3.0
Sycamore
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus1,066 recordsChristian Pirkl · CC BY-SA 3.0 at
Broadleaf enchanter's nightshade
Broadleaf enchanter's nightshadeCircaea lutetiana1,015 recordsUser:Kilom691 · Public domain
Common Ivy
Common IvyHedera helix980 recordskallerna · CC BY-SA 4.0
Elder
ElderSambucus nigra971 recordsW. Bulach · CC BY-SA 4.0
Snakeshead
SnakesheadArum maculatum965 recordsUnknown author · CC BY-SA 3.0
Ground-ivy
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea933 recordsAnRo0002 · CC0
Creeping buttercup
Creeping buttercupRanunculus repens932 recordsUnknown author · CC BY-SA 3.0
Hornbeam
HornbeamCarpinus betulus914 recordsBotaurus · Public domain
Herb bennet
Herb bennetGeum urbanum909 recordsDidier Descouens · CC BY-SA 4.0
Creeping Thistle
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense883 recordsAnRo0002 · CC0

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

In numbers

The forest, measured.

58out of 100

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

  • 51%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 60%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 1,783Speciesrecorded more than once within 5 km
  • 123 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. Jan5°0°69 mm
  2. Feb6°0°60 mm
  3. Mar10°2°55 mm
  4. Apr15°4°38 mm
  5. May18°8°59 mm
  6. Jun22°12°63 mm
  7. Jul24°14°75 mm
  8. Aug23°13°79 mm
  9. Sep20°10°55 mm
  10. Oct15°7°63 mm
  11. Nov10°4°69 mm
  12. Dec6°1°78 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Bois de la Cambre - Ter Kamerenbos.

Park in Brussels, Belgium

Bois de la Cambre - Ter Kamerenbos is a forest in Belgium.

Seen from space, 51% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 60% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

1,783 species have been recorded around it: 1,000 plants, 540 fungi, 218 birds and 25 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: European Beech, Garlic Mustard and Sycamore.

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

Le bois de la Cambre et le lac
GdML · CC BY-SA 3.0

Get there and walk

  • Brussels Generation Europe Motorhome spotcampsite · 6.0 km · 3 within 10 km
  • The Scottplace to stay · 3.3 km · 353 within 10 km
  • Watermael-Boitsfortnearest town · 2.6 km in a straight line
  • Brussels Airport (BRU)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 13 km in a straight lineCar hire at BRU airport (Zaventem)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.

Bois de la Cambre - Ter Kamerenbos 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

  • 21marked trails within 5 kmGR 126 Bruxelles - Membre-sur-Semois, GR 121 De Liège à Bruxelles, GR 126 Liaison GR 121 Herrmann-Debroux and 18 more
  • 25named and notable trees within 6 kmChêne Lienard - Lienard Eik, Dikke Eugene, Tilleul de l'Indépendance - Onafhankelijkheidslinde and 22 more
  • 148picnic sites within 4 km
  • 1,198shelters and huts within 6 km
  • 19viewpoints within 5 kmLa Dalle and 18 more
  • 4visitor centres within 6 kmVUB Infopunt Studenten, Channel Terminal, De Loketten and 1 more
  • 370car parks within 3 km
  • 3campsites within 10 kmBrussels Generation Europe Motorhome spot, Camp in Brussels, Camping Oasis
  • 353places to stay within 10 kmThe Scott, Hilton Garden Inn Brussels City Centre, Citadines Bruxelles Toison d'Or and 350 more
  • 698restaurants 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 Bois de la Cambre - Ter Kamerenbos.

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.

Peakyas26 mountains within 25 km
Flotsenberg102 m · 3.1 kmMont aux Potences - Galgenberg81 m · 3.8 kmCoudenberg - Koudenberg4.2 kmKoekelberg70 m · 7.9 kmBruine Put120 m · 9.7 kmIJzeren Man112 m · 20 kmGasthuisberg78 m · 22 kmTomberg102 m · 23 km
Darkskyas4 dark-sky places within 30 km
Royal Observatory of BelgiumBortle 8 · 1.7 kmformer observatory of BrusselsBortle 9 · 5.1 kmBeersel Hills ObservatoryBortle 8 · 7.4 kmBrussels PlanetariumBortle 9 · 10 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.

Brusel, Bois de la Cambre, jezero
I would appreciate being notified if you use my work outside Wikimedia. More of my work ca · CC BY 3.0
Abri cavaliers (Bois de la Cambre)
GdML · CC BY-SA 4.0
Alley in Bois de la Cambre
Terez Ruby · CC BY 4.0

Other forests nearby.

Bois de la Cambre - Ter Kamerenbos

Belgium

  • 58Forestyas Score
  • 51%Trees
  • 60%Wild
  • 1,783Species

Sonian Forest

Belgium · 6 km

  • 76Forestyas Score
  • 80%Trees
  • 71%Wild
  • 1,917Species

See the guide

Meerdaal

Belgium · 22 km

  • 66Forestyas Score
  • 72%Trees
  • 55%Wild
  • 1,500Species

See the guide

Halle Forest

Belgium · 12 km

  • 61Forestyas Score
  • 60%Trees
  • 59%Wild
  • 1,163Species

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q833646) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species382,259 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, Darkskyas

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

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