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Britzer Garten

The Exit · Public domain

54% trees around it and 1,408 species recorded.

61Forestyas Score

ProtectedFungiBirdsWildlife

  • trees within 3 km54%
  • wild within 10 km54%
  • species recorded1,408

The forest around

54% 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 76%Grassland 8%Water 1%Bare ground 1%Built-up 14%Trees 51%Grassland 5%Water 1%Cropland 2%Built-up 41%Trees 45%Grassland 11%Water 0%Cropland 7%Built-up 36%Trees 40%Grassland 11%Water 2%Bare ground 0%Cropland 11%Built-up 37%54%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km76%
  • 1–3 km51%
  • 3–6 km45%
  • 6–10 km40%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees51%
  • Grassland5%
  • Water1%
  • Bare ground0%
  • Cropland2%
  • Built-up41%

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

1,408 species recorded.

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

Small-leaved Lime
Small-leaved LimeTilia cordata25,416 recordsImreKiss · CC BY 3.0
Norway maple
Norway mapleAcer platanoides17,355 recordsMartin Bobka (= Martin120 ) · CC BY-SA 2.5
Pedunculate Oak
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur12,663 recordsAlgirdas at Lithuanian Wikipedia · Public domain
Hornbeam
HornbeamCarpinus betulus9,524 recordsBotaurus · Public domain
Silver Birch
Silver BirchBetula pendula6,031 recordsUnknown author · Public domain
Field Maple
Field MapleAcer campestre6,010 recordsWillow · CC BY-SA 2.5
Large-leaved Lime
Large-leaved LimeTilia platyphyllos5,602 recordsChmee2 · CC BY-SA 3.0
Sycamore
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus5,426 recordsChristian Pirkl · CC BY-SA 3.0 at
London Plane
London PlanePlatanus × hispanica5,328 recordsArbres d'ornement-2 - ornamental trees in colour - Public domain book illustration (visual · CC0
Horse-chestnutVU
Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum4,139 recordsStephan van Helden · CC BY-SA 4.0
False Acacia
False AcaciaRobinia pseudoacacia3,830 recordsThis Photo was taken by Wolfgang Moroder . Feel free to use my photos, but please mention · CC BY-SA 3.0
Douglas-fir
Douglas-firPseudotsuga menziesii3,674 recordsWalter Siegmund · CC BY-SA 3.0

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

In numbers

The forest, measured.

61out of 100

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

  • 54%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 54%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 1,408Speciesrecorded more than once within 5 km

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. Jan2°-3°54 mm
  2. Feb4°-3°38 mm
  3. Mar8°-1°40 mm
  4. Apr14°4°28 mm
  5. May20°8°53 mm
  6. Jun24°13°57 mm
  7. Jul26°15°81 mm
  8. Aug26°14°58 mm
  9. Sep21°10°49 mm
  10. Oct14°5°49 mm
  11. Nov7°2°49 mm
  12. Dec3°-1°48 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Britzer Garten.

Landscape park in Berlin-Britz

Britzer Garten is a protected forest in Germany.

Seen from space, 54% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 54% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

1,408 species have been recorded around it: 1,000 plants, 182 fungi, 194 birds and 32 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: Small-leaved Lime, Norway maple and Pedunculate Oak.

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

Festwiese im Britzer Garten
The Exit · Public domain

Get there and walk

  • Official informationAccess, hours and rules from those who manage the place.Official site
  • Campingplatz am Mahlower Seecampsite · 8.2 km · 3 within 10 km
  • Grand Hostel Berlin Urbanplace to stay · 6.1 km · 585 within 10 km
  • Britznearest town · 1.6 km in a straight line
  • Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 10 km in a straight lineCar hire at BER airport (Berlin)Discover Cars · sponsored link

Plan the visit

A guided walk, a bed nearby, a car.

Car hire at BER airport (Berlin)Discover CarsSee prices 

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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.

Britzer Garten 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

  • 10marked trails within 5 kmNord-Süd-Weg, Teltower Dörferweg, Teltowkanalweg and 7 more
  • 19named and notable trees within 6 kmKaisereiche, Heilandsweide, Jahn-Eiche and 16 more
  • 76picnic sites within 4 km
  • 353shelters and huts within 6 km
  • 30viewpoints within 5 kmBritzer Höhe, Schlehenberg, Kalenderplatz and 27 more
  • 8visitor centres within 6 kmInfo, Informationszentrum Tempelhof, i-Punkt A 100 and 5 more
  • 2,129car parks within 3 km
  • 3campsites within 10 kmCampingplatz am Mahlower See, City BaseCamp Berlin
  • 585places to stay within 10 kmGrand Hostel Berlin Urban, Numa Berlin Checkpoint Charlie, Ibis Budget and 582 more
  • 163restaurants 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 Britzer Garten.

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.

Peakyas103 mountains within 25 km
Kreuzberg66 m · 6.5 kmVolkspark Prenzlauer Berg91 m · 12 kmHumboldthöhe84 m · 13 kmMüggelberge115 m · 15 kmAhrensfelder Berge114 m · 18 kmPfingstberg76 m · 24 kmKranichsberg104 m · 24 kmTelegrafenberg94 m · 25 km
Lakeyas2 lakes within 15 km
Karpfenteich im Treptower Park0.2 km² · 7.8 kmKrumme Lanke0.3 km² · 14 km
Darkskyas6 dark-sky places within 30 km
Planetarium am InsulanerBortle 9 · 5.3 kmArchenhold ObservatoryBortle 9 · 7.1 kmBerlin ObservatoryBortle 9 · 8.0 kmZeiss Major PlanetariumBortle 9 · 12 kmLeibniz Institute for Astrophysics PotsdamBortle 6 · 21 kmEinstein TowerBortle 7 · 25 km
Viewyas4 viewpoints within 15 kmComing soon
Spreepark Ferris wheel7.7 kmGreat Berlin Wheel10 kmBelvedere13 kmMüggel-Tower14 km
Birdyas7 birding sites within 25 km
SPA Grunewald199 species · 12 kmWestlicher Düppeler Forst187 species · 20 kmSPA Müggelspree194 species · 20 kmTegeler Fließtal201 species · 21 kmNuthe-Nieplitz-Niederung146 species · 22 kmSpandauer Forst182 species · 23 kmDöberitzer Heide24 km
Cascadyas1 waterfalls within 15 km
Wasserfall im Viktoriapark6.6 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.

Berlin Britzer Garten cafe
Rosakoalaglitzereinhorn · CC BY-SA 3.0
Berlin britzer garten eingangscafe
Rosakoalaglitzereinhorn · CC BY-SA 3.0
Britzer Garten Rundgang 01
James Steakley · CC BY-SA 3.0

Other forests nearby.

Britzer Garten

Germany

  • 61Forestyas Score
  • 54%Trees
  • 54%Wild
  • 1,408Species

Grunewald

Germany · 12 km

  • 78Forestyas Score
  • 90%Trees
  • 69%Wild
  • 1,574Species

See the guide

Spandauer Forst

Germany · 23 km

  • 79Forestyas Score
  • 82%Trees
  • 78%Wild
  • 1,029Species

See the guide

Ruinenberg

Germany · 26 km

  • 71Forestyas Score
  • 51%Trees
  • 83%Wild
  • 1,365Species

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q565659) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species534,217 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, Lakeyas, Darkskyas, Viewyas, Birdyas, Cascadyas

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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Same idea, other landscapes: field atlases built on open data, in seven languages.

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