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Dahlener Heide

Joeb07 · CC BY 3.0

95% trees around it and 142 species recorded.

63Forestyas Score

ForestDense canopy

  • trees within 3 km95%
  • wild within 10 km57%
  • species recorded142
  • Altitude210 m

The forest around

95% 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 94%Grassland 3%Cropland 3%Built-up 0%Trees 62%Grassland 11%Water 0%Cropland 26%Built-up 1%Trees 25%Grassland 19%Water 1%Cropland 53%Built-up 3%95%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km100%
  • 1–3 km94%
  • 3–6 km62%
  • 6–10 km25%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees94%
  • Grassland3%
  • Water0%
  • Cropland3%
  • 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

142 species recorded.

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

Whortleberry
WhortleberryVaccinium myrtillus8 recordsUnknown author · CC BY-SA 3.0
European Beech
European BeechFagus sylvatica6 recordsMalene Thyssen · CC BY-SA 3.0
Small yellow balsam
Small yellow balsamImpatiens parviflora6 recordsAndré Karwath aka Aka · CC BY-SA 2.5
Greater Plantain
Greater PlantainPlantago major6 recordsEpgrande · CC BY 4.0
Greater Celandine
Greater CelandineChelidonium majus6 recordsUnknown author · CC BY-SA 3.0
Garden yellow loosestrife
Garden yellow loosestrifeLysimachia vulgaris5 recordsLe.Loup.Gris · CC BY-SA 3.0
Rowan
RowanSorbus aucuparia4 recordsGiallopolenta · Public domain
Tansy
TansyTanacetum vulgare4 recordsIvar Leidus · CC BY-SA 3.0
Crimson Clover
Crimson CloverTrifolium incarnatum4 recordsUnknown author · CC BY-SA 3.0
Bulbous rush
Bulbous rushJuncus bulbosus3 recordsJan Kops · Public domain
Cypress Spurge
Cypress SpurgeEuphorbia cyparissias3 recordsKrzysztof Golik · CC BY-SA 4.0
Verdolaga
VerdolagaPortulaca oleracea3 recordsZooFari · 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.

63out of 100

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

  • 95%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 57%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 142Speciesrecorded more than once within 5 km
  • 210 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. Jan2°-4°55 mm
  2. Feb4°-3°37 mm
  3. Mar9°0°42 mm
  4. Apr15°4°32 mm
  5. May20°9°56 mm
  6. Jun24°13°58 mm
  7. Jul26°15°80 mm
  8. Aug25°14°66 mm
  9. Sep20°10°52 mm
  10. Oct14°5°47 mm
  11. Nov8°1°53 mm
  12. Dec3°-2°50 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Dahlener Heide.

Forest in Saxony, Germany

Dahlener Heide is a forest in Germany, 210 m above the sea.

Seen from space, 95% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 57% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

142 species have been recorded around it: 31 plants, 1 fungi, 108 birds and 2 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: Whortleberry, European Beech and Small yellow balsam.

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

Dahlener Heide
Joeb07 · CC BY 3.0

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.

Dahlener Heide 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

  • 20marked trails within 5 kmOchsensaal-Jägereiche, Rundweg Köhler Meiler, Mutzschen - Schildau and 17 more
  • 16named and notable trees within 6 kmDrei Eichen, Landesbuche, Tabakskiefer and 13 more
  • 6picnic sites within 4 kmSchutzhütte "An der Krone" and 5 more
  • 27shelters and huts within 6 kmMordteich, Dreierbuche, Rote Brücke and 24 more
  • 7car parks within 3 km
  • 4campsites within 10 kmCampingplatz Seebad Neumühle, Campingplatz Dammühlenteich and 2 more
  • 29places to stay within 10 kmWaldhotel Reudnitz, Ferienwohnung Am Elsbach, Pension Dietze and 26 more
  • 3restaurants and cafés within 3 km
  • viewpoints within 5 km
  • visitor centres within 6 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 Dahlener Heide.

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.

Peakyas89 mountains within 25 km
Schildauer hill215 m · 9.4 kmSchafberg / Spitzenberg Luppa174 m · 12 kmCollmberg313 m · 15 kmLöbenberg240 m · 16 kmTonberg Kleinragwitz134 m · 18 kmWolfsberg162 m · 18 kmSpitzberg171 m · 19 kmWeinberg Walzig149 m · 25 km
Lakeyas1 lakes within 15 km
Kieswerk Liebersee, Belgern-Schildau - Belgern0.5 km² · 11 km
Viewyas3 viewpoints within 15 kmComing soon
Schildberg Tower Schildau9.4 kmHausmannsturm in Hartenfels Castle Torgau14 kmAlbertturm15 km
Birdyas6 birding sites within 25 km
Dahlener Heide3.7 kmElbaue and pond areas near Torgau14 kmWermsdorfer Teich- und Waldgebiet16 kmSpitzberg Wurzen20 kmGohrischheide21 kmDübener Heide24 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.

Dahlen Heide Wegweiser-02
Radler59 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Dahlen Heide Wegweiser
Radler59 · CC BY-SA 4.0
BlauerSee-Dahlenerheide
Jwaller · CC BY-SA 3.0

Other forests nearby.

Dahlener Heide

Germany

  • 63Forestyas Score
  • 95%Trees
  • 57%Wild
  • 142Species

Düben Heath

Germany · 38 km

  • 73Forestyas Score
  • 94%Trees
  • 79%Wild
  • 159Species

See the guide

Dresden Heath

Germany · 68 km

  • 73Forestyas Score
  • 96%Trees
  • 64%Wild
  • 830Species

See the guide

Tharandt Forest

Germany · 62 km

  • 64Forestyas Score
  • 94%Trees
  • 54%Wild
  • 271Species

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q1157441) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species1,761 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, Viewyas, Birdyas

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

The family

Do you prefer beaches, lakes, mountains, waterfalls, islands, rivers, canyons, caves, dark skies, viewpoints, birdwatching or forests?

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

beachesCoastyaFind your beach: sea temperature, sun and swimming month by month.Visit lakesLakeyasEvery lake on Earth: water temperature, ice, depth and the shore.Visit mountainsPeakyasEvery summit in 3D: summit weather, the 0 °C line, huts and trails.Visit waterfallsCascadyasEvery waterfall: height, flow month by month and when it roars.Visit islandsIslandyasEvery island from the sea up: size, sea temperature, ferries and 3D.Visit riversRiveryasEvery river from source to sea: the journey, the flow and the basin in numbers.Visit canyonsCanyonyasEvery canyon cut to scale: depth to the floor, rim and floor temperatures, trails and viewpoints.Visit cavesCavernyasEvery cave with its real depth and length: the rock above, the temperature inside all year, and how to visit.Visit dark skiesDarkskyasWhere the night is still dark: the sky of every place, the Milky Way month by month, the Moon, eclipses and auroras.Visit
viewpointsViewyasEvery viewpoint with its real 360° panorama: the peaks you can name, how far you see and where the sun sets.Coming soonVisit
birdwatchingBirdyasEvery bird sanctuary and wetland with the species recorded month by month: who is resident, who comes for the summer, who only passes through.Visit
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