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Dixie National Forest

Joseph Cesare · CC BY 3.0

93% trees around it and 110 species recorded.

83Forestyas Score

ForestNational forestDense canopyWildMountain forest

  • trees within 3 km93%
  • wild within 10 km100%
  • species recorded110
  • Altitude3,105 m

The forest around

93% 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 96%Grassland 3%Wetland 0%Trees 93%Grassland 7%Trees 84%Shrubland 2%Grassland 13%Water 0%Bare ground 1%Trees 75%Shrubland 3%Grassland 19%Moss and lichen 1%Bare ground 2%93%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km96%
  • 1–3 km93%
  • 3–6 km84%
  • 6–10 km75%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees93%
  • Shrubland0%
  • Grassland7%
  • Wetland0%
  • Moss and lichen0%
  • Water0%
  • Bare ground0%

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

110 species recorded.

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

Jones' false goldenaster
Jones' false goldenasterHeterotheca jonesii5 recordsRatagonia · CC BY-SA 4.0
Straightbeak buttercup
Straightbeak buttercupRanunculus orthorhynchus4 recordsUnknown author Unknown author · Public domain
Douglas-fir dwarf mistletoe
Douglas-fir dwarf mistletoeArceuthobium douglasii3 recordsJeffrey J. Witcosky · Public domain
Tranquil goldenweed
Tranquil goldenweedPyrrocoma clementis3 recordsUSFS · Public domain
Mountain muhly
Mountain muhlyMuhlenbergia montana2 recordsDave Powell, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org · Public domain
Muttongrass
MuttongrassPoa fendleriana2 recordsMatt Lavin · CC BY-SA 2.0
Starry false lily of the valley
Starry false lily of the valleyMaianthemum stellatum2 recordsWalter Siegmund · CC BY 2.5
Greenleaf manzanita
Greenleaf manzanitaArctostaphylos patula2 recordsWalter Siegmund · CC BY 2.5
Littleleaf mountain mahogany
Littleleaf mountain mahoganyCercocarpus intricatus2 recordsUnknown author Unknown author · Public domain
White sagebrush
White sagebrushArtemisia ludoviciana2 recordsDidier Descouens · CC BY-SA 4.0
Thymeleaf speedwell
Thymeleaf speedwellVeronica serpyllifolia2 recordsFornax · CC BY-SA 3.0
Parry's bellflower
Parry's bellflowerCampanula parryi2 recordsChris English · 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.

83out of 100

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

  • 93%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 100%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 110Speciesrecorded more than once within 5 km
  • 3,105 mAltitudeabove the sea

When to walk

Best for walking in May.

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

  1. Jan1°-10°25 mm
  2. Feb2°-9°25 mm
  3. Mar7°-5°25 mm
  4. Apr12°-3°22 mm
  5. May18°2°19 mm
  6. Jun25°8°11 mm
  7. Jul28°13°37 mm
  8. Aug26°12°34 mm
  9. Sep21°7°30 mm
  10. Oct14°0°33 mm
  11. Nov6°-5°21 mm
  12. Dec1°-10°25 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Dixie National Forest.

National forest in Nevada and Utah in the United States

Dixie National Forest is a national forest in United States, 3,105 m above the sea.

Seen from space, 93% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 100% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

110 species have been recorded around it: 24 plants, 2 fungi, 76 birds and 8 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: Jones' false goldenaster, Straightbeak buttercup and Douglas-fir dwarf mistletoe.

The best time to walk is in May.

RedRockUtah
Joseph Cesare · 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.

Dixie 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

  • 8marked trails within 5 kmGreat Western Trail - Utah, ADT - Utah - R - Seg 4, Jubilee Trail and 5 more
  • 2campsites within 10 kmBlue Spruce Campground, Posey Lake Campground
  • 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
  • places to stay 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 Dixie 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.

Peakyas26 mountains within 25 km
Roger Peak4.3 kmMount Ogden15 kmBoulder Mountain20 kmBalancing Rock21 kmDeer Mountain22 kmWhite Mountain23 kmGriffin Point24 kmSugarloaf24 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.

Dixie NF
USFS · Public domain
016 - Table Cliffs Plateau (10-14-11) -01 (6273234866)
ALAN SCHMIERER · CC0
016 - Table Cliffs Plateau (10-14-11) -02b (6273245376)
ALAN SCHMIERER · CC0

Other forests nearby.

Dixie National Forest

United States

  • 83Forestyas Score
  • 93%Trees
  • 100%Wild
  • 110Species

Fishlake National Forest

United States · 82 km

  • 63Forestyas Score
  • 45%Trees
  • 98%Wild
  • 78Species

See the guide

Kaibab National Forest

United States · 184 km

  • 89Forestyas Score
  • 85%Trees
  • 100%Wild
  • 432Species

See the guide

Manti–La Sal National Forest

United States · 142 km

  • 57Forestyas Score
  • 24%Trees
  • 100%Wild
  • 196Species

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q2447196) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species1,150 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

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

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