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Döbelns park

Mikael Lindmark · CC BY-SA 2.5

38% trees around it and 2,277 species recorded.

65Forestyas Score

ProtectedFungiBirdsWildlife

  • trees within 3 km38%
  • wild within 10 km82%
  • species recorded2,277

The forest around

38% 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 17%Grassland 4%Water 18%Cropland 0%Built-up 60%Trees 41%Grassland 8%Water 5%Cropland 10%Built-up 36%Trees 59%Grassland 9%Wetland 1%Water 4%Bare ground 1%Cropland 13%Built-up 13%Trees 72%Grassland 10%Wetland 2%Water 5%Bare ground 0%Cropland 9%Built-up 2%38%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km17%
  • 1–3 km41%
  • 3–6 km59%
  • 6–10 km72%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees41%
  • Grassland8%
  • Wetland0%
  • Water5%
  • Bare ground0%
  • Cropland10%
  • Built-up36%

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

2,277 species recorded.

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

Himalayan Balsam
Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera842 recordsGuptaele · CC BY-SA 4.0
Bigleaf lupine
Bigleaf lupineLupinus polyphyllus369 recordsJoe Mabel (on Flickr as Joe Mabel from Seattle, US) · CC BY-SA 3.0
Pedunculate Oak
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur232 recordsAlgirdas at Lithuanian Wikipedia · Public domain
Coltsfoot
ColtsfootTussilago farfara167 recordsAndreas Trepte · CC BY-SA 2.5
Norway maple
Norway mapleAcer platanoides152 recordsMartin Bobka (= Martin120 ) · CC BY-SA 2.5
European bird cherry
European bird cherryPrunus padus147 recordsИгоревич · Public domain
Red catchfly
Red catchflySilene dioica139 recordsUnknown author · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wood Anemone
Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa138 recordsEpgrande · CC BY 4.0
Rowan
RowanSorbus aucuparia132 recordsGiallopolenta · Public domain
True lover's knot
True lover's knotParis quadrifolia129 recordsGeorge Chernilevsky · Public domain
Common yarrow
Common yarrowAchillea millefolium127 recordsEpgrande · CC BY 4.0
Scots Pine
Scots PinePinus sylvestris125 recordsHello, I am Bruce on Flickr · CC BY-SA 2.0

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).

  • 38%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 82%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 2,277Speciesrecorded more than once within 5 km

When to walk

Best for walking in July.

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

  1. Jan-5°-10°60 mm
  2. Feb-5°-11°46 mm
  3. Mar-2°-8°43 mm
  4. Apr5°-2°46 mm
  5. May11°3°61 mm
  6. Jun16°8°63 mm
  7. Jul19°12°92 mm
  8. Aug18°11°101 mm
  9. Sep13°6°86 mm
  10. Oct5°1°78 mm
  11. Nov0°-4°69 mm
  12. Dec-3°-8°71 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Döbelns park.

Park in Umeå

Döbelns park is a protected forest in Sweden.

Seen from space, 38% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 82% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

2,277 species have been recorded around it: 968 plants, 1,000 fungi, 276 birds and 33 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: Himalayan Balsam, Bigleaf lupine and Pedunculate Oak.

The best time to walk is in July.

Döbelns park-Umeå-2007-06-30
Mikael Lindmark · CC BY-SA 2.5

Get there and walk

  • Umeå Camping - Bella Vistacampsite · 3.9 km · 2 within 10 km
  • Hotell Gamla Fängelset i Umeåplace to stay · 0.2 km · 23 within 10 km
  • Umeånearest town · 0.8 km in a straight line
  • Umeå Airport (UME)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 3 km in a straight lineCar hire in UmeaDiscover 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.

Döbelns park 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

  • 7marked trails within 5 kmHälsans stig, Grössjön runt, Tavelsjöleden and 4 more
  • 2named and notable trees within 6 kmRysstallen, Klibbalar
  • 105picnic sites within 4 kmHällan, Dödmansviken, Dödmansudden and 102 more
  • 135shelters and huts within 6 kmDödmansudden and 134 more
  • 5viewpoints within 5 km
  • 1visitor centres within 6 kmInfo & Lounge
  • 769car parks within 3 km
  • 2campsites within 10 kmUmeå Camping - Bella Vista, First Camp Nydala - Umeå
  • 23places to stay within 10 kmHotell Gamla Fängelset i Umeå, Home Hotel Uman, Stora Hotellet and 20 more
  • 146restaurants 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 Döbelns park.

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.

Coastya2 beaches within 10 km
Kärleksviken4.2 kmStöcksjö Strand6.5 km
Lakeyas13 lakes within 15 km
Nydalasjön1.4 km² · 3.9 kmTäftebölesjön1.1 km² · 8.5 kmPiparbölesjön0.9 km² · 11 kmHissjön0.5 km² · 14 kmVästerfjärden0.3 km² · 14 kmBjännsjön2.8 km² · 14 kmFisksjön0.7 km² · 15 kmVästerlångslädan0.4 km² · 15 km
Birdyas1 birding sites within 25 km
Umeälv delta305 species · 10 km
Cascadyas1 waterfalls within 15 km
Norrforsen14 km
Riveryasthe river nearby
Ume älv467 km · 450 m³/sFällforsån

Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.

Photographs

The forest, as people saw it.

Scenen i Döbelns park, Umeå
Oxiq · CC0
Ringstrandska villan-Döbelnsgatan-2013-08-01
MikaelLindmark · CC BY-SA 3.0

Other forests nearby.

Döbelns park

Sweden

  • 65Forestyas Score
  • 38%Trees
  • 82%Wild
  • 2,277Species

Northern Arboretum

Sweden · 8 km

  • 77Forestyas Score
  • 72%Trees
  • 83%Wild
  • 649Species

See the guide

Skuleskogen National Park

Sweden · 119 km

  • 94Forestyas Score
  • 88%Trees
  • 98%Wild
  • 837Species

See the guide

University of Oulu Botanical Gardens

Finland · 285 km

  • 77Forestyas Score
  • 65%Trees
  • 90%Wild
  • 684Species

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q10478622) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species561,535 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 atlasesCoastya, Lakeyas, Birdyas, Cascadyas, Riveryas

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
forestsForestyasEvery forest with its land-cover rings, what grows and lives in it, and the best months to walk it.You are here