Germany forest
Dresden Heath
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96% trees around it and 830 species recorded.
- trees within 3 km96%
- wild within 10 km64%
- species recorded830
- Altitude222 m
The forest around
96% 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, ring by ring
- 0–1 km96%
- 1–3 km96%
- 3–6 km59%
- 6–10 km33%
What covers the land (1–3 km)
- Trees96%
- Grassland4%
- Water0%
- Cropland0%
- 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
830 species recorded.
The plants, fungi, birds and mammals people have recorded here most often.
NT
Open records within 5 km (GBIF, licensed for any use). Busy places are better recorded than remote ones.
In numbers
The forest, measured.
Our own rating, from open data only: tree cover (40 points), wildness (20), species recorded (30) and protection or heritage (10).
- 96%Treesof the land within 3 km
- 64%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
- 830Speciesrecorded more than once within 5 km
- 222 mAltitudeabove the sea
When to walk
Best for walking in September.
How good each month is for a walk: mild days and little rain make the bar taller.
- Jan-5°61 mm
- Feb-4°41 mm
- Mar-1°48 mm
- Apr3°38 mm
- May8°64 mm
- Jun12°73 mm
- Jul14°87 mm
- Aug14°81 mm
- Sep9°58 mm
- Oct4°54 mm
- Nov1°56 mm
- Dec-3°56 mm
- Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
- Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Dresden Heath.
Forest in the city of Dresden, Germany
Dresden Heath is a forest in Germany, 222 m above the sea.
Seen from space, 96% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 64% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.
830 species have been recorded around it: 558 plants, 97 fungi, 158 birds and 17 mammals.
The most recorded plants are: Garlic Mustard, European Beech and Greater Celandine.
The best time to walk is in September.
Get there and walk
- Wohnmobilstellplatz "Sachsenplatz" Dresdencampsite · 6.9 km · 13 within 10 km
- AaRa Hotelplace to stay · 4.7 km · 332 within 10 km
- Loschwitznearest town · 4.9 km in a straight line
- Dresden Airport (DRS)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 7 km in a straight lineCar hire at DRS airport (Dresden)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.
Around, in OpenStreetMap
- 28marked trails within 5 kmRundweg Roter Punkt (Meißen - Schmilka), Moritzburg - Wilder Mann, Dresden, Rähnitz - Klotzsche and 25 more
- 26named and notable trees within 6 kmLuthereiche, "Linde der Ruhe", Rieseneiche im Sauerbusch and 23 more
- 39picnic sites within 4 kmKönigsplatzhütte, Pfeilhaus and 37 more
- 116shelters and huts within 6 kmKönigsplatzhütte, Schutzhütte Dresdner Saugarten, Pfeilhaus and 113 more
- 17viewpoints within 5 kmSteinbruch Mordgrundbrücke, Schwebebahn Obere Station, Schlüsselloch and 14 more
- 1visitor centres within 6 kmRadeberger Biertheater Kartenservice
- 9car parks within 3 km
- 13campsites within 10 kmWohnmobilstellplatz "Sachsenplatz" Dresden, Stellplatz Wiesentorstraße, Levihus Camp and 10 more
- 332places to stay within 10 kmAaRa Hotel, Pension am Heiderand, Zum Goldbach and 329 more
- 2restaurants 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 Dresden Heath.
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.
Peakyas214 mountains within 25 kmKeulenberg413 m · 17 kmSchwedenstein420 m · 19 kmWilisch476 m · 20 kmHochstein449 m · 21 kmKleiner Bärenstein338 m · 22 kmGroßer Bärenstein327 m · 22 kmCottaer Spitzberg391 m · 24 kmKönigstein361 m · 25 km
Lakeyas4 lakes within 15 kmNiederer Großteich Bärnsdorf0.6 km² · 12 kmDippelsdorfer Teich0.3 km² · 13 kmKies- und Badesee Birkwitz0.4 km² · 14 kmSpeicher Radeburg 10.2 km² · 15 km
Darkskyas4 dark-sky places within 30 kmastronomical observatory Manfred von ArdenneBortle 6 · 4.1 kmLohrmann ObservatoriumBortle 8 · 10 kmRadebeul ObservatoryBortle 5 · 15 kmGlashütte ObservatoryBortle 4 · 28 km
Viewyas7 viewpoints within 15 kmComing soonSachsens Hiefel260 m · 7.9 kmFelixturm8.3 kmZuckerhut8.6 kmThe Bismarcksäule (Dresden-Räcknitz)11 kmFichteturm12 km↗Hoher Stein (Dresden)12 kmLugturm13 km
Birdyas5 birding sites within 25 kmMoritzburger Kleinkuppenlandschaft12 kmLaußnitzer Heide14 kmWeißeritztäler21 kmTeiche bei Zschorna23 kmMittleres Rödertal24 km
Cascadyas1 waterfalls within 15 kmPrießnitz waterfall3.2 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.
Other forests nearby.
Dresden Heath
Germany
- 73Forestyas Score
- 96%Trees
- 64%Wild
- 830Species
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q8905) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Land cover | ESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0 |
| Species | 34,462 open records within 5 km (GBIF, CC0 and CC BY 4.0 only) |
| See these records | gbif.org |
| Names and photos | Wikidata (CC0); GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Altitude | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Temperature and rain | NASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2) |
| What is around | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Sister atlases | Peakyas, Lakeyas, Darkskyas, Viewyas, Birdyas, Cascadyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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