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Eldorado National Forest

Sebastian Werner · CC BY 2.0

96% trees around it and 134 species recorded.

84Forestyas Score

ForestNational forestDense canopyWildMountain forest

  • trees within 3 km96%
  • wild within 10 km100%
  • species recorded134
  • Altitude1,558 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 98%Grassland 2%Trees 95%Grassland 5%Trees 90%Grassland 9%Trees 95%Grassland 3%Water 1%96%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km98%
  • 1–3 km95%
  • 3–6 km90%
  • 6–10 km95%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees95%
  • Grassland5%
  • Water0%

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

134 species recorded.

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

Canyon live oak
Canyon live oakQuercus chrysolepis8 recordsDoug Beckers on Flickr · CC BY-SA 2.0
California Incense-cedar
California Incense-cedarCalocedrus decurrens7 recordsThe original uploader was Geographer at English Wikipedia . · CC BY 1.0
Mountain misery
Mountain miseryChamaebatia foliolosa7 recordsStan Shebs · CC BY-SA 3.0
Harlequin annual lupine
Harlequin annual lupineLupinus stiversii6 recordsVelo Steve · CC BY-SA 2.0
Kellogg oak
Kellogg oakQuercus kelloggii5 recordsPatrick Cox · CC BY 4.0
Cardinal catchfly
Cardinal catchflySilene laciniata5 recordsStickpen · Public domain
Western juniper
Western juniperJuniperus occidentalis4 recordsUnknown author · CC BY 2.5
Cockspur
CockspurEchinochloa crus-galli4 recordsRobert H. Mohlenbrock. USDA SCS. 1989. Midwest wetland flora: Field office illustrated gui · Public domain
Pacific bleeding heart
Pacific bleeding heartDicentra formosa4 recordsWalter Siegmund · CC BY-SA 3.0
Ponderosa Pine
Ponderosa PinePinus ponderosa4 recordsWalter Siegmund · CC BY 2.5
Great Mullein
Great MulleinVerbascum thapsus3 recordsW. Bulach · CC BY-SA 4.0
Rainbow iris
Rainbow irisIris hartwegii3 recordsTom Hilton · CC BY 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.

84out of 100

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
  • 100%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 134Speciesrecorded more than once within 5 km
  • 1,558 mAltitudeabove the sea

When to walk

Best for walking in May and in October.

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

  1. Jan7°-1°138 mm
  2. Feb8°-1°153 mm
  3. Mar10°0°153 mm
  4. Apr14°2°86 mm
  5. May19°6°49 mm
  6. Jun26°11°13 mm
  7. Jul31°15°4 mm
  8. Aug30°14°4 mm
  9. Sep27°11°10 mm
  10. Oct20°6°56 mm
  11. Nov12°1°104 mm
  12. Dec7°-2°190 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Eldorado National Forest.

U.S. National Forest in California designated in 1910

Eldorado National Forest is a national forest in United States, 1,558 m above the sea.

Seen from space, 96% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 100% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

134 species have been recorded around it: 25 plants, 6 fungi, 101 birds and 2 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: Canyon live oak, California Incense-cedar and Mountain misery.

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

Eldorado NF - trail to Winnemucca Lake
Sebastian Werner · CC BY 2.0

Get there and walk

  • Official informationAccess, hours and rules from those who manage the place.Official site
  • Sand Flat Campgroundcampsite · 1.6 km · 12 within 10 km
  • Sierra Innplace to stay · 4.1 km · 1 within 10 km
  • Pollock Pinesnearest town · 22 km in a straight line
  • Truckee Tahoe Airport (TKF)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 65 km in a straight lineCar hire at RNO airport (Reno)Discover Cars · sponsored link

Plan the visit

A guided walk, a bed nearby, a car.

Car hire at RNO airport (Reno)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.

Eldorado 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

  • 3car parks within 3 km
  • 12campsites within 10 kmSand Flat Campground, Sugarloaf Christian Camp, Silver Creek Group Campground and 9 more
  • 1places to stay within 10 kmSierra Inn
  • 1restaurants and cafés within 3 km
  • marked trails within 5 km
  • 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

Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.

In our other atlases

Around Eldorado 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.

Peakyas52 mountains within 25 km
Pyramid Peak3,043 m · 18 kmMount Price3,042 m · 19 kmRed Peak2,838 m · 22 kmRalston Peak2,816 m · 22 kmSilver Peak2,723 m · 22 kmThunder Mountain2,869 m · 23 kmDicks Peak3,040 m · 23 kmMcConnell Peak2,775 m · 23 km
Lakeyas2 lakes within 15 km
Ice House Reservoir2.6 km² · 8.5 kmWrights Lake0.2 km² · 14 km
Cascadyas1 waterfalls within 15 km
Bridal Veil Falls14 km
Riveryasthe river nearby
South Fork American River140 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.

170303-FS-Eldorado-OW-001 (34698880646)
Pacific Southwest Region 5 · Public domain
170418-FS-Eldorado-VP-003-BlacksmithFlatRoad-VPacific.jpg - Copy (34576832862)
Pacific Southwest Region 5 · Public domain

Other forests nearby.

Eldorado National Forest

United States

  • 84Forestyas Score
  • 96%Trees
  • 100%Wild
  • 134Species

Pioneer Cabin Tree

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  • 83Forestyas Score
  • 96%Trees
  • 100%Wild
  • 256Species

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Stanislaus National Forest

United States · 63 km

  • 84Forestyas Score
  • 98%Trees
  • 100%Wild
  • 139Species

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Tahoe National Forest

United States · 92 km

  • 86Forestyas Score
  • 98%Trees
  • 100%Wild
  • 223Species

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Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q577753) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species2,137 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, Cascadyas, Riveryas

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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