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Finger Lakes National Forest

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69% trees around it and 227 species recorded.

72Forestyas Score

ForestNational forestBirds

  • trees within 3 km69%
  • wild within 10 km81%
  • species recorded227
  • Altitude557 m

The forest around

69% 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 86%Grassland 14%Cropland 0%Trees 67%Grassland 30%Cropland 3%Trees 61%Grassland 27%Cropland 11%Built-up 0%Trees 43%Grassland 21%Water 11%Cropland 24%Built-up 0%69%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km86%
  • 1–3 km67%
  • 3–6 km61%
  • 6–10 km43%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees67%
  • Grassland30%
  • 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

227 species recorded.

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

Jesuit's nut
Jesuit's nutTrapa natans50 recordsBilous Olena · CC BY 4.0
Spiked Water-milfoil
Spiked Water-milfoilMyriophyllum spicatum47 recordsUnknown author · CC BY-SA 3.0
Curled pondweed
Curled pondweedPotamogeton crispus15 recordsUnknown author · CC BY-SA 3.0
Reed-grass, reed-canary grass
Reed-grass, reed-canary grassPhalaris arundinacea13 recordsFranz Xaver · CC BY-SA 3.0
Partridge Berry
Partridge BerryMitchella repens7 recordsJason Hollinger · CC BY 2.0
Canada mayflower
Canada mayflowerMaianthemum canadense5 recordsBlueCanoe · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wild basil
Wild basilClinopodium vulgare5 recordsUnknown author · CC BY-SA 3.0
Pink lady's slipper
Pink lady's slipperCypripedium acaule4 recordsSasata (edited by Noodle snacks · CC BY-SA 3.0
Buckthorn
BuckthornRhamnus cathartica4 recordsFranz Xaver · CC BY-SA 3.0
Purple-loosestrife
Purple-loosestrifeLythrum salicaria4 recordsGeorge Chernilevsky · CC BY 4.0
Sensitive fern
Sensitive fernOnoclea sensibilis3 recordsKurt Stüber [1] · CC BY-SA 3.0
Mayapple
MayapplePodophyllum peltatum3 recordsVelocicaptor · Public domain

Open records within 5 km (GBIF, licensed for any use). Busy places are better recorded than remote ones.

In numbers

The forest, measured.

72out of 100

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

  • 69%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 81%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 227Speciesrecorded more than once within 5 km
  • 557 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. Jan-2°-9°54 mm
  2. Feb0°-9°54 mm
  3. Mar5°-5°67 mm
  4. Apr13°1°80 mm
  5. May20°8°87 mm
  6. Jun25°13°101 mm
  7. Jul28°16°101 mm
  8. Aug27°15°99 mm
  9. Sep23°11°97 mm
  10. Oct15°5°100 mm
  11. Nov8°-1°65 mm
  12. Dec1°-6°73 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Finger Lakes National Forest.

U.S. National Forest in New York

Finger Lakes National Forest is a national forest in United States, 557 m above the sea.

Seen from space, 69% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 81% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

227 species have been recorded around it: 34 plants, 1 fungi, 185 birds and 7 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: Jesuit's nut, Spiked Water-milfoil and Curled pondweed.

The best time to walk is in May.

Finger Lakes National Forest - Oct 2022 - 52922257462
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Get there and walk

  • Official informationAccess, hours and rules from those who manage the place.Official site
  • Backbone Horse Campgroundcampsite · 0.4 km · 5 within 10 km
  • Inn at the Grist Ironplace to stay · 7.7 km · 1 within 10 km
  • Trumansburgnearest town · 11 km in a straight line
  • Ithaca Tompkins Regional Airport (ITH)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 27 km in a straight lineCar hire at SYR airport (Syracuse)Discover Cars · sponsored link

Plan the visit

A guided walk, a bed nearby, a car.

Car hire at SYR airport (Syracuse)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.

Finger Lakes 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

  • 4marked trails within 5 kmNo-Tan-Takto Trail, Backbone Trail, Burnt Hill Trail and 1 more
  • 1picnic sites within 4 km
  • 1shelters and huts within 6 km
  • 3car parks within 3 km
  • 5campsites within 10 kmBackbone Horse Campground, Potomac Group Campground, Backbone Horse Camp and 2 more
  • 1places to stay within 10 kmInn at the Grist Iron
  • named and notable trees within 6 km
  • viewpoints within 5 km
  • visitor centres within 6 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 Finger Lakes 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
Burnt Hill4.3 kmBuck Hill15 kmHuey Hill21 kmHouse Hill22 kmBaker Hill23 kmBarrington Hill24 kmSix Nations Hill25 kmBull Hill25 km
Darkskyas2 dark-sky places within 30 km
Ford ObservatoryBortle 5 · 26 kmFuertes ObservatoryBortle 6 · 27 km
Cascadyas1 waterfalls within 15 km
Taughannock Falls66 m · 15 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.

Finger Lakes National Forest - Oct 2022 - 52922257882
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Other forests nearby.

Finger Lakes National Forest

United States

  • 72Forestyas Score
  • 69%Trees
  • 81%Wild
  • 227Species

Allegheny National Forest

United States · 207 km

  • 85Forestyas Score
  • 96%Trees
  • 100%Wild
  • 184Species

See the guide

Drew University

United States · 276 km

  • 75Forestyas Score
  • 74%Trees
  • 89%Wild
  • 146Species

See the guide

Green Mountain National Forest

United States · 341 km

  • 87Forestyas Score
  • 99%Trees
  • 92%Wild
  • 460Species

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q5450206) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species49,772 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, Darkskyas, Cascadyas

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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