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Forest of Halatte

P.poschadel · CC BY-SA 2.0 fr

82% trees around it and 1,559 species recorded.

  • trees within 3 km82%
  • wild within 10 km68%
  • species recorded1,559
  • Altitude119 m

The forest around

82% 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 99%Grassland 1%Trees 80%Grassland 5%Cropland 13%Built-up 2%Trees 59%Grassland 13%Water 1%Cropland 19%Built-up 8%Trees 51%Grassland 10%Wetland 0%Water 2%Bare ground 0%Cropland 27%Built-up 10%82%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km99%
  • 1–3 km80%
  • 3–6 km59%
  • 6–10 km51%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees80%
  • Grassland5%
  • Water0%
  • Cropland13%
  • Built-up2%

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

1,559 species recorded.

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

Pyramidal orchid
Pyramidal orchidAnacamptis pyramidalis312 recordsDidier Descouens · CC BY-SA 4.0
European Beech
European BeechFagus sylvatica263 recordsMalene Thyssen · CC BY-SA 3.0
Grass Vetchling
Grass VetchlingLathyrus nissolia211 recordsFornax · Public domain
Two-lead squill
Two-lead squillScilla bifolia157 recordsUnknown author · CC BY-SA 3.0
Hornbeam
HornbeamCarpinus betulus148 recordsBotaurus · Public domain
Wild daffodil
Wild daffodilNarcissus pseudonarcissus125 recordsUser:Nino Barbieri · CC BY-SA 2.5
Common Bluebell
Common BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta122 recordsJackyM59 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Dog's mercury
Dog's mercuryMercurialis perennis112 recordsEpgrande · CC BY 4.0
Cypress Spurge
Cypress SpurgeEuphorbia cyparissias105 recordsKrzysztof Golik · CC BY-SA 4.0
Small-leaved Lime
Small-leaved LimeTilia cordata105 recordsImreKiss · CC BY 3.0
Garlic Mustard
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata101 recordsO. Pichard · CC BY-SA 3.0
Cobnut
CobnutCorylus avellana91 recordsMPF · 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.

76out of 100

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

  • 82%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 68%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 1,559Speciesrecorded more than once within 5 km
  • 119 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. Jan6°0°54 mm
  2. Feb7°0°50 mm
  3. Mar12°2°52 mm
  4. Apr16°5°39 mm
  5. May19°8°64 mm
  6. Jun23°12°60 mm
  7. Jul25°14°55 mm
  8. Aug25°13°59 mm
  9. Sep21°10°42 mm
  10. Oct16°7°57 mm
  11. Nov10°4°61 mm
  12. Dec6°1°69 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Forest of Halatte.

Forest in France

Forest of Halatte is a forest in France.

Seen from space, 82% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 68% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

1,559 species have been recorded around it: 1,000 plants, 331 fungi, 187 birds and 41 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: Pyramidal orchid, European Beech and Grass Vetchling.

The best time to walk is in May.

Chamant (60), poteau Saint-Priest dans la forêt d'Halatte, détail
P.poschadel · CC BY-SA 2.0 fr

Get there and walk

  • Camping de la Sapinièrecampsite · 5.4 km · 4 within 10 km
  • l'Aunette Cottageplace to stay · 4.3 km · 36 within 10 km
  • Fleurinesnearest town · 1.7 km in a straight line
  • Charles de Gaulle International Airport (CDG)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 26 km in a straight lineCar hire at CDG airport (Paris)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.

Forest of Halatte 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 kmChemin Royal, Chemin du Marronnier, Grand Tour de Paris, Montagny-Prouvaire - La Ferté-Milon and 4 more
  • 2named and notable trees within 6 kmChêne à l'image, Le Chêne Bocquet
  • 6picnic sites within 4 km
  • 16shelters and huts within 6 kmAbribus, Pavillon de chasse des Bâtis, Marronnier and 13 more
  • 1viewpoints within 5 km
  • 2visitor centres within 6 kmOffice du tourisme de Senlis, CCI Oise
  • 54car parks within 3 km
  • 4campsites within 10 kmCamping de la Sapinière, Parking Pont-Sainte-Maxence, Parc de la Garenne and 1 more
  • 36places to stay within 10 kml'Aunette Cottage, Saint-Graal, La bohème restaurant & chambres d'hôtes and 33 more
  • 1restaurants 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 Forest of Halatte.

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.

Peakyas2 mountains within 25 km
Mont Pagnotte6.4 kmMont Cornon14 km
Birdyas1 birding sites within 25 km
marais de Sacy218 species · 10 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.

Chamant (60), poteau Saint-Priest dans la forêt d'Halatte
P.poschadel · CC BY-SA 2.0 fr
Cyclistes sur la route forestière de la Chaussée Pontpoint
VVVCFFrance · CC0
Route forestière de la chaussée Pontpoint vue de l'avenue du Maréchal Foch
VVVCFFrance · CC0

Other forests nearby.

Forest of Halatte

France

  • 76Forestyas Score
  • 82%Trees
  • 68%Wild
  • 1,559Species

Chantilly Forest

France · 9 km

  • 80Forestyas Score
  • 83%Trees
  • 77%Wild
  • 1,387Species

See the guide

Forest of Compiègne

France · 27 km

  • 80Forestyas Score
  • 99%Trees
  • 75%Wild
  • 1,320Species

See the guide

Ermenonville Forest

France · 12 km

  • 71Forestyas Score
  • 96%Trees
  • 54%Wild
  • 1,274Species

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q3078780) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species41,173 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, Birdyas

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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