
France forest
Forêt de Mormal
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91% trees around it and 1,164 species recorded.
- trees within 3 km91%
- wild within 10 km76%
- species recorded1,164
- Altitude165 m
The forest around
91% 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 km95%
- 1–3 km91%
- 3–6 km68%
- 6–10 km22%
What covers the land (1–3 km)
- Trees91%
- Grassland8%
- Cropland1%
- 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
1,164 species recorded.
The plants, fungi, birds and mammals people have recorded here most often.












































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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).
- 91%Treesof the land within 3 km
- 76%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
- 1,164Speciesrecorded more than once within 5 km
- 165 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-1°71 mm
- Feb-1°65 mm
- Mar1°63 mm
- Apr4°45 mm
- May8°65 mm
- Jun11°66 mm
- Jul13°68 mm
- Aug12°76 mm
- Sep9°52 mm
- Oct6°67 mm
- Nov3°73 mm
- Dec0°86 mm
- Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
- Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Forêt de Mormal.
Forest in France
Forêt de Mormal is a forest in France.
Seen from space, 91% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 76% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.
1,164 species have been recorded around it: 665 plants, 323 fungi, 135 birds and 41 mammals.
The most recorded plants are: Creeping buttercup, Stickywilly and Wild angelica.
The best time to walk is in September.

Get there and walk
- Vert Donjoncampsite · 1.4 km · 12 within 10 km
- Domaine de Mormalplace to stay · 4.8 km · 8 within 10 km
- Berlaimontnearest town · 5.7 km in a straight line
- Brussels South Charleroi Airport (CRL)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 59 km in a straight lineCar hire at CRL airport (Charleroi)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
- 11marked trails within 5 kmBon-Secours - Son, Boucle Bocages et Maroilles, Circuit des Pâtures and 8 more
- 6named and notable trees within 6 kmAulune Glutineux, Noyes d'Amerique, Thuya d'occident ou du Canada and 3 more
- 5picnic sites within 4 km
- 4shelters and huts within 6 km
- 1viewpoints within 5 km
- 2car parks within 3 km
- 12campsites within 10 kmVert Donjon, Domaine de Mormal, La Forestière and 9 more
- 8places to stay within 10 kmDomaine de Mormal, La Jolimessine, Au repos de la licorne and 5 more
- 3restaurants and cafés within 3 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.
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Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q3078922) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Land cover | ESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0 |
| Species | 55,058 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 |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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