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Gibi National Forest

Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data), CC BY 4.0, with relief shading from Copernicus WorldDEM-30

100% trees around it and 12 species recorded.

70Forestyas Score

ForestDense canopyWild

  • trees within 3 km100%
  • wild within 10 km100%
  • species recorded12
  • Altitude200 m

The forest around

100% 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 100%Trees 99%Shrubland 1%Grassland 0%100%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km100%
  • 1–3 km100%
  • 3–6 km100%
  • 6–10 km99%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees100%
  • Shrubland0%

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

12 species recorded.

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

AzobeVU
AzobeLophira alata7 recordsAjit Ampalakkad · CC0
Piptadeniastrum africanum
Piptadeniastrum africanumPiptadeniastrum africanum2 recordsNMNH - Botany Dept. · CC0
African locust-bean
African locust-beanParkia bicolor2 recordsDorothy Amaury Talbot · Public domain
Schweinfurth's olive
Schweinfurth's oliveCanarium schweinfurthii2 recordsMuhles · CC BY-SA 4.0
Diospyros cooperiDiospyros cooperi5 records
Mitragyna ciliataMitragyna ciliata4 records
Aphanocalyx microphyllusAphanocalyx microphyllus3 records
Uapaca pynaertiiUapaca pynaertii3 records
NT
Didelotia idaeDidelotia idae2 records
Duguetia staudtiiDuguetia staudtii2 records
Memecylon englerianumMemecylon englerianum2 records
Afzelia parvifloraAfzelia parviflora2 records

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

In numbers

The forest, measured.

70out of 100

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

  • 100%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 100%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 12Speciesrecorded more than once within 5 km
  • 200 mAltitudeabove the sea

When to walk

Best for walking from December to January.

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

  1. Jan31°19°19 mm
  2. Feb31°21°54 mm
  3. Mar31°22°97 mm
  4. Apr30°22°124 mm
  5. May30°22°182 mm
  6. Jun28°21°252 mm
  7. Jul28°20°159 mm
  8. Aug28°20°203 mm
  9. Sep28°21°229 mm
  10. Oct28°21°210 mm
  11. Nov29°22°111 mm
  12. Dec30°20°42 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Gibi National Forest.

National forest in Liberia

Gibi National Forest is a forest in Liberia, 200 m above the sea.

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

12 species have been recorded around it: 12 plants, 0 fungi, 0 birds and 0 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: Azobe, Piptadeniastrum africanum and African locust-bean.

The best time to walk is from December to January.

Gibi National Forest seen from above (Sentinel-2)
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data), CC BY 4.0, with relief shading from Copernicus WorldDEM-30

Get there and walk

  • Roberts International Airport (ROB)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 169 km in a straight line

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.

Gibi 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

    • 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
    • car parks within 3 km
    • campsites within 10 km
    • places to stay within 10 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.

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    • 100%Wild
    • 12Species

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    • 100%Wild
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    • 99%Wild
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    • 87Forestyas Score
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    • 100%Wild
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    Where these figures come from

    Name and typeWikidata (Q5559097) · CC0
    Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
    Species46 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

    Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.

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