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Gjelleråsen

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63% trees around it and 2,077 species recorded.

69Forestyas Score

ForestFungiBirdsWildlife

  • trees within 3 km63%
  • wild within 10 km72%
  • species recorded2,077
  • Altitude323 m

The forest around

63% 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 95%Grassland 1%Bare ground 0%Built-up 4%Trees 59%Grassland 6%Water 0%Bare ground 1%Cropland 10%Built-up 25%Trees 53%Grassland 6%Water 2%Bare ground 0%Cropland 13%Built-up 25%Trees 68%Grassland 4%Water 4%Bare ground 0%Cropland 12%Built-up 12%63%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km95%
  • 1–3 km59%
  • 3–6 km53%
  • 6–10 km68%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees59%
  • Grassland6%
  • Water0%
  • Bare ground1%
  • Cropland10%
  • Built-up25%

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

2,077 species recorded.

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

Canada goldenrod
Canada goldenrodSolidago canadensis1,545 recordsGeorg Slickers · CC BY-SA 4.0
Red-berried Elder
Red-berried ElderSambucus racemosa738 recordsAlgirdas at Lithuanian Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0
Bigleaf lupine
Bigleaf lupineLupinus polyphyllus646 recordsJoe Mabel (on Flickr as Joe Mabel from Seattle, US) · CC BY-SA 3.0
Giant Hogweed
Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum642 recordsanastasiiamerkulova · CC BY 4.0
Large yellow loosestrife
Large yellow loosestrifeLysimachia punctata475 recordssarefo · CC BY-SA 3.0
Turkish wartycabbage
Turkish wartycabbageBunias orientalis458 recordsZeynel Cebeci · CC BY-SA 4.0
Himalayan Balsam
Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera457 recordsGuptaele · CC BY-SA 4.0
AshNT
AshFraxinus excelsior404 recordsWillow · CC BY 2.5
Rowan
RowanSorbus aucuparia386 recordsGiallopolenta · Public domain
Wood Anemone
Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa384 recordsEpgrande · CC BY 4.0
Norway Spruce
Norway SprucePicea abies383 recordsIvar Leidus · CC BY-SA 3.0 ee
White Sweet-clover
White Sweet-cloverMelilotus albus375 recordsIvar Leidus · 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.

69out of 100

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

  • 63%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 72%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 2,077Speciesrecorded more than once within 5 km
  • 323 mAltitudeabove the sea

When to walk

Best for walking from June to August.

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

  1. Jan-3°-8°80 mm
  2. Feb-2°-8°62 mm
  3. Mar2°-5°57 mm
  4. Apr9°0°62 mm
  5. May14°5°93 mm
  6. Jun18°10°94 mm
  7. Jul20°12°112 mm
  8. Aug19°11°125 mm
  9. Sep15°7°96 mm
  10. Oct8°2°106 mm
  11. Nov2°-2°98 mm
  12. Dec-2°-7°81 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Gjelleråsen.

Hill in Akershus, Norway

Gjelleråsen is a forest in Norway, 323 m above the sea.

Seen from space, 63% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 72% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

2,077 species have been recorded around it: 841 plants, 1,000 fungi, 207 birds and 29 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: Canada goldenrod, Red-berried Elder and Bigleaf lupine.

The best time to walk is from June to August.

Riksveg 4 Gjelleråsen 2005-10-04
Unknown author · CC BY 2.5

Get there and walk

  • Designated bonfire placecampsite · 7.8 km · 4 within 10 km
  • MOXY Oslo Xplace to stay · 2.4 km · 36 within 10 km
  • Strømmennearest town · 4.0 km in a straight line
  • Oslo-Gardermoen International Airport (OSL)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 27 km in a straight lineCar hire at OSL airport (Oslo)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.

Gjelleråsen 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

  • 37marked trails within 5 kmRomeriksleden, Blåstier i Østmarka, Blåstier i Gjelleråsen and 34 more
  • 1named and notable trees within 6 kmSvenskefurua
  • 147picnic sites within 4 km
  • 65shelters and huts within 6 kmKjerringfred, Gubbero gapahuk and 63 more
  • 20viewpoints within 5 kmSolfjellet, Stovnertårnet and 18 more
  • 372car parks within 3 km
  • 4campsites within 10 kmDesignated bonfire place, Ekeberg Camping and 2 more
  • 36places to stay within 10 kmMOXY Oslo X, Aaraastunet, Maya Apartments Kasjotten and 33 more
  • 15restaurants 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.

In our other atlases

Around Gjelleråsen.

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.

Peakyas835 mountains within 25 km
Barlindåsen398 m · 8.8 kmRamstadslottet394 m · 8.8 kmPrekestolen411 m · 9.4 kmVaringskollen546 m · 16 kmVardåsen374 m · 21 kmDølefjell416 m · 22 kmGravsvollhøgda423 m · 22 kmBrunkollen414 m · 23 km
Lakeyas20 lakes within 15 km
Alungsjøen0.4 km² · 5.3 kmLutvann0.4 km² · 6.8 kmMaridalsvannet3.8 km² · 9.4 kmØstensjøvannet0.3 km² · 10 kmNøklevann0.8 km² · 11 kmSognsvann0.4 km² · 12 kmØyungen0.9 km² · 14 kmSkjærsjøen0.6 km² · 14 km
Darkskyas2 dark-sky places within 30 km
Oslo ObservatoryBortle 9 · 14 kmHarestua Solar ObservatoryBortle 4 · 29 km
Viewyas1 viewpoints within 15 kmComing soon
Tjuvtitten14 km
Birdyas1 birding sites within 25 km
Øyeren279 species · 17 km
Cascadyas13 waterfalls within 15 km
Leirfossen4.0 kmDånnåfossen6.6 kmFrysjafossen9.1 kmBrekkefossen9.5 kmBjølsenfossen10 kmNedre Foss12 kmKvennhusfossen13 kmSvanefoss14 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.

2016-09 klokke vernet
Chell Hill · CC BY-SA 4.0

Other forests nearby.

Gjelleråsen

Norway

  • 69Forestyas Score
  • 63%Trees
  • 72%Wild
  • 2,077Species

Østmarka

Norway · 13 km

  • 86Forestyas Score
  • 91%Trees
  • 90%Wild
  • 1,402Species

See the guide

Lillomarka

Norway · 7 km

  • 82Forestyas Score
  • 90%Trees
  • 80%Wild
  • 2,126Species

See the guide

Vestmarka

Norway · 34 km

  • 85Forestyas Score
  • 91%Trees
  • 87%Wild
  • 1,941Species

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q31227192) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species128,731 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, Darkskyas, Viewyas, Birdyas, Cascadyas

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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viewpointsViewyasEvery viewpoint with its real 360° panorama: the peaks you can name, how far you see and where the sun sets.Coming soonVisit
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