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Glenariff Forest Park

Northcoast1985 · CC BY-SA 4.0

30% trees around it and 657 species recorded.

61Forestyas Score

ForestWildFungi

  • trees within 3 km30%
  • wild within 10 km100%
  • species recorded657
  • Altitude315 m

The forest around

30% 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%Water 0%Trees 23%Grassland 76%Water 1%Trees 12%Grassland 88%Water 0%Built-up 0%Trees 14%Grassland 78%Water 8%Built-up 1%30%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km86%
  • 1–3 km23%
  • 3–6 km12%
  • 6–10 km14%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees23%
  • Grassland76%
  • Water1%
  • 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

657 species recorded.

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

Bulbous rush
Bulbous rushJuncus bulbosus70 recordsJan Kops · Public domain
Erect cinquefoil
Erect cinquefoilPotentilla erecta70 recordsUser:Tigerente · CC BY 2.5
Beaked sedge
Beaked sedgeCarex rostrata65 recordsKristian Peters -- Fabelfroh 16:01, 13 July 2006 (UTC) · CC BY-SA 3.0
Soft Rush
Soft RushJuncus effusus60 recordsThe original uploader was Meggar at English Wikipedia . · CC BY-SA 3.0
Tall cottongrass
Tall cottongrassEriophorum angustifolium60 recordsW. Bulach · CC BY-SA 4.0
Common Sedge
Common SedgeCarex nigra59 recordsNo machine-readable author provided. Thommybe assumed (based on copyright claims). · CC BY-SA 3.0
Greater creeping spearwort
Greater creeping spearwortRanunculus flammula55 recordsChristian Fischer · CC BY-SA 3.0
Bog pondweed
Bog pondweedPotamogeton polygonifolius54 recordsUnknown author · Public domain
Carex demissa
Carex demissaCarex demissa52 recordsJames K. Lindsey · CC BY-SA 3.0
Sweet vernal grass
Sweet vernal grassAnthoxanthum odoratum50 recordsUnknown author · CC BY-SA 3.0
Bog asphodel
Bog asphodelNarthecium ossifragum50 recordsHajotthu · CC BY-SA 3.0
Carnation sedge
Carnation sedgeCarex panicea49 recordsKristian Peters -- Fabelfroh 15:28, 18 July 2006 (UTC) · 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.

61out of 100

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

  • 30%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 100%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 657Speciesrecorded more than once within 5 km
  • 315 mAltitudeabove the sea

When to walk

Best for walking from July to August.

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

  1. Jan7°4°108 mm
  2. Feb7°3°84 mm
  3. Mar8°4°82 mm
  4. Apr10°6°66 mm
  5. May13°8°80 mm
  6. Jun15°10°92 mm
  7. Jul17°12°104 mm
  8. Aug17°12°114 mm
  9. Sep15°11°90 mm
  10. Oct12°9°120 mm
  11. Nov9°6°117 mm
  12. Dec7°4°109 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Glenariff Forest Park.

Forest

Glenariff Forest Park is a forest in United Kingdom, 315 m above the sea.

Seen from space, 30% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 100% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

657 species have been recorded around it: 489 plants, 93 fungi, 68 birds and 7 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: Bulbous rush, Erect cinquefoil and Beaked sedge.

The best time to walk is from July to August.

Glenariff Waterfall
Northcoast1985 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Get there and walk

  • Official informationAccess, hours and rules from those who manage the place.Official site
  • Cushendall Caravan Holiday Parkcampsite · 8.5 km · 3 within 10 km
  • Ballyeamon Barnplace to stay · 2.1 km · 8 within 10 km
  • Glenariffnearest town · 5.6 km in a straight line
  • Belfast International Airport (BFS)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 40 km in a straight lineCar hire at BFS airport (Belfast)Discover Cars · sponsored link

Plan the visit

A guided walk, a bed nearby, a car.

Car hire at BFS airport (Belfast)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.

Glenariff Forest Park 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

  • 6marked trails within 5 kmMoyle Way, Dungonnell Way, Waterfall Trail and 3 more
  • 1picnic sites within 4 km
  • 5shelters and huts within 6 km
  • 7viewpoints within 5 km
  • 5car parks within 3 km
  • 3campsites within 10 kmCushendall Caravan Holiday Park
  • 8places to stay within 10 kmBallyeamon Barn, The Burn B&B, Garron View and 5 more
  • 2restaurants and cafés within 3 km
  • named and notable trees within 6 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 Glenariff Forest Park.

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.

Peakyas28 mountains within 25 km
Trostan551 m · 5.3 kmTievebulliagh402 m · 7.1 kmSlieve-na-Aura511 m · 9.7 kmSlemish437 m · 14 kmKnocklayd514 m · 16 kmScawt Hill378 m · 17 kmDouglas Top402 m · 17 kmWee Collin24 km
Islandyasthe island
Ireland84,421 km²
Cascadyas2 waterfalls within 15 km
Ess na Larach1.3 kmEss-Na-Crub Waterfall1.6 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.

Conifer Trees at Glenariff Forest Park
Camcool11 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Glenariff Waterfall - Fallen Branch (4441803006)
Grace Smith · CC BY 2.0
Stream - Glenariff Forest, Ballymena , Northern Ireland, UK - August 15, 2017
Giorgio Galeotti · CC BY 4.0

Other forests nearby.

Glenariff Forest Park

United Kingdom

  • 61Forestyas Score
  • 30%Trees
  • 100%Wild
  • 657Species

Dark Hedges

United Kingdom · 22 km

  • 53Forestyas Score
  • 11%Trees
  • 94%Wild
  • 431Species

See the guide

Botanic Gardens

United Kingdom · 49 km

  • 51Forestyas Score
  • 25%Trees
  • 74%Wild
  • 590Species

See the guide

Tollymore Forest Park

United Kingdom · 89 km

  • 62Forestyas Score
  • 29%Trees
  • 96%Wild
  • 1,330Species

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q3364373) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species9,187 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, Islandyas, 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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