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Gribskov

Malene Thyssen · CC BY-SA 3.0

74% trees around it and 1,880 species recorded.

83Forestyas Score

ForestFungiBirdsWildlifeWorld Heritage

  • trees within 3 km74%
  • wild within 10 km79%
  • species recorded1,880
  • Altitude74 m

The forest around

74% 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 5%Trees 71%Grassland 8%Water 20%Cropland 0%Built-up 1%Trees 56%Grassland 19%Water 15%Cropland 9%Built-up 2%Trees 38%Grassland 34%Water 1%Cropland 21%Built-up 7%74%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km95%
  • 1–3 km71%
  • 3–6 km56%
  • 6–10 km38%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees71%
  • Grassland8%
  • Water20%
  • Cropland0%
  • Built-up1%

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

1,880 species recorded.

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

European Beech
European BeechFagus sylvatica3,404 recordsMalene Thyssen · CC BY-SA 3.0
Tufted Hair-grass
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa1,727 recordsChristian Fischer · CC BY-SA 3.0
Pedunculate Oak
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur1,623 recordsAlgirdas at Lithuanian Wikipedia · Public domain
Norway Spruce
Norway SprucePicea abies1,518 recordsIvar Leidus · CC BY-SA 3.0 ee
Soft Rush
Soft RushJuncus effusus1,407 recordsThe original uploader was Meggar at English Wikipedia . · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wood-sorrel
Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella1,232 recordsJörg Hempel · CC BY-SA 3.0 de
Sycamore
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus1,130 recordsChristian Pirkl · CC BY-SA 3.0 at
Wavy hair-grass
Wavy hair-grassAvenella flexuosa1,098 recordsBotaurus · Public domain
Rabelera holostea
Rabelera holosteaRabelera holostea1,094 recordsiNaturalist.org (spoonbilling) · CC BY 4.0
Silver Birch
Silver BirchBetula pendula1,037 recordsUnknown author · Public domain
Raspberry
RaspberryRubus idaeus1,025 recordsmako from Kangasala, Suomi (Finland) · CC BY 2.0
European Alder
European AlderAlnus glutinosa987 recordsAEngelhardt · 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.

83out of 100

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

  • 74%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 79%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 1,880Speciesrecorded more than once within 5 km
  • 74 mAltitudeabove the sea

When to walk

Best for walking in June and from August to September.

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

  1. Jan2°-1°67 mm
  2. Feb2°-1°54 mm
  3. Mar5°0°45 mm
  4. Apr10°3°37 mm
  5. May15°8°51 mm
  6. Jun18°12°73 mm
  7. Jul21°15°79 mm
  8. Aug20°15°88 mm
  9. Sep17°12°57 mm
  10. Oct12°7°77 mm
  11. Nov7°4°68 mm
  12. Dec4°1°70 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Gribskov.

Forest in Denmark

Gribskov is a forest in Denmark.

Seen from space, 74% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 79% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

1,880 species have been recorded around it: 816 plants, 856 fungi, 169 birds and 39 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: European Beech, Tufted Hair-grass and Pedunculate Oak.

The best time to walk is in June and from August to September.

Grib skov
Malene Thyssen · CC BY-SA 3.0

Get there and walk

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.

Gribskov 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

  • 10marked trails within 5 kmNordsjællandsruten, Den danske Pilgrimsrute - Nordsjælland, Feel & taste 2 and 7 more
  • 5named and notable trees within 6 kmSkibet, Selskovs suttetræ, Tinghuslærken and 2 more
  • 52picnic sites within 4 km
  • 82shelters and huts within 6 kmKnurreborgvang Hytte, Eghjorten, Grønnekilde and 79 more
  • 11viewpoints within 5 kmFruebjerg and 10 more
  • 1visitor centres within 6 kmBunker 61
  • 41car parks within 3 km
  • 29campsites within 10 kmSøskoven, Graverhus, Bolandshus, Bakkehus and 26 more
  • 14places to stay within 10 kmStore Kro, Asminderød Kro, Mariegaarden and 11 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 Gribskov.

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.

Peakyas15 mountains within 25 km
Vittenbjerg10 kmStore Orebjerg23 m · 15 kmOdinshøj41 m · 15 kmStrø Bjerge17 kmStrø Bjerg17 kmMaglebjerg19 kmSkyhøj23 kmGeels Bakke23 km
Islandyasthe island
Zealand7,031 km²
Lakeyas3 lakes within 15 km
Lake Esrum16 km² · 3.6 kmGurre Lake1.5 km² · 9.8 kmArresø38 km² · 13 km
Darkskyas1 dark-sky places within 30 km
StjärneborgBortle 4 · 25 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.

Mutter Gribs Hule-4
Praeceptor · CC BY-SA 3.0
Nødebo - Skovridergården 1
Ramblersen · CC BY-SA 4.0
Gribskov - Nødebo-Ottevejskrydset path
Ramblersen · CC BY-SA 4.0

Other forests nearby.

Gribskov

Denmark

  • 83Forestyas Score
  • 74%Trees
  • 79%Wild
  • 1,880Species

Store Dyrehave

Denmark · 9 km

  • 79Forestyas Score
  • 70%Trees
  • 74%Wild
  • 1,559Species

See the guide

Rude Skov

Denmark · 20 km

  • 72Forestyas Score
  • 60%Trees
  • 82%Wild
  • 1,811Species

See the guide

Folehaveskoven

Denmark · 19 km

  • 67Forestyas Score
  • 45%Trees
  • 89%Wild
  • 1,318Species

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q10508756) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species124,810 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, Lakeyas, Darkskyas

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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