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Grünwalder Forst

Zeitlupe · CC BY-SA 4.0

79% trees around it and 1,141 species recorded.

77Forestyas Score

ForestFungi

  • trees within 3 km79%
  • wild within 10 km77%
  • species recorded1,141
  • Altitude639 m

The forest around

79% 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 98%Grassland 1%Built-up 0%Trees 77%Grassland 5%Water 1%Cropland 7%Built-up 9%Trees 68%Grassland 10%Water 1%Bare ground 0%Cropland 14%Built-up 8%Trees 61%Grassland 13%Water 0%Cropland 13%Built-up 13%79%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km98%
  • 1–3 km77%
  • 3–6 km68%
  • 6–10 km61%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees77%
  • Grassland5%
  • Water1%
  • Cropland7%
  • Built-up9%

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

1,141 species recorded.

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

European Beech
European BeechFagus sylvatica330 recordsMalene Thyssen · CC BY-SA 3.0
European woodland sedge
European woodland sedgeCarex sylvatica235 recordsFranz Xaver · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wood-sorrel
Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella229 recordsJörg Hempel · CC BY-SA 3.0 de
Glaucous sedge
Glaucous sedgeCarex flacca227 recordsKristian Peters -- Fabelfroh 09:16, 13 July 2006 (UTC) · CC BY-SA 3.0
Aposeris foetida
Aposeris foetidaAposeris foetida225 recordsUser:Tigerente · CC BY-SA 3.0
Hemp-agrimony
Hemp-agrimonyEupatorium cannabinum182 recordsBurkhard Mücke · CC BY-SA 4.0
Carex alba
Carex albaCarex alba178 recordsUnknown author · CC BY-SA 3.0
Coltsfoot
ColtsfootTussilago farfara161 recordsAndreas Trepte · CC BY-SA 2.5
Hepatica
HepaticaHepatica nobilis158 recordsUnknown author · CC BY-SA 3.0
Mezereon
MezereonDaphne mezereum158 recordsIvar Leidus · CC BY-SA 4.0
Phyteuma spicatum
Phyteuma spicatumPhyteuma spicatum156 recordsUnknown author · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wild angelica
Wild angelicaAngelica sylvestris156 recordsUnknown author · Public domain

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

In numbers

The forest, measured.

77out of 100

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

  • 79%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 77%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 1,141Speciesrecorded more than once within 5 km
  • 639 mAltitudeabove the sea

When to walk

Best for walking in May and in September.

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

  1. Jan2°-5°76 mm
  2. Feb3°-4°59 mm
  3. Mar8°-1°69 mm
  4. Apr14°3°68 mm
  5. May18°8°123 mm
  6. Jun22°12°137 mm
  7. Jul23°14°134 mm
  8. Aug23°13°139 mm
  9. Sep18°9°92 mm
  10. Oct14°5°77 mm
  11. Nov8°0°62 mm
  12. Dec3°-3°67 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Grünwalder Forst.

Forest in Bavaria, Germany

Grünwalder Forst is a forest in Germany, 639 m above the sea.

Seen from space, 79% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 77% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

1,141 species have been recorded around it: 976 plants, 51 fungi, 105 birds and 9 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: European Beech, European woodland sedge and Wood-sorrel.

The best time to walk is in May and in September.

Grünwalder Wasserwerk
Zeitlupe · CC BY-SA 4.0

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.

Grünwalder Forst 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

  • 9marked trails within 5 kmMünchner Jakobsweg, Traumpfad München-Venedig, Würmsee-Inntal-Weitwanderweg (weiß auf blau) and 6 more
  • 14named and notable trees within 6 kmVerfassungslinde, Rudolf Sperr-Eiche, Brüdereichen and 11 more
  • 13picnic sites within 4 km
  • 91shelters and huts within 6 kmVogelanger and 90 more
  • 18viewpoints within 5 kmIsartalblick, Zugspitzblick, Aussichtspunkt Isar Kraftwerk Höllriegelskreuth and 15 more
  • 193car parks within 3 km
  • 2campsites within 10 kmParkanlage Dulipphof, Campingplatz Thalkirchen
  • 115places to stay within 10 kmAppartement-Hotel Hölzl, Jugendherberge Burg Schwaneck, Hachinger Hof and 112 more
  • 34restaurants 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 Grünwalder Forst.

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.

Peakyas31 mountains within 25 km
Parsberg569 m · 20 kmHirsch Bühl641 m · 20 kmAschberg20 kmFröttmaninger Berg75 m · 22 kmSchindelberg23 kmJohannishügel Tutzing24 kmDeuten-Berg24 kmEmmeringer Leite561 m · 24 km
Darkskyas3 dark-sky places within 30 km
Bavarian Public Observatory MunichBortle 8 · 12 kmUniversitäts-Sternwarte MünchenBortle 8 · 15 kmESO Supernova Planetarium & Visitor CentreBortle 5 · 28 km
Viewyas1 viewpoints within 15 kmComing soon
Hi-Sky12 km
Birdyas2 birding sites within 25 km
Starnberger See16 kmLake Starnberg153 species · 22 km
Canyonyas1 canyons within 20 km
Maisinger Schlucht15 km
Cascadyas1 waterfalls within 15 km
Wasserfall Schwabinger Bach in München14 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.

20240407 Isar Grünwalder Forst
Flocci Nivis · CC BY 4.0
Grünwalder Forst Holzsteg
Zeitlupe · CC BY-SA 4.0
Horn (Grünwalder Forst)
Wasquewhat · CC BY 4.0

Other forests nearby.

Grünwalder Forst

Germany

  • 77Forestyas Score
  • 79%Trees
  • 77%Wild
  • 1,141Species

Forstenrieder Park

Germany · 6 km

  • 81Forestyas Score
  • 92%Trees
  • 80%Wild
  • 1,176Species

See the guide

Perlacher Forst

Germany · 6 km

  • 72Forestyas Score
  • 79%Trees
  • 63%Wild
  • 1,324Species

See the guide

Pupplinger Au

Germany · 12 km

  • 72Forestyas Score
  • 61%Trees
  • 86%Wild
  • 1,047Species

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q66623571) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species32,128 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, Darkskyas, Viewyas, Birdyas, Canyonyas, Cascadyas

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

The family

Do you prefer beaches, lakes, mountains, waterfalls, islands, rivers, canyons, caves, dark skies, viewpoints, birdwatching or forests?

Same idea, other landscapes: field atlases built on open data, in seven languages.

beachesCoastyaFind your beach: sea temperature, sun and swimming month by month.Visit lakesLakeyasEvery lake on Earth: water temperature, ice, depth and the shore.Visit mountainsPeakyasEvery summit in 3D: summit weather, the 0 °C line, huts and trails.Visit waterfallsCascadyasEvery waterfall: height, flow month by month and when it roars.Visit islandsIslandyasEvery island from the sea up: size, sea temperature, ferries and 3D.Visit riversRiveryasEvery river from source to sea: the journey, the flow and the basin in numbers.Visit canyonsCanyonyasEvery canyon cut to scale: depth to the floor, rim and floor temperatures, trails and viewpoints.Visit cavesCavernyasEvery cave with its real depth and length: the rock above, the temperature inside all year, and how to visit.Visit dark skiesDarkskyasWhere the night is still dark: the sky of every place, the Milky Way month by month, the Moon, eclipses and auroras.Visit
viewpointsViewyasEvery viewpoint with its real 360° panorama: the peaks you can name, how far you see and where the sun sets.Coming soonVisit
birdwatchingBirdyasEvery bird sanctuary and wetland with the species recorded month by month: who is resident, who comes for the summer, who only passes through.Visit
forestsForestyasEvery forest with its land-cover rings, what grows and lives in it, and the best months to walk it.You are here