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Hareskoven

Kristoffer Trolle from Copenhagen, Denmark · CC BY 2.0

59% trees around it and 1,777 species recorded.

66Forestyas Score

ForestFungiBirdsWildlife

  • trees within 3 km59%
  • wild within 10 km70%
  • species recorded1,777

The forest around

59% 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 89%Grassland 7%Built-up 4%Trees 55%Grassland 19%Water 7%Cropland 2%Built-up 17%Trees 34%Grassland 24%Wetland 0%Water 12%Cropland 4%Built-up 26%Trees 39%Grassland 26%Wetland 0%Water 2%Cropland 12%Built-up 20%59%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km89%
  • 1–3 km55%
  • 3–6 km34%
  • 6–10 km39%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees55%
  • Grassland19%
  • Wetland0%
  • Water7%
  • Cropland2%
  • Built-up17%

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

1,777 species recorded.

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

Soft Rush
Soft RushJuncus effusus1,113 recordsThe original uploader was Meggar at English Wikipedia . · CC BY-SA 3.0
Common Reed
Common ReedPhragmites australis962 recordsEpgrande · CC BY 4.0
Great Willowherb
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum876 recordsJeffdelonge at French Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0
Broadleaf cattail
Broadleaf cattailTypha latifolia807 recordsAndrawaag · CC BY-SA 4.0
Grey Willow
Grey WillowSalix cinerea798 recordsBCB · Public domain
Common Duckweed
Common DuckweedLemna minor797 recordsUnknown author · CC BY-SA 3.0
Yellow Iris
Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus757 recordsJean-Jacques MILAN · CC BY-SA 3.0
European Alder
European AlderAlnus glutinosa712 recordsAEngelhardt · CC BY-SA 3.0
European Beech
European BeechFagus sylvatica658 recordsMalene Thyssen · CC BY-SA 3.0
Garden yellow loosestrife
Garden yellow loosestrifeLysimachia vulgaris653 recordsLe.Loup.Gris · CC BY-SA 3.0
Bugleweed
BugleweedLycopus europaeus652 recordsNo machine-readable author provided. TeunSpaans assumed (based on copyright claims). · CC BY-SA 3.0
Spreading Bent
Spreading BentAgrostis stolonifera606 recordsAlfred · 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.

66out of 100

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

  • 59%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 70%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 1,777Speciesrecorded more than once within 5 km

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

Hareskoven.

Forested area in Denmark

Hareskoven is a forest in Denmark.

Seen from space, 59% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 70% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

1,777 species have been recorded around it: 1,000 plants, 563 fungi, 182 birds and 32 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: Soft Rush, Common Reed and Great Willowherb.

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

My dad in Hareskoven, Denmark (30786371191)
Kristoffer Trolle from Copenhagen, Denmark · CC BY 2.0

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.

Hareskoven 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

  • 14marked trails within 5 kmMølleådalen, Nordsjællandsruten, Den danske Pilgrimsrute - Nordsjælland and 11 more
  • 11named and notable trees within 6 kmKlopstocks Eg, Skole-egen, Ellens Eg and 8 more
  • 184picnic sites within 4 kmRyget Landgangssted, Præsteskov Landgangssted, Sækken Landingsplads and 181 more
  • 189shelters and huts within 6 kmFuglehavehuspladsen, Yggdrasil and 187 more
  • 12viewpoints within 5 kmVulkanen, Den Gamle Golfbane, Ryethøj and 9 more
  • 312car parks within 3 km
  • 79campsites within 10 kmBålpladsen, Jonstrup Vang, Gederygsmose and 76 more
  • 21places to stay within 10 kmHareskovhytten, Kolle Kolle Hotel og Konferencecenter, Hotel Lautrup Park and 18 more
  • 19restaurants 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 Hareskoven.

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.

Peakyas14 mountains within 25 km
Geels Bakke7.3 kmOxbjerget40 m · 9.1 kmMaglebjerg10 kmSkyhøj15 kmMøllebakken17 kmStrø Bjerge20 kmStrø Bjerg21 kmVittenbjerg25 km
Islandyasthe island
Zealand7,031 km²
Lakeyas11 lakes within 15 km
Furesø8.5 km² · 3.9 kmFarum Sø0.9 km² · 4.2 kmLake Bagsværd1.1 km² · 5.0 kmLyngby Lake0.5 km² · 6.7 kmSjælsø2.5 km² · 12 kmDamhus Lake0.5 km² · 12 kmBuresø0.6 km² · 12 kmThe Lakes, Copenhagen0.5 km² · 15 km
Darkskyas3 dark-sky places within 30 km
Observatorium TusculanumBortle 6 · 10 kmTycho Brahe PlanetariumBortle 9 · 15 kmStjärneborgBortle 4 · 25 km
Viewyas2 viewpoints within 15 kmComing soon
Tuborg Bottle13 kmCopenhagen Zoo Tower14 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.

Hareskoven autumn
Pechke · Public domain
Hareskoven kort
Pechke · Public domain
Store Hareskov - Looking north-west along Borgmosevej
Roman Hobler · CC BY-SA 2.0

Other forests nearby.

Hareskoven

Denmark

  • 66Forestyas Score
  • 59%Trees
  • 70%Wild
  • 1,777Species

Gribskov

Denmark · 26 km

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

See the guide

Store Dyrehave

Denmark · 17 km

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

See the guide

Rude Skov

Denmark · 9 km

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

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q11974337) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species100,531 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, Viewyas

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