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Hoosier National Forest

usfs_Eastern_Region · Public domain

90% trees around it and 175 species recorded.

84Forestyas Score

ForestNational forestDense canopyFungiBirds

  • trees within 3 km90%
  • wild within 10 km94%
  • species recorded175
  • Altitude248 m

The forest around

90% 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%Water 0%Trees 90%Grassland 9%Water 1%Cropland 1%Built-up 0%Trees 82%Grassland 12%Water 1%Cropland 4%Trees 78%Grassland 12%Water 3%Cropland 7%Built-up 1%90%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km98%
  • 1–3 km90%
  • 3–6 km82%
  • 6–10 km78%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees90%
  • Grassland9%
  • Water1%
  • Cropland1%
  • 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

175 species recorded.

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

Jerusalem artichoke
Jerusalem artichokeHelianthus tuberosus4 recordsJackyM59 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Broad looseflower sedge
Broad looseflower sedgeCarex laxiflora3 recordsBritton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Can · Public domain
Northern spicebush
Northern spicebushLindera benzoin3 recordsJomegat · CC BY-SA 3.0
Ground-ivy
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2 recordsAnRo0002 · CC0
Eastern persimmon
Eastern persimmonDiospyros virginiana2 recordsBritton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Can · Public domain
Virginia springbeauty
Virginia springbeautyClaytonia virginica2 recordsKaldari · Public domain
Eastern leatherwood
Eastern leatherwoodDirca palustris2 recordsUnknown author · Public domain
Reed-grass, reed-canary grass
Reed-grass, reed-canary grassPhalaris arundinacea2 recordsFranz Xaver · CC BY-SA 3.0
Twinleaf
TwinleafJeffersonia diphylla2 recordsKrzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz · CC BY-SA 4.0
Endodeca serpentariaEndodeca serpentaria3 records

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

In numbers

The forest, measured.

84out of 100

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

  • 90%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 94%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 175Speciesrecorded more than once within 5 km
  • 248 mAltitudeabove the sea

When to walk

Best for walking in April and in October.

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

  1. Jan4°-5°86 mm
  2. Feb5°-4°87 mm
  3. Mar12°1°117 mm
  4. Apr19°7°132 mm
  5. May23°13°137 mm
  6. Jun28°18°119 mm
  7. Jul30°20°115 mm
  8. Aug30°19°83 mm
  9. Sep27°15°92 mm
  10. Oct20°8°108 mm
  11. Nov12°1°100 mm
  12. Dec6°-3°105 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Hoosier National Forest.

Property managed by the United States Forest Service in the hills of southern Indiana

Hoosier National Forest is a national forest in United States, 248 m above the sea.

Seen from space, 90% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 94% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

175 species have been recorded around it: 10 plants, 43 fungi, 122 birds and 0 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: Jerusalem artichoke, Broad looseflower sedge and Northern spicebush.

The best time to walk is in April and in October.

131021-FS-Hoosier-LSC-001 (37049810966)
usfs_Eastern_Region · Public domain

Get there and walk

  • Official informationAccess, hours and rules from those who manage the place.Official site
  • Youngs Creek Horsecampcampsite · 5.9 km · 1 within 10 km
  • Patoka Lake Villageplace to stay · 10 km · 29 within 10 km
  • Paolinearest town · 10 km in a straight line
  • Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport (SDF)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 77 km in a straight lineCar hire at SDF airport (Louisville)Discover Cars · sponsored link

Plan the visit

A guided walk, a bed nearby, a car.

Car hire at SDF airport (Louisville)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.

Hoosier National Forest 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

  • 8shelters and huts within 6 kmBear Cabin, Caroline Parakeet Palace, Turtle Egg and 5 more
  • 1car parks within 3 km
  • 1campsites within 10 kmYoungs Creek Horsecamp
  • 29places to stay within 10 kmPatoka Lake Village, Big Splash Adventure Hotel, French Lick Springs Hotel and 26 more
  • marked trails within 5 km
  • named and notable trees within 6 km
  • picnic sites within 4 km
  • viewpoints within 5 km
  • visitor centres within 6 km
  • restaurants 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 Hoosier National Forest.

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
Mount Airie14 kmMahan Hill17 kmPatton Hill20 kmGoss Hill21 kmRagroad Hill21 kmLuke Knob21 kmDavis Hill23 kmPilot Knob24 km
Lakeyas2 lakes within 15 km
Tucker Lake0.6 km² · 3.2 kmPatoka Lake33 km² · 14 km
Cavernyas1 caves within 20 km
Marengo Cave20 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.

160713-Hoosier-LSC-003 (37097643631)
usfs_Eastern_Region · Public domain
20180907-fs-hoosier-djk-001 44619313111 o
Forest Service Photography · Public domain
20200530-FS-Hoosier-VL-Monroe Lake-001 (50930288196)
Forest Service Photography · Public domain

Other forests nearby.

Hoosier National Forest

United States

  • 84Forestyas Score
  • 90%Trees
  • 94%Wild
  • 175Species

Shawnee National Forest

United States · 217 km

  • 84Forestyas Score
  • 93%Trees
  • 93%Wild
  • 230Species

See the guide

Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden

United States · 190 km

  • 54Forestyas Score
  • 40%Trees
  • 65%Wild
  • 461Species

See the guide

Daniel Boone National Forest

United States · 268 km

  • 76Forestyas Score
  • 90%Trees
  • 99%Wild
  • 20Species

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q5898597) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species1,494 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, Cavernyas

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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