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Huisun Forest Recreation Area

Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data), CC BY 4.0, with relief shading from Copernicus WorldDEM-30

96% trees around it and 677 species recorded.

87Forestyas Score

ForestDense canopyMountain forestBirdsWildlife

  • trees within 3 km96%
  • wild within 10 km98%
  • species recorded677
  • Altitude1,119 m

The forest around

96% 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 2%Trees 96%Grassland 3%Bare ground 0%Trees 96%Grassland 3%Bare ground 1%Cropland 0%Built-up 0%Trees 95%Grassland 2%Cropland 2%Built-up 1%96%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km98%
  • 1–3 km96%
  • 3–6 km96%
  • 6–10 km95%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees96%
  • Grassland3%
  • Bare ground0%
  • Cropland0%
  • 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

677 species recorded.

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

Psychotria asiatica
Psychotria asiaticaPsychotria asiatica58 recordsKeisotyo · CC BY-SA 4.0
Mallotus paniculatus
Mallotus paniculatusMallotus paniculatus58 recordsKeisotyo · CC BY-SA 4.0
Lindera aggregata
Lindera aggregataLindera aggregata57 recordsKENPEI · CC BY-SA 3.0
Machilus zuihoensis
Machilus zuihoensisMachilus zuihoensis54 records大安滷肉王 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Ardisia cornudentata
Ardisia cornudentataArdisia cornudentata54 records天問 小窩 · CC BY-SA 2.0
Diospyros morrisiana
Diospyros morrisianaDiospyros morrisiana53 recordsDaderot · Public domain
Syzygium buxifolium
Syzygium buxifoliumSyzygium buxifolium50 recordsShih-Shiuan Kao · CC BY-SA 2.0
Diplospora dubia
Diplospora dubiaDiplospora dubia45 records阿橋 HQ · CC BY-SA 2.0
Litsea
LitseaLitsea cubeba44 recordsLiChieh Pan / Flickr user: plj.johnny ( https://www.flickr.com/photos/plj/ ) · CC BY 2.0
Cape jasmine
Cape jasmineGardenia jasminoides43 recordsAlpsdake · CC BY-SA 3.0
Blastus cochinchinensis
Blastus cochinchinensisBlastus cochinchinensis43 recordsHungda · CC BY-SA 3.0
Golden Malay beamEngelhardia roxburghiana64 records

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

In numbers

The forest, measured.

87out of 100

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

  • 96%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 98%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 677Speciesrecorded more than once within 5 km
  • 1,119 mAltitudeabove the sea

When to walk

Best for walking from February to March and in November.

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

  1. Jan15°7°75 mm
  2. Feb17°8°69 mm
  3. Mar19°9°99 mm
  4. Apr22°12°114 mm
  5. May24°16°261 mm
  6. Jun25°17°295 mm
  7. Jul26°18°210 mm
  8. Aug25°18°327 mm
  9. Sep24°17°287 mm
  10. Oct22°14°130 mm
  11. Nov19°12°106 mm
  12. Dec16°8°72 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Huisun Forest Recreation Area.

Forest in Nantou County

Huisun Forest Recreation Area is a forest in Taiwan, 1,119 m above the sea.

Seen from space, 96% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 98% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

677 species have been recorded around it: 479 plants, 3 fungi, 173 birds and 22 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: Psychotria asiatica, Mallotus paniculatus and Lindera aggregata.

The best time to walk is from February to March and in November.

Huisun Forest Recreation Area seen from above (Sentinel-2)
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data), CC BY 4.0, with relief shading from Copernicus WorldDEM-30

Get there and walk

  • Official informationAccess, hours and rules from those who manage the place.Official site
  • 工寮營地campsite · 7.7 km · 9 within 10 km
  • 箱根place to stay · 8.7 km · 11 within 10 km
  • Pulinearest town · 13 km in a straight line
  • Taichung International Airport / Ching Chuang Kang Air Base (RMQ)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 46 km in a straight lineCar hire in TaipeiDiscover Cars · sponsored link

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.

Huisun Forest Recreation Area 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

  • 10shelters and huts within 6 km松風閣樓, 獵寮, 涼亭 and 7 more
  • 5viewpoints within 5 km巨松台, 觀雲坪 and 3 more
  • 2visitor centres within 6 km渡假中心, 惠蓀林場解說中心
  • 5car parks within 3 km
  • 9campsites within 10 km工寮營地, 北港溪沙八渡假村, 青青農場親子露營區 and 6 more
  • 11places to stay within 10 km箱根, 夢想街8號, 七號旅棧 and 8 more
  • 4restaurants and cafés within 3 km
  • marked trails within 5 km
  • named and notable trees within 6 km
  • picnic sites within 4 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 Huisun Forest Recreation Area.

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.

Peakyas156 mountains within 25 km
Mt. Baigu Southwest Peak3,117 m · 14 kmMt. Baigu West Peak3,251 m · 15 kmBaigu Mountain3,341 m · 17 kmMt. Baigu Southeast Peak3,035 m · 18 kmMt. Baigu Central Peak3,049 m · 19 kmMt. Baigu East Peak3,010 m · 20 kmGanzuowan Mountain3,284 m · 25 kmXiaoxue Mountain2,997 m · 25 km
Islandyasthe island
Taiwan Island35,883 km²
Lakeyas1 lakes within 15 km
Wushe Shuiku2.5 km² · 15 km
Darkskyas1 dark-sky places within 30 km
HehuanshanBortle 3 · 29 km
Canyonyas1 canyons within 20 km
Renjhihguan9.9 km
Cascadyas1 waterfalls within 15 km
Guanyin Pubu9.4 km
Riveryasthe river nearby
Wu River119 km · 15,923 m³/sDali RiverLuchuan CanalFazi RiverToubiankeng RiverBeigang RiverCaohu River

Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.

Other forests nearby.

Huisun Forest Recreation Area

Taiwan

  • 87Forestyas Score
  • 96%Trees
  • 98%Wild
  • 677Species

Basianshan National Forest Recreation Area

Taiwan · 13 km

  • 84Forestyas Score
  • 96%Trees
  • 100%Wild
  • 391Species

See the guide

Aowanda National Forest Recreation Area

Taiwan · 21 km

  • 84Forestyas Score
  • 91%Trees
  • 99%Wild
  • 395Species

See the guide

Wuling National Forest Recreation Area

Taiwan · 45 km

  • 86Forestyas Score
  • 96%Trees
  • 99%Wild
  • 618Species

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q11073464) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species24,701 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, Canyonyas, Cascadyas, Riveryas

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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