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Jagiełło Oak

Maire · CC BY-SA 3.0

84% trees around it and 256 species recorded.

  • trees within 3 km84%
  • wild within 10 km100%
  • species recorded256
  • Altitude182 m

The forest around

84% 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 99%Grassland 1%Trees 82%Grassland 16%Wetland 1%Cropland 1%Built-up 0%Trees 90%Grassland 9%Wetland 0%Cropland 0%Built-up 0%Trees 98%Grassland 2%84%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km99%
  • 1–3 km82%
  • 3–6 km90%
  • 6–10 km98%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees82%
  • Grassland16%
  • Wetland1%
  • 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

256 species recorded.

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

Ramsons
RamsonsAllium ursinum16 recordsAgnes Monkelbaan · CC BY-SA 4.0
Toothwort
ToothwortLathraea squamaria11 recordsJörg Hempel · CC BY-SA 2.0 de
Whitespot
WhitespotStachys sylvatica10 recordsEpgrande · CC BY 4.0
Hepatica
HepaticaHepatica nobilis10 recordsUnknown author · CC BY-SA 3.0
Isopyrum thalictroides
Isopyrum thalictroidesIsopyrum thalictroides9 recordsThe original uploader was Macarpi at Hungarian Wikipedia . · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wood-sorrel
Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella9 recordsJörg Hempel · CC BY-SA 3.0 de
Large-flowered hemp-nettle
Large-flowered hemp-nettleGaleopsis speciosa8 recordsAndré Karwath aka Aka · CC BY-SA 2.5
Rabelera holostea
Rabelera holosteaRabelera holostea7 recordsiNaturalist.org (spoonbilling) · CC BY 4.0
Hornbeam
HornbeamCarpinus betulus7 recordsBotaurus · Public domain
Woodruff
WoodruffGalium odoratum7 recordsJopi · Public domain
Wood Anemone
Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa7 recordsEpgrande · CC BY 4.0
Coralroot bittercress
Coralroot bittercressCardamine bulbifera7 recordsEpgrande · CC BY 4.0

Open records within 2 km (GBIF, licensed for any use). Busy places are better recorded than remote ones.

In numbers

The forest, measured.

82out of 100

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

  • 84%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 100%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 256Speciesrecorded more than once within 2 km
  • 182 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. Jan-3°-8°44 mm
  2. Feb-1°-7°36 mm
  3. Mar5°-3°39 mm
  4. Apr13°3°40 mm
  5. May19°9°75 mm
  6. Jun23°13°69 mm
  7. Jul26°15°82 mm
  8. Aug25°14°70 mm
  9. Sep19°9°55 mm
  10. Oct12°3°50 mm
  11. Nov5°0°44 mm
  12. Dec0°-5°45 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Jagiełło Oak.

Oak tree in the Białowieża Forest

Jagiełło Oak is a notable tree in Poland.

Seen from space, 84% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 100% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

256 species have been recorded around it: 71 plants, 34 fungi, 143 birds and 8 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: Ramsons, Toothwort and Whitespot.

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

Białowieski Park Narodowy Dąb Jagiełły 2 by Maire
Maire · CC BY-SA 3.0

Get there and walk

  • Szlak Debow Krolewskichcampsite · 3.0 km · 4 within 10 km
  • Kwatera Agroturystyczna CZAR PUSZCZYplace to stay · 3.1 km · 84 within 10 km
  • Białowieżanearest town · 3.9 km in a straight line
  • Brest International Airport (BQT)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 69 km in a straight lineCar hire in BialystokDiscover 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.

Jagiełło Oak 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 kmŻebra Żubra, Hajnówka - Białowieża, Białowieża - Narewka and 11 more
  • 460named and notable trees within 6 kmSosna Masztowa, Dąb Jana Pawła II and 458 more
  • 18picnic sites within 4 km
  • 20shelters and huts within 6 kmPolana and 19 more
  • 4viewpoints within 5 km
  • 3visitor centres within 6 kmInformacja Turystyczna Białowieskiego Parku Narodowego, Centrum Informacji Turystycznej, Biuro turystyki Ryś
  • 19car parks within 3 km
  • 4campsites within 10 kmSzlak Debow Krolewskich, U Michała and 2 more
  • 84places to stay within 10 kmKwatera Agroturystyczna CZAR PUSZCZY, Hotel Żubrówka, Ostoja and 81 more
  • 7restaurants 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 Jagiełło Oak.

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.

Lakeyas1 lakes within 15 km
Bielaviežskaja Pušča1.6 km² · 11 km
Riveryasthe river nearby
Łutownia19 kmHwoźna11 kmPrzedzielna8 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.

Bialowieski National Park 2016 P02 Jagiello Oak
Fallaner · CC BY-SA 4.0
Bialowieski National Park 2016 P03 Jagiello Oak
Fallaner · CC BY-SA 4.0
Dąb Jagiełły Obszar Ochrony Ścisłej BPN 2019
Adrian Grycuk · CC BY-SA 3.0 pl

Other forests nearby.

Jagiełło Oak

Poland

  • 82Forestyas Score
  • 84%Trees
  • 100%Wild
  • 256Species

Białowieża Forest

Belarus · 8 km

  • 88Forestyas Score
  • 96%Trees
  • 97%Wild
  • 240Species

See the guide

Knyszyn Forest

Poland · 60 km

  • 79Forestyas Score
  • 79%Trees
  • 98%Wild
  • 217Species

See the guide

Augustów Primeval Forest

Belarus · 133 km

  • 79Forestyas Score
  • 90%Trees
  • 99%Wild
  • 93Species

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q1678453) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species7,603 open records within 2 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, Riveryas

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

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