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Kampinos Forest

Aga Viburno · CC BY-SA 3.0

68% trees around it and 136 species recorded.

  • trees within 3 km68%
  • wild within 10 km88%
  • species recorded136
  • Altitude78 m

The forest around

68% 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 80%Grassland 20%Cropland 0%Trees 66%Grassland 33%Wetland 0%Cropland 0%Built-up 0%Trees 78%Grassland 20%Wetland 0%Cropland 1%Built-up 0%Trees 62%Grassland 21%Wetland 0%Cropland 15%Built-up 2%68%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km80%
  • 1–3 km66%
  • 3–6 km78%
  • 6–10 km62%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees66%
  • Grassland33%
  • Wetland0%
  • 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

136 species recorded.

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

Coltsfoot
ColtsfootTussilago farfara6 recordsAndreas Trepte · CC BY-SA 2.5
European bird cherry
European bird cherryPrunus padus5 recordsИгоревич · Public domain
Greater Celandine
Greater CelandineChelidonium majus5 recordsUnknown author · CC BY-SA 3.0
Whortleberry
WhortleberryVaccinium myrtillus4 recordsUnknown author · CC BY-SA 3.0
Cowberry
CowberryVaccinium vitis-idaea4 recordsBartosz Cuber · CC BY-SA 3.0
Small yellow balsam
Small yellow balsamImpatiens parviflora4 recordsAndré Karwath aka Aka · CC BY-SA 2.5
Lily-of-the-valley
Lily-of-the-valleyConvallaria majalis4 recordsIvar Leidus · CC BY-SA 4.0
Festuca trachyphylla
Festuca trachyphyllaFestuca trachyphylla3 recordsGeorge R. Wolstad. · Public domain
Scented Solomon’s-seal
Scented Solomon’s-sealPolygonatum odoratum3 recordsMyrabella · CC BY-SA 3.0
Creeping buttercup
Creeping buttercupRanunculus repens3 recordsUnknown author · CC BY-SA 3.0
Spindle tree
Spindle treeEuonymus europaeus3 recordsAnRo0002 · CC0
Dark Mullein
Dark MulleinVerbascum nigrum3 recordsUnknown author · CC BY-SA 2.0

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

In numbers

The forest, measured.

68out of 100

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

  • 68%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 88%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 136Speciesrecorded more than once within 5 km
  • 78 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-1°-7°44 mm
  2. Feb1°-6°37 mm
  3. Mar7°-2°36 mm
  4. Apr14°3°39 mm
  5. May20°9°70 mm
  6. Jun23°12°66 mm
  7. Jul26°15°75 mm
  8. Aug25°14°62 mm
  9. Sep20°9°50 mm
  10. Oct13°4°48 mm
  11. Nov6°1°44 mm
  12. Dec1°-4°44 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Kampinos Forest.

Forest in central Poland

Kampinos Forest is a forest in Poland.

Seen from space, 68% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 88% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

136 species have been recorded around it: 32 plants, 5 fungi, 97 birds and 2 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: Coltsfoot, European bird cherry and Greater Celandine.

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

Kampinos Forest - panoramio
Aga Viburno · CC BY-SA 3.0

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.

Kampinos 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

  • 10marked trails within 5 kmPołudniowy Szlak Krawędziowy, Szlak imienia Powstańców Warszawskich, Południowy Szlak Leśny and 7 more
  • 3named and notable trees within 6 kmSosna Powstańców 1863 r., Gruba Sosna, Dąb "Wiktor"
  • 2picnic sites within 4 kmPolana wypoczynkowa "Roztoka"
  • 26shelters and huts within 6 kmwiata and 25 more
  • 2car parks within 3 km
  • 1campsites within 10 kmJulinek Camp
  • 6places to stay within 10 kmOSK Stara Dąbrowa, B&B Julinek Park, Dom na Górce and 3 more
  • 1restaurants and cafés within 3 km
  • viewpoints within 5 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.

Photographs

The forest, as people saw it.

Las w Roztoce, polish beautiful forest - panoramio
Aga Viburno · CC BY-SA 3.0
Bagno SierakówWP 20150520 010
Dominikadbkh · CC BY-SA 3.0 pl
Bagno SierakówWP 20150520 013
Dominikadbkh · CC BY-SA 3.0 pl

Other forests nearby.

Kampinos Forest

Poland

  • 68Forestyas Score
  • 68%Trees
  • 88%Wild
  • 136Species

Stefan Starzynski Nature reserve Kabacki forest

Poland · 39 km

  • 62Forestyas Score
  • 63%Trees
  • 65%Wild
  • 505Species

See the guide

Puszcza Biała

Poland · 92 km

  • 78Forestyas Score
  • 88%Trees
  • 92%Wild
  • 136Species

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Puszcza Piska Forest

Poland · 157 km

  • 80Forestyas Score
  • 93%Trees
  • 99%Wild
  • 116Species

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q2701207) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species1,817 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

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

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