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King's House on Schachen

Bjs · CC BY-SA 3.0

48% trees around it and 615 species recorded.

  • trees within 3 km48%
  • wild within 10 km97%
  • species recorded615
  • Altitude1,864 m

The forest around

48% 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 60%Grassland 32%Water 0%Bare ground 8%Trees 46%Grassland 29%Moss and lichen 0%Bare ground 24%Snow and ice 1%Trees 60%Grassland 26%Bare ground 12%Snow and ice 0%Cropland 1%Built-up 0%Trees 66%Grassland 21%Water 0%Bare ground 8%Snow and ice 1%Cropland 1%Built-up 3%48%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km60%
  • 1–3 km46%
  • 3–6 km60%
  • 6–10 km66%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees46%
  • Grassland29%
  • Moss and lichen0%
  • Water0%
  • Bare ground24%
  • Snow and ice1%
  • 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

615 species recorded.

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

Hairy Alpenrose
Hairy AlpenroseRhododendron hirsutum75 recordsUser:Tigerente · CC BY 2.5
Eightpetal mountain-avens
Eightpetal mountain-avensDryas octopetala64 recordsMichael Haferkamp · CC BY-SA 3.0
Carex sempervirens
Carex sempervirensCarex sempervirens62 recordsde:Benutzer:Griensteidl · CC BY-SA 3.0
Carex firma
Carex firmaCarex firma60 recordsUser:Tigerente · CC BY 2.5
Arolla Pine
Arolla PinePinus cembra60 recordsTigerente at German Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0
Marsh grass of Parnassus
Marsh grass of ParnassusParnassia palustris57 recordsGiuseppe Frizzi · Public domain
Norway Spruce
Norway SprucePicea abies56 recordsIvar Leidus · CC BY-SA 3.0 ee
Carex ferruginea
Carex ferrugineaCarex ferruginea55 recordsHermannSchachner · CC0
Homogyne alpina
Homogyne alpinaHomogyne alpina55 recordsUnknown author · Public domain
Bellidiastrum michelii
Bellidiastrum micheliiBellidiastrum michelii55 recordsHectonichus · CC BY-SA 3.0
Rowan
RowanSorbus aucuparia53 recordsGiallopolenta · Public domain
Mountain Pine
Mountain PinePinus mugo51 recordsUnknown author · CC BY-SA 3.0

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

In numbers

The forest, measured.

77out of 100

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

  • 48%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 97%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 615Speciesrecorded more than once within 2 km
  • 1,864 mAltitudeabove the sea

When to walk

Best for walking from June to July and in September.

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

  1. Jan0°-8°83 mm
  2. Feb1°-8°65 mm
  3. Mar5°-4°81 mm
  4. Apr11°0°84 mm
  5. May15°4°149 mm
  6. Jun19°9°175 mm
  7. Jul20°10°172 mm
  8. Aug20°10°185 mm
  9. Sep16°6°118 mm
  10. Oct12°2°91 mm
  11. Nov6°-2°70 mm
  12. Dec1°-7°74 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

King's House on Schachen.

Alpine chalet of Ludwig II of Bavaria, Germany

King's House on Schachen is an arboretum in Germany, 1,864 m above the sea.

Seen from space, 48% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 97% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

615 species have been recorded around it: 604 plants, 4 fungi, 6 birds and 1 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: Hairy Alpenrose, Eightpetal mountain-avens and Carex sempervirens.

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

Schachen-bjs110621-02
Bjs · CC BY-SA 3.0

Get there and walk

  • Official informationAccess, hours and rules from those who manage the place.Official site
  • Austria Parks Camping Leutasch - Seefeldcampsite · 5.6 km · 6 within 10 km
  • Schachenhausplace to stay · 0.1 km · 762 within 10 km
  • Leutaschnearest town · 6.1 km in a straight line
  • Innsbruck Airport (INN)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 25 km in a straight lineCar hire at INN airport (Innsbruck)Discover 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.

King's House on Schachen 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

  • 27marked trails within 5 kmAV Weg 801, AV Weg 816 (Gaistalalm - Feldernjöchel), AV Weg 834 (Schöngänge) and 24 more
  • 1picnic sites within 4 km
  • 44shelters and huts within 6 kmHöllentaleingangshütte, Oberreintalhütte, Schüsselkar-Biwak and 41 more
  • 15viewpoints within 5 kmTunnelfenster, Belvedere, Schachentor and 12 more
  • 2visitor centres within 6 kmInformationsbüro Leutasch, Zentrale Tourismusverband Region Seefeld
  • 6campsites within 10 kmAustria Parks Camping Leutasch - Seefeld, Camping Resort Zugspitze, Camping Erlebnis Zugspitze and 3 more
  • 762places to stay within 10 kmSchachenhaus, Wirtshaus Elmau, Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten and 759 more
  • 3restaurants and cafés within 3 km
  • named and notable trees within 6 km
  • car parks 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 King's House on Schachen.

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.

Peakyas476 mountains within 25 km
Dreitorspitze2,682 m · 2.2 kmHochwanner2,744 m · 5.0 kmHöllentalspitzen2,743 m · 7.0 kmZugspitze2,962 m · 9.6 kmSchneefernerkopf2,874 m · 11 kmWetterspitzen2,746 m · 11 kmRietzer Grießkogel2,884 m · 20 kmBirkkarspitze2,749 m · 24 km
Darkskyas1 dark-sky places within 30 km
Old Innsbruck ObservatoryBortle 6 · 26 km
Viewyas6 viewpoints within 15 kmComing soon
Partnach Gorge790 m · 4.9 kmHochwanner2,744 m · 5.1 kmAlpspiX5.2 kmZugspitze2,962 m · 9.5 kmLeutasch Gorge925 m · 10 kmSchneefernerkopf2,874 m · 11 km
Birdyas4 birding sites within 25 km
Naturschutzgebiet 'Schachen und Reintal'1.3 kmStaatliche Vogelschutzwarte Garmisch-Partenkirchen7.7 kmEstergebirge19 kmAmmergebirge mit Kienberg und Schwarzenberg sowie Falkenstein20 km
Cavernyas2 caves within 20 km
Kuhfluchtquelle bei Farchant12 kmFrickenhöhle12 km
Cascadyas2 waterfalls within 15 km
Kuhfluchtwasserfälle12 kmKuhfluchtquelle bei Farchant12 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.

Garmisch-Patenkirchen-Schachen (Berg)-Königshaus am Schachen-ZI-1298-01-00-217516
P.Z. (Photochrom Zürich) · Public domain
Königshaus am Schachen 2004
Tk · CC BY-SA 3.0
Schachen
Nawi112 · CC BY-SA 3.0

Other forests nearby.

King's House on Schachen

Germany

  • 77Forestyas Score
  • 48%Trees
  • 97%Wild
  • 615Species

Forstenrieder Park

Germany · 74 km

  • 81Forestyas Score
  • 92%Trees
  • 80%Wild
  • 1,176Species

See the guide

Grünwalder Forst

Germany · 74 km

  • 77Forestyas Score
  • 79%Trees
  • 77%Wild
  • 1,141Species

See the guide

Pupplinger Au

Germany · 62 km

  • 72Forestyas Score
  • 61%Trees
  • 86%Wild
  • 1,047Species

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q256160) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species9,806 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, Darkskyas, Viewyas, Birdyas, Canyonyas, Cavernyas, Cascadyas

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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