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Kisatchie National Forest

US Forest Service - Southern Region · Public domain

98% trees around it and 68 species recorded.

81Forestyas Score

ForestNational forestDense canopyWild

  • trees within 3 km98%
  • wild within 10 km100%
  • species recorded68
  • Altitude84 m

The forest around

98% 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 100%Grassland 0%Trees 98%Grassland 2%Trees 97%Grassland 2%Built-up 0%Trees 95%Grassland 4%Built-up 0%98%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km100%
  • 1–3 km98%
  • 3–6 km97%
  • 6–10 km95%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees98%
  • Grassland2%
  • 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

68 species recorded.

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

Rosinweed sunflower
Rosinweed sunflowerHelianthus silphioides3 recordsEric Hunt · CC BY-SA 4.0
Smooth yellow false foxglove
Smooth yellow false foxgloveAureolaria flava3 recordsBarnes Dr Thomas G, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service · Public domain
Velvetleaf ticktrefoil
Velvetleaf ticktrefoilDesmodium viridiflorum2 recordsBecky · CC0
Downy milkpea
Downy milkpeaGalactia volubilis2 recordsFritzflohrreynolds · CC BY-SA 3.0
Sweet coneflower
Sweet coneflowerRudbeckia subtomentosa2 recordsUnknown author · Public domain
Nuttall's ticktrefoilDesmodium nuttallii6 records

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

In numbers

The forest, measured.

81out of 100

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

  • 98%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 100%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 68Speciesrecorded more than once within 5 km
  • 84 mAltitudeabove the sea

When to walk

Best for walking in November.

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

  1. Jan14°3°127 mm
  2. Feb16°5°130 mm
  3. Mar21°9°127 mm
  4. Apr25°13°111 mm
  5. May29°18°111 mm
  6. Jun33°22°121 mm
  7. Jul34°23°115 mm
  8. Aug34°23°111 mm
  9. Sep32°20°106 mm
  10. Oct26°13°127 mm
  11. Nov20°8°113 mm
  12. Dec15°4°140 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Kisatchie National Forest.

National forest in Louisiana, United States

Kisatchie National Forest is a national forest in United States.

Seen from space, 98% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 100% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

68 species have been recorded around it: 6 plants, 3 fungi, 58 birds and 1 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: Rosinweed sunflower, Smooth yellow false foxglove and Velvetleaf ticktrefoil.

The best time to walk is in November.

2016 Winn Fishing Derby - Kisatchie National Forest - 003 (51716990767)
US Forest Service - Southern Region · Public domain

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.

Kisatchie 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

    • marked trails within 5 km
    • named and notable trees within 6 km
    • picnic sites within 4 km
    • shelters and huts within 6 km
    • viewpoints within 5 km
    • visitor centres within 6 km
    • car parks within 3 km
    • campsites within 10 km
    • places to stay within 10 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 Kisatchie 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.

    Peakyas3 mountains within 25 km
    Johns Hills6.5 kmMosley Hill8.8 kmPotato Hill16 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.

    2016 Winn Fishing Derby - Kisatchie National Forest - 002 (51716991617)
    US Forest Service - Southern Region · Public domain
    20231025-FS PJK 0042 (53298759383)
    Forest Service Photography · Public domain
    20231025-FS PJK 0048 (53298511186)
    Forest Service Photography · Public domain

    Other forests nearby.

    Kisatchie National Forest

    United States

    • 81Forestyas Score
    • 98%Trees
    • 100%Wild
    • 68Species

    Sabine National Forest

    United States · 131 km

    • 79Forestyas Score
    • 77%Trees
    • 100%Wild
    • 95Species

    See the guide

    Angelina National Forest

    United States · 185 km

    • 70Forestyas Score
    • 57%Trees
    • 100%Wild
    • 96Species

    See the guide

    Delta National Forest

    United States · 205 km

    • 76Forestyas Score
    • 100%Trees
    • 84%Wild
    • 73Species

    See the guide

    Where these figures come from

    Name and typeWikidata (Q3079132) · CC0
    Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
    Species809 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

    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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