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Kolmården

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61% trees around it and 1,611 species recorded.

76Forestyas Score

ForestFungiBirdsWildlife

  • trees within 3 km61%
  • wild within 10 km92%
  • species recorded1,611
  • Altitude70 m

The forest around

61% 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 85%Grassland 9%Water 1%Cropland 0%Built-up 4%Trees 58%Grassland 8%Water 33%Cropland 1%Built-up 0%Trees 52%Grassland 11%Wetland 3%Water 30%Cropland 3%Built-up 1%Trees 52%Grassland 17%Wetland 2%Water 18%Cropland 10%Built-up 1%61%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km85%
  • 1–3 km58%
  • 3–6 km52%
  • 6–10 km52%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees58%
  • Grassland8%
  • Wetland0%
  • Water33%
  • 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

1,611 species recorded.

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

Pleurospermum austriacum
Pleurospermum austriacumPleurospermum austriacum431 recordsMeneerke bloem · CC BY-SA 3.0
Pedunculate Oak
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur192 recordsAlgirdas at Lithuanian Wikipedia · Public domain
Royal helleborine
Royal helleborineEpipactis atrorubens183 recordsUnknown author · CC BY-SA 3.0
Eurasian Aspen
Eurasian AspenPopulus tremula173 recordsØyvind Holmstad · CC BY-SA 4.0
Hepatica
HepaticaHepatica nobilis153 recordsUnknown author · CC BY-SA 3.0
Vicia dumetorum
Vicia dumetorumVicia dumetorum152 recordsHectonichus · CC BY-SA 3.0
Scots Pine
Scots PinePinus sylvestris151 recordsHello, I am Bruce on Flickr · CC BY-SA 2.0
Black Pea
Black PeaLathyrus niger146 recordsUnknown author · Public domain
Laserpitium latifolium
Laserpitium latifoliumLaserpitium latifolium146 recordsHectonichus · CC BY-SA 3.0
White swallow-wort
White swallow-wortVincetoxicum hirundinaria134 recordsNo machine-readable author provided. Pipi69e assumed (based on copyright claims). · Public domain
Melica ciliata
Melica ciliataMelica ciliata130 recordsDaderot · Public domain
Bloody Crane's-bill
Bloody Crane's-billGeranium sanguineum125 recordsDidier Descouens · CC BY-SA 4.0

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

In numbers

The forest, measured.

76out of 100

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

  • 61%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 92%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 1,611Speciesrecorded more than once within 5 km
  • 70 mAltitudeabove the sea

When to walk

Best for walking in June and from August to September.

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

  1. Jan-1°-5°48 mm
  2. Feb0°-5°42 mm
  3. Mar4°-3°39 mm
  4. Apr10°2°40 mm
  5. May16°7°61 mm
  6. Jun20°11°78 mm
  7. Jul23°14°91 mm
  8. Aug21°13°81 mm
  9. Sep17°9°55 mm
  10. Oct10°4°69 mm
  11. Nov4°1°63 mm
  12. Dec1°-3°55 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Kolmården.

Mountainous and wooded area in Östergötland in Sweden

Kolmården is a forest in Sweden.

Seen from space, 61% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 92% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

1,611 species have been recorded around it: 1,000 plants, 392 fungi, 199 birds and 20 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: Pleurospermum austriacum, Pedunculate Oak and Royal helleborine.

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

Bravikenkolmarden
Zoostar · CC BY 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.

Kolmården 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

  • 12marked trails within 5 kmKrokeksleden, Marmorstigen, Sörmlandsleden, etapp 34 and 9 more
  • 2named and notable trees within 6 kmBonsaitall, Gammeleken
  • 42picnic sites within 4 km
  • 8shelters and huts within 6 kmRåssla vindskydd, Marmorbruket vindskydd, Lövsjön vindskydd and 5 more
  • 11viewpoints within 5 kmSpiran and 10 more
  • 16car parks within 3 km
  • 2campsites within 10 kmFirst Camp Kolmården
  • 7places to stay within 10 kmVildmarkshotellet, Marmorbrukets herrgård, Kolmårdens vandrarhem and 4 more
  • 8restaurants and cafés within 3 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.

In our other atlases

Around Kolmården.

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.

Peakyas1 mountains within 25 km
Kolmården0.2 km
Lakeyas19 lakes within 15 km
Stavsjön0.4 km² · 7.4 kmVrångsjön0.3 km² · 7.6 kmNedre Viråkärret0.3 km² · 13 kmÖvre Viråkärret0.6 km² · 14 kmEnaren1.3 km² · 14 kmEnarn0.3 km² · 14 kmVirlången2.7 km² · 14 kmNävsjön0.8 km² · 15 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.

Window sill of marble from Kolmarden
Ingwik · CC BY-SA 4.0
Marmobruket-storabrottet
Andreas Göransson · CC BY-SA 4.0
Oxåker marble quarry - panoramio
Niklas Luks · CC BY-SA 3.0

Other forests nearby.

Kolmården

Sweden

  • 76Forestyas Score
  • 61%Trees
  • 92%Wild
  • 1,611Species

Tiveden

Sweden · 107 km

  • 86Forestyas Score
  • 84%Trees
  • 100%Wild
  • 668Species

See the guide

Rumskulla oak

Sweden · 115 km

  • 78Forestyas Score
  • 87%Trees
  • 99%Wild
  • 86Species

See the guide

Bergian botanic garden

Sweden · 120 km

  • 67Forestyas Score
  • 49%Trees
  • 75%Wild
  • 1,858Species

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q1779560) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species42,862 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, Lakeyas

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

The family

Do you prefer beaches, lakes, mountains, waterfalls, islands, rivers, canyons, caves, dark skies, viewpoints, birdwatching or forests?

Same idea, other landscapes: field atlases built on open data, in seven languages.

beachesCoastyaFind your beach: sea temperature, sun and swimming month by month.Visit lakesLakeyasEvery lake on Earth: water temperature, ice, depth and the shore.Visit mountainsPeakyasEvery summit in 3D: summit weather, the 0 °C line, huts and trails.Visit waterfallsCascadyasEvery waterfall: height, flow month by month and when it roars.Visit islandsIslandyasEvery island from the sea up: size, sea temperature, ferries and 3D.Visit riversRiveryasEvery river from source to sea: the journey, the flow and the basin in numbers.Visit canyonsCanyonyasEvery canyon cut to scale: depth to the floor, rim and floor temperatures, trails and viewpoints.Visit cavesCavernyasEvery cave with its real depth and length: the rock above, the temperature inside all year, and how to visit.Visit dark skiesDarkskyasWhere the night is still dark: the sky of every place, the Milky Way month by month, the Moon, eclipses and auroras.Visit
viewpointsViewyasEvery viewpoint with its real 360° panorama: the peaks you can name, how far you see and where the sun sets.Coming soonVisit
birdwatchingBirdyasEvery bird sanctuary and wetland with the species recorded month by month: who is resident, who comes for the summer, who only passes through.Visit
forestsForestyasEvery forest with its land-cover rings, what grows and lives in it, and the best months to walk it.You are here