Czechia forest
Kunraticko-michelský les
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41% trees around it and 1,399 species recorded.
- trees within 3 km41%
- wild within 10 km47%
- species recorded1,399
- Altitude315 m
The forest around
41% 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, ring by ring
- 0–1 km83%
- 1–3 km36%
- 3–6 km32%
- 6–10 km33%
What covers the land (1–3 km)
- Trees36%
- Grassland12%
- Water1%
- Cropland4%
- Built-up48%
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
1,399 species recorded.
The plants, fungi, birds and mammals people have recorded here most often.
Open records within 5 km (GBIF, licensed for any use). Busy places are better recorded than remote ones.
In numbers
The forest, measured.
Our own rating, from open data only: tree cover (40 points), wildness (20), species recorded (30) and protection or heritage (10).
- 41%Treesof the land within 3 km
- 47%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
- 1,399Speciesrecorded more than once within 5 km
- 315 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.
- Jan-5°42 mm
- Feb-4°32 mm
- Mar-2°39 mm
- Apr3°36 mm
- May8°69 mm
- Jun12°78 mm
- Jul14°79 mm
- Aug14°81 mm
- Sep9°52 mm
- Oct4°46 mm
- Nov0°43 mm
- Dec-3°41 mm
- Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
- Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Kunraticko-michelský les.
Forest at Prague
Kunraticko-michelský les is a forest in Czechia, 315 m above the sea.
Seen from space, 41% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 47% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.
1,399 species have been recorded around it: 948 plants, 262 fungi, 175 birds and 14 mammals.
The most recorded plants are: Greater Celandine, Garlic Mustard and Ground-ivy.
The best time to walk is in May and in September.
Get there and walk
- Pragercampsite · 3.2 km · 14 within 10 km
- Sazava dormitoryplace to stay · 1.7 km · 813 within 10 km
- Kunraticenearest town · 1.5 km in a straight line
- Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 17 km in a straight lineCar hire at PRG airport (Prague)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.
Around, in OpenStreetMap
- 30marked trails within 5 km[Č] Praha - Borek, [Z] Uhříněves - Kateřinky, [Z] Zbraslav - Malá Chuchle and 27 more
- 32named and notable trees within 6 kmStrom na památku Ondřeje Fáryho, Památný Strom, Hraniční dub and 29 more
- 87picnic sites within 4 km
- 441shelters and huts within 6 kmVelký altán, Nádraží Modřany and 439 more
- 55viewpoints within 5 km
- 11visitor centres within 6 kmÚAMK, a.s., Informační centrum FNKV, Infocentrum Cihelná brána and 8 more
- 1,195car parks within 3 km
- 14campsites within 10 kmPrager, Intercamp Kotva, Praguecamp and 11 more
- 813places to stay within 10 kmSazava dormitory, Villa Voyta, Minimol.cz and 810 more
- 207restaurants 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 Kunraticko-michelský les.
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.
Peakyas82 mountains within 25 kmPetřín331 m · 8.7 kmLetná265 m · 8.8 kmBílá hora381 m · 12 kmVlková521 m · 18 kmBabka505 m · 22 kmSkalka554 m · 23 kmHolý516 m · 24 kmDoutnáč433 m · 24 km
Lakeyas2 lakes within 15 kmHostivař Reservoir0.4 km² · 4.9 kmVrané Reservoir0.8 km² · 13 km
Darkskyas5 dark-sky places within 30 kmAstronomical Tower in Clementinum PragueBortle 9 · 7.9 kmŠtefánik's ObservatoryBortle 8 · 8.2 km↗Planetárium PrahaBortle 9 · 9.5 kmĎáblice ObservatoryBortle 7 · 13 kmOndřejov ObservatoryBortle 4 · 26 km↗
Viewyas28 viewpoints within 15 kmComing soonBarrandov Terraces5.2 km↗Lahovice Bridge6.3 km↗Lookout tower in Sovovy mlýny8.0 km↗Rozhledna Závist8.3 kmPetřín331 m · 8.4 km↗Cibulka (tower)9.4 kmRozhledna Obora12 kmKoloděje viewpoint12 km↗
Cavernyas2 caves within 20 kmKlukovická jeskyně8.1 kmKorálové jeskyně8.2 km
Cascadyas6 waterfalls within 15 kmWaterfalls in Modřanská rokle2 m · 3.2 kmWaterfall in Písnický potok3.2 kmPrůhonice waterfall6.8 kmWaterfall in Kinského zahrada7.9 kmZvolské vodopády2 m · 10 kmBudulínkův vodopád3 m · 14 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.
Other forests nearby.
Kunraticko-michelský les
Czechia
- 49Forestyas Score
- 41%Trees
- 47%Wild
- 1,399Species
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q6445002) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Land cover | ESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0 |
| Species | 91,173 open records within 5 km (GBIF, CC0 and CC BY 4.0 only) |
| See these records | gbif.org |
| Names and photos | Wikidata (CC0); GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Altitude | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Temperature and rain | NASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2) |
| What is around | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Sister atlases | Peakyas, Lakeyas, Darkskyas, Viewyas, Cavernyas, Cascadyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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