Sweden forest
Lill-Jansskogen
Holger Ellgaard · CC BY-SA 3.0
29% trees around it and 2,319 species recorded.
- trees within 3 km29%
- wild within 10 km76%
- species recorded2,319
The forest around
29% 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 km51%
- 1–3 km26%
- 3–6 km44%
- 6–10 km54%
What covers the land (1–3 km)
- Trees26%
- Grassland8%
- Water27%
- Bare ground0%
- Built-up39%
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
2,319 species recorded.
The plants, fungi, birds and mammals people have recorded here most often.
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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).
- 29%Treesof the land within 3 km
- 76%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
- 2,319Speciesrecorded more than once within 5 km
When to walk
Best for walking in June.
How good each month is for a walk: mild days and little rain make the bar taller.
- Jan-5°46 mm
- Feb-5°40 mm
- Mar-3°39 mm
- Apr1°37 mm
- May6°50 mm
- Jun11°78 mm
- Jul14°70 mm
- Aug13°72 mm
- Sep9°55 mm
- Oct4°63 mm
- Nov1°61 mm
- Dec-3°54 mm
- Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
- Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Lill-Jansskogen.
Urban wild in northern Stockholm, Sweden
Lill-Jansskogen is a forest in Sweden.
Seen from space, 29% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 76% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.
2,319 species have been recorded around it: 1,000 plants, 1,000 fungi, 284 birds and 35 mammals.
The most recorded plants are: Pedunculate Oak, Ash and Garlic Mustard.
The best time to walk is in June.
Get there and walk
- Långholmens husbilscampingcampsite · 4.4 km · 9 within 10 km
- Lilla Rådmannenplace to stay · 1.9 km · 265 within 10 km
- Östermalmnearest town · 1.4 km in a straight line
- Stockholm-Bromma Airport (BMA)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 8 km in a straight lineCar hire at ARN airport (Stockholm)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
- 38marked trails within 5 kmLidingöloppet 30 km, Lidingöloppet 15 km, Dalkarlsvägen etapp 12 2012 and 35 more
- 11named and notable trees within 6 kmPrins Eugens Ek, Äppelträd i Skogaholms köksträdgård, Birger jarls ek and 8 more
- 362picnic sites within 4 km
- 88shelters and huts within 6 kmKoltorp and 87 more
- 128viewpoints within 5 kmFatburen and 127 more
- 12visitor centres within 6 kmKTH Information center, City Sightseeing, Sjukhusinformation and 9 more
- 452car parks within 3 km
- 9campsites within 10 kmLångholmens husbilscamping, Tantolundens husbilscamping, Klubbensborgs camping and 6 more
- 265places to stay within 10 kmLilla Rådmannen, Hotel Bentleys, City Backpackers and 262 more
- 1,150restaurants 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 Lill-Jansskogen.
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.
Peakyas24 mountains within 25 kmObservatorielunden1.8 kmMariaberget3.6 kmHammarbytoppen6.1 kmMeditationslunden8.4 kmHökarängstoppen102 m · 11 kmVikingaberget14 kmTelegrafberget22 kmTornberget24 km
Coastya1 beaches within 10 kmFågelöudde9.1 km
Lakeyas24 lakes within 15 kmBrunnsviken1.4 km² · 3.2 km↗Hammarby sjö0.3 km² · 5.0 km↗Järlasjön0.7 km² · 6.5 kmKälltorpssjön0.7 km² · 8.1 kmÄltasjön0.7 km² · 11 kmLångsjön0.3 km² · 11 kmMagelungen2.1 km² · 14 kmÖringesjön0.3 km² · 15 km
Darkskyas3 dark-sky places within 30 kmStockholm ObservatoryBortle 9 · 1.8 km↗CosmonovaBortle 9 · 2.4 kmSaltsjöbaden ObservatoryBortle 6 · 16 km
Viewyas4 viewpoints within 15 kmComing soonMakalös2.9 kmKaknästornet3.2 km↗Fåfängan4.3 km↗Groggtornet12 km
Cavernyas1 caves within 20 kmSkarpnäcksgrottan11 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.
Lill-Jansskogen
Sweden
- 55Forestyas Score
- 29%Trees
- 76%Wild
- 2,319Species
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q6547932) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Land cover | ESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0 |
| Species | 1,044,502 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, Coastya, Lakeyas, Darkskyas, Viewyas, Cavernyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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