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Lillomarka

C. Hill · CC BY 2.5

90% trees around it and 2,126 species recorded.

82Forestyas Score

ForestDense canopyFungiBirdsWildlife

  • trees within 3 km90%
  • wild within 10 km80%
  • species recorded2,126
  • Altitude272 m

The forest around

90% 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 96%Water 4%Trees 89%Grassland 1%Water 8%Cropland 2%Built-up 0%Trees 72%Grassland 4%Water 4%Bare ground 0%Cropland 5%Built-up 14%Trees 70%Grassland 4%Water 3%Cropland 6%Built-up 18%90%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km96%
  • 1–3 km89%
  • 3–6 km72%
  • 6–10 km70%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees89%
  • Grassland1%
  • Water8%
  • Cropland2%
  • 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

2,126 species recorded.

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

Canada goldenrod
Canada goldenrodSolidago canadensis597 recordsGeorg Slickers · CC BY-SA 4.0
Red-berried Elder
Red-berried ElderSambucus racemosa530 recordsAlgirdas at Lithuanian Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0
Turkish wartycabbage
Turkish wartycabbageBunias orientalis425 recordsZeynel Cebeci · CC BY-SA 4.0
Giant Hogweed
Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum349 recordsanastasiiamerkulova · CC BY 4.0
AshNT
AshFraxinus excelsior297 recordsWillow · CC BY 2.5
Himalayan Balsam
Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera235 recordsGuptaele · CC BY-SA 4.0
Wild strawberry
Wild strawberryFragaria vesca218 recordsJörg Hempel · CC BY-SA 3.0 de
Large yellow loosestrife
Large yellow loosestrifeLysimachia punctata216 recordssarefo · CC BY-SA 3.0
Queen of the meadow
Queen of the meadowFilipendula ulmaria212 recordsUnknown author · Public domain
Wych Elm
Wych ElmUlmus glabra208 recordsMeneerke bloem · CC BY-SA 3.0
Hepatica
HepaticaHepatica nobilis190 recordsUnknown author · CC BY-SA 3.0
Bittercress
BittercressBarbarea vulgaris189 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.

82out of 100

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

  • 90%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 80%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 2,126Speciesrecorded more than once within 5 km
  • 272 mAltitudeabove the sea

When to walk

Best for walking from June to August.

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

  1. Jan-4°-8°78 mm
  2. Feb-2°-8°60 mm
  3. Mar2°-5°56 mm
  4. Apr8°0°61 mm
  5. May14°5°92 mm
  6. Jun18°9°96 mm
  7. Jul20°12°112 mm
  8. Aug19°11°122 mm
  9. Sep14°7°96 mm
  10. Oct7°2°104 mm
  11. Nov2°-3°94 mm
  12. Dec-3°-7°78 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Lillomarka.

Forest in Norway

Lillomarka is a forest in Norway, 272 m above the sea.

Seen from space, 90% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 80% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

2,126 species have been recorded around it: 866 plants, 1,000 fungi, 228 birds and 32 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: Canada goldenrod, Red-berried Elder and Turkish wartycabbage.

The best time to walk is from June to August.

Kjulstjernet Lillomarka
C. Hill · CC BY 2.5

Get there and walk

  • Designated bonfire placecampsite · 2.7 km · 8 within 10 km
  • Thon Hotell Linneplace to stay · 5.8 km · 110 within 10 km
  • Rotnesnearest town · 7.4 km in a straight line
  • Oslo-Gardermoen International Airport (OSL)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 27 km in a straight lineCar hire at OSL airport (Oslo)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.

Lillomarka 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

  • 56marked trails within 5 kmRomeriksleden, Tømtekleivene, Kirkeby natursti and 53 more
  • 2named and notable trees within 6 kmKongeeikene, Ankerveigrana
  • 144picnic sites within 4 kmMasjørgengruva and 143 more
  • 84shelters and huts within 6 kmFjellvang, Ole Høilands hule, Haraldvangen and 81 more
  • 35viewpoints within 5 kmBarlindåsen, Havnabakken and 33 more
  • 42car parks within 3 km
  • 8campsites within 10 kmDesignated bonfire place, Fagervann, Båntjern Teltplass and 5 more
  • 110places to stay within 10 kmThon Hotell Linne, Radisson Blu Hotel Nydalen, Quality Hotel 33 and 107 more
  • 4restaurants 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 Lillomarka.

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.

Peakyas863 mountains within 25 km
Prekestolen411 m · 9.0 kmVaringskollen546 m · 12 kmBarlindåsen398 m · 15 kmRamstadslottet394 m · 15 kmGravsvollhøgda423 m · 16 kmKjerkeberget631 m · 20 kmBlekketjernshøgda613 m · 21 kmRamsås420 m · 25 km
Lakeyas22 lakes within 15 km
Alungsjøen0.4 km² · 3.1 kmMaridalsvannet3.8 km² · 3.2 kmSognsvann0.4 km² · 6.1 kmLutvann0.4 km² · 8.8 kmØstensjøvannet0.3 km² · 11 kmBogstadvannet1.1 km² · 12 kmBjørnsjøen1.7 km² · 13 kmNøklevann0.8 km² · 13 km
Darkskyas2 dark-sky places within 30 km
Oslo ObservatoryBortle 9 · 11 kmHarestua Solar ObservatoryBortle 4 · 25 km
Viewyas1 viewpoints within 15 kmComing soon
Tjuvtitten11 km
Birdyas1 birding sites within 25 km
Øyeren279 species · 24 km
Cascadyas10 waterfalls within 15 km
Frysjafossen3.8 kmBrekkefossen4.2 kmLeirfossen5.1 kmBjølsenfossen6.7 kmNedre Foss8.8 kmDånnåfossen10 kmTøyenfossen13 kmPrestfossen14 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.

Lillomarka ridesti skilt
Ida Tolgensbakk · CC0
Hadelandsveien
Pneumaman · Public domain
07-11-04 Breisjøen Lillomarka
Chell Hill · CC BY-SA 3.0

Other forests nearby.

Lillomarka

Norway

  • 82Forestyas Score
  • 90%Trees
  • 80%Wild
  • 2,126Species

Østmarka

Norway · 17 km

  • 86Forestyas Score
  • 91%Trees
  • 90%Wild
  • 1,402Species

See the guide

Krokskogen

Norway · 23 km

  • 84Forestyas Score
  • 78%Trees
  • 99%Wild
  • 650Species

See the guide

Vestmarka

Norway · 29 km

  • 85Forestyas Score
  • 91%Trees
  • 87%Wild
  • 1,941Species

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q1825238) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species232,598 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, Darkskyas, Viewyas, Birdyas, 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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