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Maksimir Park

Silverije · CC BY-SA 3.0

39% trees around it and 538 species recorded.

52Forestyas Score

ForestBirds

  • trees within 3 km39%
  • wild within 10 km68%
  • species recorded538
  • Altitude166 m

The forest around

39% 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 68%Grassland 10%Water 2%Cropland 0%Built-up 19%Trees 36%Grassland 9%Cropland 1%Built-up 54%Trees 51%Grassland 12%Water 1%Cropland 1%Built-up 35%Trees 54%Grassland 17%Water 1%Bare ground 0%Cropland 8%Built-up 19%39%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km68%
  • 1–3 km36%
  • 3–6 km51%
  • 6–10 km54%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees36%
  • Grassland9%
  • Water0%
  • Cropland1%
  • Built-up54%

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

538 species recorded.

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

Lamium orvala
Lamium orvalaLamium orvala93 recordsDaderot · Public domain
Periwinkle
PeriwinkleVinca minor85 recordsEpgrande · CC BY 4.0
Garlic Mustard
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata63 recordsO. Pichard · CC BY-SA 3.0
Ground-ivy
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea62 recordsAnRo0002 · CC0
Common Ivy
Common IvyHedera helix56 recordskallerna · CC BY-SA 4.0
Greater Celandine
Greater CelandineChelidonium majus55 recordsUnknown author · CC BY-SA 3.0
Cherry laurel
Cherry laurelPrunus laurocerasus53 recordsKarduelis · Public domain
European bird cherry
European bird cherryPrunus padus45 recordsИгоревич · Public domain
Cobnut
CobnutCorylus avellana43 recordsMPF · CC BY-SA 3.0
Horse-chestnutVU
Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum42 recordsStephan van Helden · CC BY-SA 4.0
Yellow Archangel
Yellow ArchangelLamium galeobdolon41 recordsTeun Spaans · CC BY 2.5
Greater Plantain
Greater PlantainPlantago major38 recordsEpgrande · CC BY 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.

52out of 100

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

  • 39%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 68%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 538Speciesrecorded more than once within 5 km
  • 166 mAltitudeabove the sea

When to walk

Best for walking from April to May and in October.

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

  1. Jan2°-4°52 mm
  2. Feb5°-3°60 mm
  3. Mar11°0°59 mm
  4. Apr16°6°62 mm
  5. May21°10°92 mm
  6. Jun26°15°86 mm
  7. Jul29°17°82 mm
  8. Aug28°16°83 mm
  9. Sep22°11°106 mm
  10. Oct16°6°83 mm
  11. Nov9°2°80 mm
  12. Dec4°-2°63 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Maksimir Park.

Park in Croatia

Maksimir Park is a forest in Croatia.

Seen from space, 39% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 68% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

538 species have been recorded around it: 359 plants, 25 fungi, 146 birds and 8 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: Lamium orvala, Periwinkle and Garlic Mustard.

The best time to walk is from April to May and in October.

Zagreb - Maksimirsko jezero u travnju
Silverije · CC BY-SA 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.

Maksimir Park 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

  • 13marked trails within 5 kmPlaninarska staza Medvednica 14, Planinarska staza Medvednica 18, Planinarska staza Medvednica 19 and 10 more
  • 4named and notable trees within 6 kmPlatana, Dedek, Stablo raste iz kamena and 1 more
  • 91picnic sites within 4 km
  • 302shelters and huts within 6 kmAdolfovac and 301 more
  • 6viewpoints within 5 km
  • 7visitor centres within 6 kmDoživi Europu, Tourist Information Center, Kula Lotrščak and 4 more
  • 759car parks within 3 km
  • 2campsites within 10 kmVal-Travel
  • 235places to stay within 10 kmYouthhostel Ravnice, Jadran, Sobes and 232 more
  • 294restaurants 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 Maksimir Park.

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.

Peakyas8 mountains within 25 km
Tusti vrh648 m · 6.8 kmGrmoščica Forest Park8.1 kmSljeme9.5 kmPuntijarka10 kmBistranska Gora11 kmMartin Breg205 m · 17 kmOštri Hum17 kmSkribula Breg24 km
Lakeyas2 lakes within 15 km
Jarun Lake0.8 km² · 8.8 kmČiče0.8 km² · 14 km
Darkskyas1 dark-sky places within 30 km
Zagreb ObservatoryBortle 9 · 3.7 km
Cavernyas1 caves within 20 km
Veternica11 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.

HR-ZG-Maksimir-Park-Entrance 01
DutchTreat · CC BY-SA 4.0
Maksimir
Aldenita · CC BY-SA 4.0
Maksimir 10. 2016. (30201565340)
ivan_m_zg · CC BY 2.0

Other forests nearby.

Maksimir Park

Croatia

  • 52Forestyas Score
  • 39%Trees
  • 68%Wild
  • 538Species

Zagreb Botanical Garden

Croatia · 5 km

  • 40Forestyas Score
  • 24%Trees
  • 60%Wild
  • 203Species

See the guide

Trnovo Forest Plateau

Slovenia · 171 km

  • 80Forestyas Score
  • 97%Trees
  • 96%Wild
  • 163Species

See the guide

Stara trta

Slovenia · 86 km

  • 47Forestyas Score
  • 32%Trees
  • 78%Wild
  • 131Species

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q348076) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species42,447 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, Cavernyas

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