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Millennial oak tree of Maksym Zaliznyak

Кіреєва-Литвин · CC BY-SA 3.0

67% trees around it and 3 species recorded.

  • trees within 3 km67%
  • wild within 10 km59%
  • species recorded3
  • Altitude214 m

The forest around

67% 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 28%Grassland 7%Cropland 64%Trees 72%Grassland 4%Water 1%Cropland 22%Trees 56%Grassland 8%Water 0%Cropland 35%Trees 41%Grassland 12%Wetland 1%Water 1%Cropland 46%67%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km28%
  • 1–3 km72%
  • 3–6 km56%
  • 6–10 km41%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees72%
  • Grassland4%
  • Wetland0%
  • Water1%
  • Cropland22%

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

3 species recorded.

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

Rabelera holostea
Rabelera holosteaRabelera holostea2 recordsiNaturalist.org (spoonbilling) · CC BY 4.0
Pedunculate Oak
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2 recordsAlgirdas at Lithuanian Wikipedia · Public domain
Common milkweedAsclepias syriaca3 records

Open records within 2 km (GBIF, licensed for any use). Busy places are better recorded than remote ones.

In numbers

The forest, measured.

41out of 100

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

  • 67%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 59%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 3Speciesrecorded more than once within 2 km
  • 214 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.

  1. Jan-3°-9°43 mm
  2. Feb0°-8°36 mm
  3. Mar6°-2°39 mm
  4. Apr14°4°32 mm
  5. May22°11°60 mm
  6. Jun26°16°70 mm
  7. Jul29°18°63 mm
  8. Aug28°17°33 mm
  9. Sep22°11°50 mm
  10. Oct14°4°45 mm
  11. Nov6°-1°39 mm
  12. Dec0°-6°40 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Millennial oak tree of Maksym Zaliznyak.

Botanical natural monument in Cherkasy Oblast, Ukraine

Millennial oak tree of Maksym Zaliznyak is a notable tree in Ukraine, 214 m above the sea.

Seen from space, 67% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 59% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

3 species have been recorded around it: 3 plants, 0 fungi, 0 birds and 0 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: Rabelera holostea, Pedunculate Oak and Common milkweed.

The best time to walk is in May and in September.

1 100-літній Дуб Максима Залізняка
Кіреєва-Литвин · CC BY-SA 3.0

Get there and walk

  • Поклик Яру - національно-патріотичний табірcampsite · 5.1 km · 1 within 10 km
  • Фазендаplace to stay · 4.6 km · 6 within 10 km
  • Medvedivkanearest town · 10 km in a straight line
  • Chişinău International Airport (RMO)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 347 km in a straight lineCar hire at KBP airport (Boryspil)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.

Millennial oak tree of Maksym Zaliznyak 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

  • 1marked trails within 5 kmЕкостежка "Цікаво про ліс"
  • 1named and notable trees within 6 kmДуб Максима Залізняка
  • 1picnic sites within 4 km
  • 15shelters and huts within 6 km
  • 2viewpoints within 5 km
  • 2car parks within 3 km
  • 1campsites within 10 kmПоклик Яру - національно-патріотичний табір
  • 6places to stay within 10 kmФазенда, Духмяна оселя, Дивокрай and 3 more
  • 1restaurants 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.

Photographs

The forest, as people saw it.

71-254-5023 Zalizniak Oak DSC 8056
Haidamac · CC BY-SA 4.0
71-254-5023 Zalizniak Oak DSC 8063
Haidamac · CC BY-SA 4.0
Buda - Zalizniak oak road
Віктор Полянко · CC BY-SA 4.0

Other forests nearby.

Millennial oak tree of Maksym Zaliznyak

Ukraine

  • 41Forestyas Score
  • 67%Trees
  • 59%Wild
  • 3Species

Kholodny Yar

Ukraine · 3 km

  • 69Forestyas Score
  • 87%Trees
  • 61%Wild
  • 372Species

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Black Forest

Ukraine · 43 km

  • 65Forestyas Score
  • 98%Trees
  • 52%Wild
  • 411Species

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Sofiyivsky Park

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  • 44Forestyas Score
  • 40%Trees
  • 37%Wild
  • 232Species

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Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q4169050) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species40 open records within 2 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

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

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