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Ozark–St. Francis National Forest

US Forest Service - Southern Region · Public domain

35% trees around it and 51 species recorded.

47Forestyas Score

ForestNational forest

  • trees within 3 km35%
  • wild within 10 km74%
  • species recorded51
  • Altitude129 m

The forest around

35% 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 48%Grassland 34%Water 1%Bare ground 1%Cropland 8%Built-up 8%Trees 34%Grassland 31%Water 1%Bare ground 0%Cropland 31%Built-up 3%Trees 41%Grassland 32%Water 2%Bare ground 0%Cropland 21%Built-up 4%Trees 44%Grassland 27%Water 2%Bare ground 1%Cropland 19%Built-up 6%35%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km48%
  • 1–3 km34%
  • 3–6 km41%
  • 6–10 km44%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees34%
  • Grassland31%
  • Water1%
  • Bare ground0%
  • Cropland31%
  • Built-up3%

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

51 species recorded.

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

Common Starling
Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris28 recordsmarsupium photography · CC BY-SA 2.0
Turkey Vulture
Turkey VultureCathartes aura21 recordsJairmoreirafotografia · CC BY-SA 4.0
Common GrackleNT
Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula13 recordsRhododendrites · CC BY-SA 4.0
Mourning Dove
Mourning DoveZenaida macroura12 recordsAitor · CC BY 4.0
Mexican rosefinch
Mexican rosefinchHaemorhous mexicanus12 recordssergio niebla from Cd. Victoria, Tamaulipas, México · CC BY-SA 2.0
American Robin
American RobinTurdus migratorius12 recordsRhododendrites · CC BY-SA 4.0
Northern Cardinal
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis10 recordspatricia pierce · CC BY 2.0
House Sparrow
House SparrowPasser domesticus10 recordsDiliff · CC BY-SA 3.0
Northern Mockingbird
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos10 recordsRhododendrites · CC BY-SA 4.0
KilldeerNT
KilldeerCharadrius vociferus9 recordsAlan D. Wilson · CC BY-SA 3.0
American Crow
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos8 recordsUnknown author · CC BY-SA 3.0
Blue Jay
Blue JayCyanocitta cristata8 recordsRhododendrites · 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.

47out of 100

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

  • 35%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 74%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 51Speciesrecorded more than once within 5 km
  • 129 mAltitudeabove the sea

When to walk

Best for walking in March and in November.

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

  1. Jan8°-3°68 mm
  2. Feb11°-1°75 mm
  3. Mar16°4°108 mm
  4. Apr22°9°124 mm
  5. May26°15°154 mm
  6. Jun31°20°105 mm
  7. Jul34°22°96 mm
  8. Aug34°22°112 mm
  9. Sep30°17°100 mm
  10. Oct23°10°111 mm
  11. Nov16°4°82 mm
  12. Dec10°-1°83 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Ozark–St. Francis National Forest.

United States National Forest located in the state of Arkansas

Ozark–St. Francis National Forest is a national forest in United States.

Seen from space, 35% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 74% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

51 species have been recorded around it: 0 plants, 0 fungi, 51 birds and 0 mammals.

The best time to walk is in March and in November.

20230828-FS-RD-001 (53147923699)
US Forest Service - Southern Region · Public domain

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.

Ozark–St. Francis National Forest 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

  • 1car parks within 3 km
  • 11places to stay within 10 kmMagnolia Inn Motel, Rest Inn Fort Smith, River Valley Inn and Suites and 8 more
  • marked trails within 5 km
  • named and notable trees within 6 km
  • picnic sites within 4 km
  • shelters and huts within 6 km
  • viewpoints within 5 km
  • visitor centres within 6 km
  • campsites within 10 km
  • restaurants 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 Ozark–St. Francis National Forest.

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.

Peakyas25 mountains within 25 km
George Mountain4.1 kmGray Mountain4.4 kmBrooks Stephins Mountain6.8 kmBackbone Mountain12 kmDonahue Mountain17 kmDiffy Mountain18 kmBillcol Mountain20 kmBiswell Hill23 km
Riveryasthe river nearby
Poteau River227 km

Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.

Other forests nearby.

Ozark–St. Francis National Forest

United States

  • 47Forestyas Score
  • 35%Trees
  • 74%Wild
  • 51Species

Ouachita National Forest

United States · 89 km

  • 81Forestyas Score
  • 100%Trees
  • 99%Wild
  • 66Species

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q94443) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species346 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, Riveryas

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

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