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Paradisbakkerne

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49% trees around it and 1,111 species recorded.

  • trees within 3 km49%
  • wild within 10 km67%
  • species recorded1,111
  • Altitude108 m

The forest around

49% 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 76%Grassland 15%Cropland 10%Trees 46%Grassland 12%Cropland 42%Built-up 1%Trees 25%Grassland 12%Water 16%Cropland 44%Built-up 3%Trees 16%Grassland 7%Water 51%Cropland 25%Built-up 1%49%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km76%
  • 1–3 km46%
  • 3–6 km25%
  • 6–10 km16%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees46%
  • Grassland12%
  • Water0%
  • Cropland42%
  • Built-up1%

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

1,111 species recorded.

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

Wavy hair-grass
Wavy hair-grassAvenella flexuosa796 recordsBotaurus · Public domain
Pedunculate Oak
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur749 recordsAlgirdas at Lithuanian Wikipedia · Public domain
Heather
HeatherCalluna vulgaris611 recordsUnknown author · Public domain
Common bent
Common bentAgrostis capillaris525 recordsRasbak · CC BY-SA 3.0
Silver Birch
Silver BirchBetula pendula521 recordsUnknown author · Public domain
Whortleberry
WhortleberryVaccinium myrtillus498 recordsUnknown author · CC BY-SA 3.0
Soft Rush
Soft RushJuncus effusus480 recordsThe original uploader was Meggar at English Wikipedia . · CC BY-SA 3.0
Common Juniper
Common JuniperJuniperus communis454 recordsIvar Leidus · CC BY-SA 4.0
European honeysuckle
European honeysuckleLonicera periclymenum454 recordsLuc Viatour · CC BY-SA 3.0
Norway Spruce
Norway SprucePicea abies420 recordsIvar Leidus · CC BY-SA 3.0 ee
Alder Buckthorn
Alder BuckthornFrangula alnus413 recordsOldMuzzle · CC BY-SA 3.0
Pill sedge
Pill sedgeCarex pilulifera371 recordsKristian Peters -- Fabelfroh 11:03, 8 May 2007 (UTC) · CC BY-SA 3.0

Open records within 5 km (GBIF, licensed for any use). Busy places are better recorded than remote ones.

In numbers

The forest, measured.

59out of 100

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

  • 49%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 67%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 1,111Speciesrecorded more than once within 5 km
  • 108 mAltitudeabove the sea

When to walk

Best for walking from July to August.

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

  1. Jan3°2°69 mm
  2. Feb3°1°52 mm
  3. Mar4°2°48 mm
  4. Apr7°5°35 mm
  5. May11°9°45 mm
  6. Jun16°14°54 mm
  7. Jul19°17°76 mm
  8. Aug19°18°77 mm
  9. Sep16°15°63 mm
  10. Oct12°10°75 mm
  11. Nov8°7°72 mm
  12. Dec5°4°71 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Paradisbakkerne.

Group of Danish hills

Paradisbakkerne is a forest in Denmark.

Seen from space, 49% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 67% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

1,111 species have been recorded around it: 831 plants, 94 fungi, 162 birds and 24 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: Wavy hair-grass, Pedunculate Oak and Heather.

The best time to walk is from July to August.

2015 Heidelandschaft Paradisbakkerne Bornholm
( User:Alma ) · 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.

Paradisbakkerne 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

  • 8marked trails within 5 kmBlå rute, Sporet ved Vasagård, Aaker Plantage - Povlsker Plantage and 5 more
  • 2named and notable trees within 6 kmBrændte Ole, Herolds Eg
  • 15picnic sites within 4 km
  • 10shelters and huts within 6 kmBaunet, Pedersker Jagthus and 8 more
  • 4viewpoints within 5 km
  • 2visitor centres within 6 kmBornholms Turistinformation - Nexø
  • 4car parks within 3 km
  • 19campsites within 10 kmEllesgård, Thygegaard naturcamping, Nexø Camping og Feriehytter and 16 more
  • 50places to stay within 10 kmRosenvænge Ferielejligheder, Pension Solgarden, Nexø Hotel Hostel Bornholm and 47 more
  • 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 Paradisbakkerne.

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.

Peakyas5 mountains within 25 km
Slamrebjerg3.3 kmRytterknægten162 m · 12 kmBokul14 kmStjernehøj20 kmEgeshøj24 km
Coastya2 beaches within 10 km
Svenskehavn4.7 kmHullehavn5.6 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.

Paradisbakkerne 2008-07
Hans-Peter Balfanz · CC BY-SA 3.0
Oksemyr
Jan Kronsell · Public domain
Rokkestenen, Bornholm
Sarrus · CC BY-SA 3.0

Other forests nearby.

Paradisbakkerne

Denmark

  • 59Forestyas Score
  • 49%Trees
  • 67%Wild
  • 1,111Species

Almindingen

Denmark · 10 km

  • 63Forestyas Score
  • 71%Trees
  • 51%Wild
  • 1,105Species

See the guide

Louisenlund

Denmark · 4 km

  • 47Forestyas Score
  • 20%Trees
  • 72%Wild
  • 1,022Species

See the guide

Darß Forest

Germany · 181 km

  • 88Forestyas Score
  • 92%Trees
  • 99%Wild
  • 841Species

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q3676075) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species46,419 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, Islandyas, Coastya, Darkskyas, 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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