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Portugal Portugal arboretum

Parque Terra Nostra

Vitor Oliveira from Torres Vedras, PORTUGAL · CC BY 2.0

66% trees around it and 351 species recorded.

76Forestyas Score

ArboretumFungi

  • trees within 3 km66%
  • wild within 10 km94%
  • species recorded351
  • Altitude204 m

The forest around

66% 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 66%Grassland 21%Water 0%Cropland 5%Built-up 8%Trees 66%Grassland 24%Water 8%Cropland 2%Built-up 0%Trees 53%Grassland 31%Water 12%Cropland 4%Built-up 0%Trees 34%Grassland 25%Water 34%Cropland 6%Built-up 1%66%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km66%
  • 1–3 km66%
  • 3–6 km53%
  • 6–10 km34%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees66%
  • Grassland24%
  • 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

351 species recorded.

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

Camellia
CamelliaCamellia japonica388 recordsQwert1234 · CC BY-SA 3.0
Kahila garland-lily
Kahila garland-lilyHedychium gardnerianum168 recordsJJ Harrison ( https://www.jjharrison.com.au/ ) · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wild Taro
Wild TaroColocasia esculenta64 recordsDidier Descouens · CC BY-SA 4.0
Macaronesian Laurel
Macaronesian LaurelLaurus azorica62 recordsIxitixel · CC BY-SA 3.0
Camellia × williamsii
Camellia × williamsiiCamellia ×williamsii59 recordsA. Barra · CC BY 3.0
Persicaria capitata
Persicaria capitataPersicaria capitata56 recordsJJ Harrison ( https://www.jjharrison.com.au/ ) · CC BY-SA 3.0
Creeping buttercup
Creeping buttercupRanunculus repens56 recordsUnknown author · CC BY-SA 3.0
SugiNT
SugiCryptomeria japonica54 recordsYosemite · CC BY-SA 3.0
Himalayan honeysuckle
Himalayan honeysuckleLeycesteria formosa53 recordsNo machine-readable author provided. MPF assumed (based on copyright claims). · CC BY 2.5
Palhinhaea cernua
Palhinhaea cernuaPalhinhaea cernua50 recordsEric Guinther · CC BY-SA 3.0
Persea indica
Persea indicaPersea indica48 recordsMeneerke bloem · CC BY-SA 4.0
Azores JuniperVU
Azores JuniperJuniperus brevifolia41 recordsAngrense · Public domain

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

In numbers

The forest, measured.

76out of 100

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

  • 66%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 94%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 351Speciesrecorded more than once within 2 km
  • 204 mAltitudeabove the sea

When to walk

Best for walking from May to June and in November.

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

  1. Jan17°15°67 mm
  2. Feb16°15°68 mm
  3. Mar16°14°65 mm
  4. Apr16°15°56 mm
  5. May18°16°43 mm
  6. Jun20°18°30 mm
  7. Jul22°21°18 mm
  8. Aug23°22°27 mm
  9. Sep23°21°56 mm
  10. Oct21°20°74 mm
  11. Nov19°17°66 mm
  12. Dec17°16°105 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Parque Terra Nostra.

Botanical garden in Furnas, Sao Miguel Island, Azores

Parque Terra Nostra is an arboretum in Portugal, 204 m above the sea.

Seen from space, 66% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 94% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

351 species have been recorded around it: 207 plants, 47 fungi, 90 birds and 7 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: Camellia, Kahila garland-lily and Wild Taro.

The best time to walk is from May to June and in November.

Parque Terra Nostra2
Vitor Oliveira from Torres Vedras, PORTUGAL · CC BY 2.0

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.

Parque Terra Nostra 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

  • 7marked trails within 5 kmPRC06SMI Lagoa das Furnas, PRC22SMI Grená - Pico do Ferro, PR12SMI Agrião and 4 more
  • 2named and notable trees within 6 kmA Araucária do Terra Nostra
  • 23picnic sites within 4 km
  • 3shelters and huts within 6 kmMirante "O Açucareiro"
  • 24viewpoints within 5 kmCastelo Branco, Pico do Ferro, Miradouro Lombo Dos Milhos and 21 more
  • 2visitor centres within 6 kmPosto de Turismo, Balneários dos Pelames
  • 36car parks within 3 km
  • 1campsites within 10 kmParque de Campismo das Furnas
  • 64places to stay within 10 kmApartments Camélia, Casa das Furnas, Furnas Valley Design House and 61 more
  • 17restaurants 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 Parque Terra Nostra.

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.

Peakyas14 mountains within 25 km
Furnas1.2 kmFerro294 m · 1.7 kmGafanhoto610 m · 2.8 kmPico do Buraco702 m · 3.2 kmCedros518 m · 4.3 kmPico da Senhora389 m · 5.3 kmPico da Vara1,103 m · 10 kmÁgua de Pau947 m · volcano · 16 km
Islandyasthe island
São Miguel Island745 km²
Coastya2 beaches within 10 km
Praia do Fogo4.5 kmPraia da Viola8.8 km
Lakeyas2 lakes within 15 km
Furnas Lake1.8 km² · 2.3 kmLagoa do Fogo1.3 km² · 14 km
Darkskyas5 dark-sky places within 30 km
Furnas LakeBortle 2 · 2.1 kmPico da VaraBortle 2 · 10 kmIlhéu de Vila FrancaBortle 3 · 14 kmLagoa do FogoBortle 3 · 14 kmÁgua de PauBortle 3 · 16 km
Viewyas5 viewpoints within 15 kmComing soon
Miradouro do Pico do Ferro1.7 kmMiradouro do Salto do Cavalo3.3 kmPico da Vara1,103 m · 10 kmMiradouro da Vigia das Baleias12 kmMiradouro da Despe-te Que Suas12 km
Birdyas3 birding sites within 25 km
Complexo Vulcânico das Furnas134 species · 2.4 kmPico da Vara / Ribeira do Guilherme - Ilha de S. Miguel100 species · 6.5 kmIlhéu da Vila e Costa Adjacente - Ilha de Stª. Maria3 species · 24 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.

Terra Nostra-Acores
Rolfcosar · CC BY-SA 4.0
20220519.Parque Terra Nostra.-010.1
Bybbisch94, Christian Gebhardt · CC BY-SA 4.0
20220519.Parque Terra Nostra.-010.2
Bybbisch94, Christian Gebhardt · CC BY-SA 4.0

Other forests nearby.

Parque Terra Nostra

Portugal

  • 76Forestyas Score
  • 66%Trees
  • 94%Wild
  • 351Species

Mata Jardim José do Canto

Portugal · 3 km

  • 75Forestyas Score
  • 66%Trees
  • 95%Wild
  • 209Species

See the guide

Jardim António Borges

Portugal · 32 km

  • 51Forestyas Score
  • 14%Trees
  • 89%Wild
  • 416Species

See the guide

Botanical Garden of Faial

Portugal · 303 km

  • 63Forestyas Score
  • 29%Trees
  • 99%Wild
  • 573Species

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q1162245) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species10,488 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
Sister atlasesPeakyas, Islandyas, Coastya, Lakeyas, Darkskyas, Viewyas, Birdyas

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.

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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
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