Italy forest
Pian delle Betulle
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87% trees around it and 300 species recorded.
- trees within 3 km87%
- wild within 10 km98%
- species recorded300
- Altitude1,480 m
The forest around
87% 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, ring by ring
- 0–1 km85%
- 1–3 km87%
- 3–6 km81%
- 6–10 km61%
What covers the land (1–3 km)
- Trees87%
- Grassland9%
- Water0%
- Bare ground0%
- 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
300 species recorded.
The plants, fungi, birds and mammals people have recorded here most often.
Open records within 5 km (GBIF, licensed for any use). Busy places are better recorded than remote ones.
In numbers
The forest, measured.
Our own rating, from open data only: tree cover (40 points), wildness (20), species recorded (30) and protection or heritage (10).
- 87%Treesof the land within 3 km
- 98%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
- 300Speciesrecorded more than once within 5 km
- 1,480 mAltitudeabove the sea
When to walk
Best for walking in September.
How good each month is for a walk: mild days and little rain make the bar taller.
- Jan-6°57 mm
- Feb-4°63 mm
- Mar0°72 mm
- Apr4°105 mm
- May8°140 mm
- Jun13°123 mm
- Jul15°111 mm
- Aug15°130 mm
- Sep10°105 mm
- Oct6°116 mm
- Nov1°149 mm
- Dec-4°78 mm
- Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
- Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Pian delle Betulle.
Ski resort in Lecco province
Pian delle Betulle is a forest in Italy, 1,480 m above the sea.
Seen from space, 87% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 98% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.
300 species have been recorded around it: 255 plants, 0 fungi, 45 birds and 0 mammals.
The most recorded plants are: Rowan, European Beech and Bride's feathers.
The best time to walk is in September.
Get there and walk
- Camping La Fasanacampsite · 3.1 km · 10 within 10 km
- Ai plataniplace to stay · 3.4 km · 90 within 10 km
- Casargonearest town · 1.6 km in a straight line
- Lugano Airport (LUG)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 38 km in a straight lineCar hire at BGY airport (Orio al Serio)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.
Around, in OpenStreetMap
- 90marked trails within 5 kmLa Via del Bitto, Anello del Monte Muggio, Sentiero 34 della Val Bona and 87 more
- 7named and notable trees within 6 kmFaggio del Piancone, Lareš da Marmìin, Ól Castàan and 4 more
- 31picnic sites within 4 km
- 15shelters and huts within 6 kmCa dél Tajèe, Rifugio Valbiandino, Rifugio Dino Tavecchia and 12 more
- 3viewpoints within 5 kmAlta Valsassina, Belvedere Alpe Chiaro
- 2visitor centres within 6 kmUfficio informazioni Crandola e Alta Valsassina, Ufficio turistico
- 68car parks within 3 km
- 10campsites within 10 kmCamping La Fasana, Area Camper Primaluna, San Pietro and 7 more
- 90places to stay within 10 kmAi platani, Tremej, Sala and 87 more
- 20restaurants 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 Pian delle Betulle.
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.
Peakyas266 mountains within 25 km
Darkskyas2 dark-sky places within 30 km
Viewyas16 viewpoints within 15 kmComing soon
Cavernyas2 caves within 20 km
Cascadyas13 waterfalls within 15 kmFigures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Photographs
The forest, as people saw it.
Other forests nearby.
Pian delle Betulle
Italy
- 83Forestyas Score
- 87%Trees
- 98%Wild
- 300Species
Cave Birseck hermitage, Palaeolithic residential cave / cult place / neolithic burial
Switzerland · 211 km
- 74Forestyas Score
- 65%Trees
- 73%Wild
- 1,564Species
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q3901887) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Land cover | ESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0 |
| Species | 1,545 open records within 5 km (GBIF, CC0 and CC BY 4.0 only) |
| See these records | gbif.org |
| Names and photos | Wikidata (CC0); GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Altitude | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Temperature and rain | NASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2) |
| What is around | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Sister atlases | Peakyas, Lakeyas, Darkskyas, Viewyas, Canyonyas, Cavernyas, Cascadyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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