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Pupplinger Au

Rufus46 · CC BY-SA 3.0

61% trees around it and 1,047 species recorded.

72Forestyas Score

Forest

  • trees within 3 km61%
  • wild within 10 km86%
  • species recorded1,047
  • Altitude568 m

The forest around

61% 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 86%Grassland 5%Water 4%Bare ground 3%Built-up 2%Trees 58%Grassland 26%Water 2%Cropland 3%Built-up 11%Trees 50%Grassland 34%Water 0%Cropland 8%Built-up 6%Trees 48%Grassland 27%Water 12%Cropland 9%Built-up 5%61%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km86%
  • 1–3 km58%
  • 3–6 km50%
  • 6–10 km48%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees58%
  • Grassland26%
  • Water2%
  • Bare ground0%
  • Cropland3%
  • Built-up11%

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

1,047 species recorded.

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

Hemp-agrimony
Hemp-agrimonyEupatorium cannabinum159 recordsBurkhard Mücke · CC BY-SA 4.0
Cabbage Thistle
Cabbage ThistleCirsium oleraceum151 recordsDiAuras · CC BY-SA 4.0
Queen of the meadow
Queen of the meadowFilipendula ulmaria139 recordsUnknown author · Public domain
Wild angelica
Wild angelicaAngelica sylvestris138 recordsUnknown author · Public domain
Garden yellow loosestrife
Garden yellow loosestrifeLysimachia vulgaris131 recordsLe.Loup.Gris · CC BY-SA 3.0
Norway Spruce
Norway SprucePicea abies131 recordsIvar Leidus · CC BY-SA 3.0 ee
Glaucous sedge
Glaucous sedgeCarex flacca127 recordsKristian Peters -- Fabelfroh 09:16, 13 July 2006 (UTC) · CC BY-SA 3.0
Erect cinquefoil
Erect cinquefoilPotentilla erecta122 recordsUser:Tigerente · CC BY 2.5
AshNT
AshFraxinus excelsior121 recordsWillow · CC BY 2.5
Common Reed
Common ReedPhragmites australis121 recordsEpgrande · CC BY 4.0
Purple Willow
Purple WillowSalix purpurea121 recordsXemenendura · CC BY-SA 4.0
Lady's-slipper orchid
Lady's-slipper orchidCypripedium calceolus120 recordsNo machine-readable author provided. Johan N assumed (based on copyright claims). · Public domain

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

In numbers

The forest, measured.

72out of 100

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

  • 61%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 86%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 1,047Speciesrecorded more than once within 5 km
  • 568 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. Jan2°-5°76 mm
  2. Feb3°-4°59 mm
  3. Mar8°-1°69 mm
  4. Apr14°3°68 mm
  5. May18°8°123 mm
  6. Jun22°12°137 mm
  7. Jul23°14°134 mm
  8. Aug23°13°139 mm
  9. Sep18°9°92 mm
  10. Oct14°5°77 mm
  11. Nov8°0°62 mm
  12. Dec3°-3°67 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Pupplinger Au.

Unincorporated area in Germany

Pupplinger Au is a forest in Germany, 568 m above the sea.

Seen from space, 61% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 86% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

1,047 species have been recorded around it: 901 plants, 26 fungi, 116 birds and 4 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: Hemp-agrimony, Cabbage Thistle and Queen of the meadow.

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

Auwald Pupplinger Au-19
Rufus46 · 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.

Pupplinger Au 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

  • 9marked trails within 5 kmTraumpfad München-Venedig, Würmsee-Inntal-Weitwanderweg (weiß auf blau), Münchner Jakobsweg - Variante Leoni and 6 more
  • 6named and notable trees within 6 kmEichelbreite, Prinzregenten-Linden (2 Lindenbäume), Pausinger Eiche and 3 more
  • 6picnic sites within 4 km
  • 29shelters and huts within 6 km
  • 16viewpoints within 5 kmRiemerschmid Gedenkstein, Dorfener Höhe, Walchstädter Höhe and 13 more
  • 106car parks within 3 km
  • 4campsites within 10 kmCampingplatz Wolfratshausen, Jugendcampingplatz der Freiwillige Feuerwehr Geretsried, Campingplatz Jugendherberge Possenhofen and 1 more
  • 65places to stay within 10 kmHotel Märchenwald Garni, Humplbräu, Hotel Café Hanfstingl and 62 more
  • 31restaurants 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.

In our other atlases

Around Pupplinger Au.

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.

Peakyas57 mountains within 25 km
Ilkahöhe726 m · 14 kmBerndorfer Buchet760 m · 16 kmBuchberg (Kocheler Berge)857 m · 21 kmStallauer Eck1,213 m · 22 kmBlomberg1,248 m · 22 kmHeiglkopf1,205 m · 23 kmAngerlkopf1,206 m · 23 kmZwiesel1,348 m · 24 km
Lakeyas1 lakes within 15 km
Lake Starnberg55 km² · 10 km
Darkskyas2 dark-sky places within 30 km
Bavarian Public Observatory MunichBortle 8 · 24 kmUniversitäts-Sternwarte MünchenBortle 8 · 27 km
Viewyas1 viewpoints within 15 kmComing soon
Bismarck Tower7.2 km
Birdyas2 birding sites within 25 km
Starnberger See3.7 kmLake Starnberg153 species · 10 km
Canyonyas1 canyons within 20 km
Maisinger Schlucht9.7 km
Riveryasthe river nearby
Isar292 km · 174 m³/sLoisach114 km · 54 m³/sSchwabinger BachHüllgrabenOberstjägermeisterbachBrunnthaler QuellbachHarlachinger QuellbachUnterer Wehrbach

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

Photographs

The forest, as people saw it.

20220611 Isar Pupplinger Au 01
Flocci Nivis · CC BY 4.0
20220611 Isar Pupplinger Au 02
Flocci Nivis · CC BY 4.0
Auwald in der Pupplinger Au 16
Kritzolina · CC BY-SA 4.0

Other forests nearby.

Pupplinger Au

Germany

  • 72Forestyas Score
  • 61%Trees
  • 86%Wild
  • 1,047Species

Forstenrieder Park

Germany · 13 km

  • 81Forestyas Score
  • 92%Trees
  • 80%Wild
  • 1,176Species

See the guide

Grünwalder Forst

Germany · 12 km

  • 77Forestyas Score
  • 79%Trees
  • 77%Wild
  • 1,141Species

See the guide

Perlacher Forst

Germany · 18 km

  • 72Forestyas Score
  • 79%Trees
  • 63%Wild
  • 1,324Species

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q2118706) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species25,018 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, Lakeyas, Darkskyas, Viewyas, Birdyas, Canyonyas, Riveryas

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.

beachesCoastyaFind your beach: sea temperature, sun and swimming month by month.Visit lakesLakeyasEvery lake on Earth: water temperature, ice, depth and the shore.Visit mountainsPeakyasEvery summit in 3D: summit weather, the 0 °C line, huts and trails.Visit waterfallsCascadyasEvery waterfall: height, flow month by month and when it roars.Visit islandsIslandyasEvery island from the sea up: size, sea temperature, ferries and 3D.Visit riversRiveryasEvery river from source to sea: the journey, the flow and the basin in numbers.Visit canyonsCanyonyasEvery canyon cut to scale: depth to the floor, rim and floor temperatures, trails and viewpoints.Visit cavesCavernyasEvery cave with its real depth and length: the rock above, the temperature inside all year, and how to visit.Visit dark skiesDarkskyasWhere the night is still dark: the sky of every place, the Milky Way month by month, the Moon, eclipses and auroras.Visit
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
forestsForestyasEvery forest with its land-cover rings, what grows and lives in it, and the best months to walk it.You are here