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Queen Elizabeth Forest Park

Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data), CC BY 4.0, with relief shading from Copernicus WorldDEM-30

90% trees around it and 709 species recorded.

87Forestyas Score

ForestDense canopyWildFungiWildlife

  • trees within 3 km90%
  • wild within 10 km100%
  • species recorded709
  • Altitude127 m

The forest around

90% 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 90%Grassland 10%Trees 90%Grassland 7%Water 3%Trees 51%Grassland 47%Water 2%Built-up 0%Trees 38%Grassland 56%Water 5%Cropland 1%Built-up 0%90%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km90%
  • 1–3 km90%
  • 3–6 km51%
  • 6–10 km38%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees90%
  • Grassland7%
  • Water3%
  • Cropland0%
  • 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

709 species recorded.

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

Whortleberry
WhortleberryVaccinium myrtillus75 recordsUnknown author · CC BY-SA 3.0
Common polypody
Common polypodyPolypodium vulgare50 records4028mdk09 · CC BY-SA 3.0
Erect cinquefoil
Erect cinquefoilPotentilla erecta49 recordsUser:Tigerente · CC BY 2.5
Heather
HeatherCalluna vulgaris48 recordsUnknown author · Public domain
Hard Fern
Hard FernStruthiopteris spicant47 recordsSABENCIA Guillermo César Ruiz · CC BY-SA 4.0
Bracken
BrackenPteridium aquilinum46 recordsStefan.lefnaer · CC BY-SA 4.0
Rowan
RowanSorbus aucuparia44 recordsGiallopolenta · Public domain
Soft Rush
Soft RushJuncus effusus43 recordsThe original uploader was Meggar at English Wikipedia . · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wood-sorrel
Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella43 recordsJörg Hempel · CC BY-SA 3.0 de
Devil's-bit Scabious
Devil's-bit ScabiousSuccisa pratensis42 recordsStefan.lefnaer · CC BY-SA 4.0
Greater creeping spearwort
Greater creeping spearwortRanunculus flammula40 recordsChristian Fischer · CC BY-SA 3.0
Purple moor-grass
Purple moor-grassMolinia caerulea39 recordsElke Freese · 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.

87out of 100

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

  • 90%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 100%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 709Speciesrecorded more than once within 5 km
  • 127 mAltitudeabove the sea

When to walk

Best for walking from June to August.

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

  1. Jan5°1°137 mm
  2. Feb5°1°102 mm
  3. Mar7°2°94 mm
  4. Apr10°3°76 mm
  5. May13°6°92 mm
  6. Jun16°9°106 mm
  7. Jul17°10°122 mm
  8. Aug17°10°137 mm
  9. Sep14°8°106 mm
  10. Oct11°6°143 mm
  11. Nov8°4°134 mm
  12. Dec5°2°131 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Queen Elizabeth Forest Park.

Forest in Stirling, Scotland, UK

Queen Elizabeth Forest Park is a forest in United Kingdom.

Seen from space, 90% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 100% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

709 species have been recorded around it: 466 plants, 119 fungi, 95 birds and 29 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: Whortleberry, Common polypody and Erect cinquefoil.

The best time to walk is from June to August.

Queen Elizabeth Forest Park seen from above (Sentinel-2)
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data), CC BY 4.0, with relief shading from Copernicus WorldDEM-30

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.

Queen Elizabeth Forest Park 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

  • 6marked trails within 5 kmRob Roy Way, Mary Queen of Scots Way, Loch Ard Sculpture Trail and 3 more
  • 10picnic sites within 4 km
  • 2shelters and huts within 6 kmEilean Gorm Bothy
  • 3viewpoints within 5 km
  • 1visitor centres within 6 kmThe Lodge
  • 3car parks within 3 km
  • 18campsites within 10 kmCobleland Caravan and Campsite, Trossachs Holiday Park, Loch Chon Campsite and 15 more
  • 32places to stay within 10 kmCreag Moore, Corrie Glen B&B, Gartmore B'n'B and 29 more
  • named and notable trees within 6 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 Queen Elizabeth Forest Park.

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.

Peakyas113 mountains within 25 km
Ben Lomond974 m · 11 kmBeinn Narnain927 m · 21 kmThe Cobbler884 m · 22 kmBen Vorlich943 m · 22 kmCruach Ardrain1,046 m · 23 kmBeinn Ìme1,011 m · 24 kmStùc a' Chroin975 m · 24 kmStob Binnein1,165 m · 24 km
Islandyasthe island
Great Britain228,938 km²
Lakeyas10 lakes within 15 km
Loch Àrd1.8 km² · 3.4 kmLoch Chon1.0 km² · 8.1 kmLoch Achray0.5 km² · 8.8 kmLoch Drunkie0.4 km² · 9.2 kmLoch Katrine13 km² · 11 kmLake of Menteith2.1 km² · 11 kmLoch Venachar3.7 km² · 12 kmLoch Lomond68 km² · 14 km
Darkskyas2 dark-sky places within 30 km
Loch KatrineBortle 3 · 11 kmBen MoreBortle 3 · 26 km
Viewyas1 viewpoints within 15 kmComing soon
Ben Lomond974 m · 11 km
Cascadyas4 waterfalls within 15 km
Black Linn of Blairvaich2.0 kmSput Dubh3.8 kmEas Dubh9.3 kmDualt Spout15 km

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

Other forests nearby.

Queen Elizabeth Forest Park

United Kingdom

  • 87Forestyas Score
  • 90%Trees
  • 100%Wild
  • 709Species

Fortingall Yew

United Kingdom · 55 km

  • 63Forestyas Score
  • 44%Trees
  • 99%Wild
  • 219Species

See the guide

Glentress Forest

United Kingdom · 100 km

  • 71Forestyas Score
  • 48%Trees
  • 99%Wild
  • 913Species

See the guide

Glasgow Botanic Gardens

United Kingdom · 33 km

  • 48Forestyas Score
  • 30%Trees
  • 59%Wild
  • 807Species

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q24677924) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species11,146 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, Lakeyas, Darkskyas, Viewyas, Cascadyas

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
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