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Restinga da Marambaia

Diego Baravelli · CC BY-SA 4.0

10% trees around it and 193 species recorded.

45Forestyas Score

ForestMangrove

  • trees within 3 km10%
  • wild within 10 km94%
  • species recorded193

The forest around

10% 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 35%Mangroves 17%Grassland 18%Wetland 21%Water 4%Bare ground 3%Built-up 2%Trees 7%Mangroves 12%Grassland 7%Wetland 1%Water 70%Bare ground 2%Built-up 0%Trees 6%Mangroves 14%Grassland 4%Wetland 4%Water 66%Bare ground 2%Built-up 5%Trees 21%Mangroves 4%Grassland 6%Wetland 2%Water 58%Bare ground 1%Built-up 8%10%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km35%
  • 1–3 km7%
  • 3–6 km6%
  • 6–10 km21%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees7%
  • Mangroves12%
  • Grassland7%
  • Wetland1%
  • Water70%
  • Bare ground2%
  • 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

193 species recorded.

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

Aspidosperma pyricollum
Aspidosperma pyricollumAspidosperma pyricollum13 recordsMuseu Paraense Emílio Goeldi (MPEG) · CC BY 4.0
Eugenia punicifolia
Eugenia punicifoliaEugenia punicifolia9 recordsJoão Medeiros · CC BY 2.0
Seashore Palm
Seashore PalmAllagoptera arenaria5 recordsmauroguanandi · CC BY 2.0
Abiu
AbiuPouteria caimito5 recordsForest and Kim Starr · CC BY 3.0 us
Bay bean
Bay beanCanavalia rosea5 recordsIanaré Sévi · CC BY-SA 3.0
Psychotria carthagenensis
Psychotria carthagenensisPsychotria carthagenensis4 recordsEmőke Dénes · CC BY-SA 4.0
Myrrhinium atropurpureum
Myrrhinium atropurpureumMyrrhinium atropurpureum4 recordsAnamafe2012 · CC BY-SA 3.0
Mespilodaphne notataMespilodaphne notata9 records
Inga maritimaInga maritima8 records
Monteverdia obtusifoliaMonteverdia obtusifolia7 records
Anthurium luschnathianumAnthurium luschnathianum6 records
Manilkara subsericeaManilkara subsericea5 records

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

In numbers

The forest, measured.

45out of 100

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

  • 10%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 94%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 193Speciesrecorded more than once within 5 km

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. Jan29°23°213 mm
  2. Feb29°23°177 mm
  3. Mar28°23°183 mm
  4. Apr27°22°109 mm
  5. May25°19°70 mm
  6. Jun25°18°48 mm
  7. Jul24°17°45 mm
  8. Aug25°17°41 mm
  9. Sep26°18°72 mm
  10. Oct27°19°117 mm
  11. Nov27°20°217 mm
  12. Dec28°22°231 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Restinga da Marambaia.

Landform in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Restinga da Marambaia is a forest in Brazil.

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

193 species have been recorded around it: 84 plants, 0 fungi, 109 birds and 0 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: Aspidosperma pyricollum, Eugenia punicifolia and Seashore Palm.

The best time to walk is from June to August.

Restinga da Marambaia by Diego Baravelli 04
Diego Baravelli · CC BY-SA 4.0

Get there and walk

Plan the visit

A guided walk, a bed nearby, a car.

Guided forest walks and tours near Restinga da MarambaiaGetYourGuideSee prices Cabins and stays near Restinga da MarambaiaBooking.comSee prices Car hire at GIG airport (Rio De Janeiro)Discover CarsSee prices 

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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.

Restinga da Marambaia 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

  • 1places to stay within 10 kmPousada Marambaia Café
  • marked trails within 5 km
  • named and notable trees within 6 km
  • picnic sites within 4 km
  • shelters and huts within 6 km
  • viewpoints within 5 km
  • visitor centres within 6 km
  • car parks within 3 km
  • campsites within 10 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 Restinga da Marambaia.

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.

Peakyas163 mountains within 25 km
Morro de Guaratiba7.9 kmPedra da Tartaruga8.7 kmMorro do Mirante14 kmMorro do Leme15 kmMorro António Joaquim66 m · 16 kmMorro do Papagaio48 m · 16 kmPedra de Itaúna22 kmOuteiro Hill25 km
Coastya17 beaches within 10 km
Praia da Capela3.9 kmPraia da Pedra4.3 kmPraia da Venda4.8 kmPraia do Aterro7.0 kmPraia de Guaratiba8.1 kmPraia do Cardo8.5 kmPraia de Dona Luiza8.7 kmPraia do Inferno8.9 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.

Restinga da Marambaia by Diego Baravelli 01
Diego Baravelli · CC BY-SA 4.0
Pico do Papagaio - Parques da Cidade do Rio de Janeiro
Marcio Ranauro · CC BY-SA 3.0
Ponte Velha da Marambaia
Halley Pacheco de Oliveira · CC BY-SA 3.0

Other forests nearby.

Restinga da Marambaia

Brazil

  • 45Forestyas Score
  • 10%Trees
  • 94%Wild
  • 193Species

Sítio Roberto Burle Marx

Brazil · 9 km

  • 75Forestyas Score
  • 69%Trees
  • 91%Wild
  • 60Species

See the guide

Tijuca Forest

Brazil · 40 km

  • 85Forestyas Score
  • 87%Trees
  • 73%Wild
  • 1,485Species

See the guide

Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden

Brazil · 42 km

  • 73Forestyas Score
  • 65%Trees
  • 78%Wild
  • 852Species

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q7316125) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species4,341 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, Coastya

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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