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Rihan forest

יעקב · CC BY-SA 4.0

54% trees around it and 59 species recorded.

55Forestyas Score

Forest

  • trees within 3 km54%
  • wild within 10 km82%
  • species recorded59
  • Altitude386 m

The forest around

54% 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 87%Shrubland 6%Grassland 7%Cropland 0%Trees 50%Shrubland 16%Grassland 22%Bare ground 1%Cropland 0%Built-up 11%Trees 22%Shrubland 16%Grassland 40%Bare ground 1%Cropland 1%Built-up 19%Trees 20%Shrubland 9%Grassland 51%Bare ground 2%Cropland 6%Built-up 13%54%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km87%
  • 1–3 km50%
  • 3–6 km22%
  • 6–10 km20%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees50%
  • Shrubland16%
  • Grassland22%
  • Bare ground1%
  • Cropland0%
  • 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

59 species recorded.

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

Animated oat
Animated oatAvena sterilis134 recordsEpgrande · CC BY 4.0
Goatgrass
GoatgrassAegilops speltoides92 recordsJose Hernandez · Public domain
Slender Oat
Slender OatAvena barbata5 recordsJose Hernandez · Public domain
Three-toothed orchid
Three-toothed orchidNeotinea tridentata2 recordsKookaburra91156 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Lilies-of-the-field
Lilies-of-the-fieldAnemone coronaria2 recordsAviad2001 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Prickly lettuce
Prickly lettuceLactuca serriola2 recordsHerbarium of the University of Coimbra (COI) · CC BY 4.0
Aegilops peregrinaAegilops peregrina14 records
Noccaea natolicaNoccaea natolica2 records

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

In numbers

The forest, measured.

55out of 100

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

  • 54%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 82%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 59Speciesrecorded more than once within 5 km
  • 386 mAltitudeabove the sea

When to walk

Best for walking in March and in December.

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

  1. Jan16°9°118 mm
  2. Feb17°10°88 mm
  3. Mar20°11°46 mm
  4. Apr23°13°23 mm
  5. May26°16°7 mm
  6. Jun30°20°1 mm
  7. Jul32°22°1 mm
  8. Aug32°23°1 mm
  9. Sep30°22°2 mm
  10. Oct28°19°18 mm
  11. Nov23°15°57 mm
  12. Dec19°11°104 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Rihan forest.

Rihan forest is a forest in Israel, 386 m above the sea.

Seen from space, 54% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 82% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

59 species have been recorded around it: 8 plants, 0 fungi, 50 birds and 1 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: Animated oat, Goatgrass and Slender Oat.

The best time to walk is in March and in December.

Reihan forest4260
יעקב · CC BY-SA 4.0

Get there and walk

  • بير التخمcampsite · 6.5 km · 2 within 10 km
  • منزل السيد فتحي زيد (أبو يعقوب)place to stay · 4.6 km · 17 within 10 km
  • Barţa‘ah ash Sharqīyahnearest town · 3.4 km in a straight line
  • Uri Michaeli Haifa International Airport (HFA)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 38 km in a straight lineCar hire at TLV airport (Tel Aviv)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.

Rihan forest 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

  • 4marked trails within 5 km
  • 1named and notable trees within 6 kmעץ חרוב עתיק
  • 1picnic sites within 4 km
  • 3viewpoints within 5 kmמצפה דור, שבשבות רוח
  • 7car parks within 3 km
  • 2campsites within 10 kmبير التخم, زبوبا
  • 17places to stay within 10 kmمنزل السيد فتحي زيد (أبو يعقوب), ديوان ال ابو بكر الجديد, د. علاء حمارشة and 14 more
  • 1restaurants and cafés within 3 km
  • shelters and huts within 6 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 Rihan forest.

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.

Peakyas51 mountains within 25 km
Alexander Mountain527 m · 5.1 kmMount Rushin550 m · 17 kmMount Hureish764 m · 20 kmTel Jezreel21 kmKeren HaCarmel474 m · 22 kmJabal Abū an Naml736 m · 24 kmHar Mehallel458 m · 24 kmHar Lappidim434 m · 25 km
Viewyas1 viewpoints within 15 kmComing soon
Ochberg Lookout14 km
Cavernyas1 caves within 20 km
Palmach Cave14 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.

Reihan forest4259
יעקב · CC BY-SA 4.0
أم الريحان
Osps7 · CC BY-SA 3.0
WikiAir Flight IL-13-01 IMG 4770
Tamir Bejerano · CC BY-SA 3.0

Other forests nearby.

Rihan forest

Israel

  • 55Forestyas Score
  • 54%Trees
  • 82%Wild
  • 59Species

Atatürk Forest (Israel)

Israel · 25 km

  • 71Forestyas Score
  • 65%Trees
  • 89%Wild
  • 343Species

See the guide

Ajloun Forest Reserve

Jordan · 61 km

  • 62Forestyas Score
  • 58%Trees
  • 88%Wild
  • 90Species

See the guide

Forest of the Martyrs

Israel · 78 km

  • 65Forestyas Score
  • 59%Trees
  • 86%Wild
  • 255Species

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q6984474) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species712 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, Viewyas, Cavernyas

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