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Rio Grande National Forest

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48% trees around it and 139 species recorded.

67Forestyas Score

ForestNational forestWildMountain forest

  • trees within 3 km48%
  • wild within 10 km100%
  • species recorded139
  • Altitude2,605 m

The forest around

48% 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 15%Grassland 82%Bare ground 3%Trees 52%Grassland 47%Water 0%Bare ground 1%Trees 74%Grassland 25%Moss and lichen 0%Water 0%Bare ground 1%Trees 63%Grassland 35%Moss and lichen 1%Water 0%Bare ground 1%48%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km15%
  • 1–3 km52%
  • 3–6 km74%
  • 6–10 km63%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees52%
  • Grassland47%
  • Moss and lichen0%
  • Water0%
  • Bare ground1%

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

139 species recorded.

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

Smith's draba
Smith's drabaDraba smithii5 recordsJ. A. R. Ladyman · Public domain
Sticky gilia
Sticky giliaAliciella pinnatifida5 recordsBritton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. Illustrated flora of the northern states and Canada. Vo · Public domain
Shining Willow
Shining WillowSalix lucida4 recordsreuvenm · CC0
Smooth meadow-grass
Smooth meadow-grassPoa pratensis3 recordsRasbak 08:35, 1 May 2007 (UTC) · CC BY-SA 3.0
Hair-like sedge
Hair-like sedgeCarex capillaris3 recordsAnton Hartinger · Public domain
Pineywoods geranium
Pineywoods geraniumGeranium caespitosum3 recordsJerryFriedman · CC BY-SA 3.0
Labrador Indian paintbrush
Labrador Indian paintbrushCastilleja septentrionalis3 recordsChristopher Mattrick, White Mountain National Forest Botanist · Public domain
Arctic rush
Arctic rushJuncus balticus2 recordsMatti Virtala · CC0
Mountain muhly
Mountain muhlyMuhlenbergia montana2 recordsDave Powell, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org · Public domain
Towering Jacob's-ladder
Towering Jacob's-ladderPolemonium foliosissimum2 recordsJerryFriedman · CC BY-SA 3.0
Slimstem muhlyMuhlenbergia filiculmis4 records
Silkyleaf cinquefoilPotentilla ambigens4 records

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

In numbers

The forest, measured.

67out of 100

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

  • 48%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 100%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 139Speciesrecorded more than once within 5 km
  • 2,605 mAltitudeabove the sea

When to walk

Best for walking in June and in September.

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

  1. Jan-3°-16°48 mm
  2. Feb-2°-15°46 mm
  3. Mar3°-10°37 mm
  4. Apr8°-5°41 mm
  5. May14°0°38 mm
  6. Jun22°5°19 mm
  7. Jul24°9°56 mm
  8. Aug22°8°56 mm
  9. Sep18°3°54 mm
  10. Oct11°-3°45 mm
  11. Nov4°-8°44 mm
  12. Dec-2°-15°56 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Rio Grande National Forest.

National forest in Colorado, United States

Rio Grande National Forest is a national forest in United States, 2,605 m above the sea.

Seen from space, 48% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 100% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

139 species have been recorded around it: 46 plants, 0 fungi, 89 birds and 4 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: Smith's draba, Sticky gilia and Shining Willow.

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

Rio Grande National Forest September 2013
DrunkDriver · CC BY-SA 3.0

Get there and walk

  • Official informationAccess, hours and rules from those who manage the place.Official site
  • Blue Creek Lodge & RV Parkcampsite · 4.7 km · 14 within 10 km
  • 4UR Ranchplace to stay · 1.1 km · 2 within 10 km
  • Creedenearest town · 15 km in a straight line
  • Gunnison Crested Butte Regional Airport (GUC)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 89 km in a straight lineCar hire at TEX airport (Telluride)Discover Cars · sponsored link

Plan the visit

A guided walk, a bed nearby, a car.

Car hire at TEX airport (Telluride)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.

Rio Grande National 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

  • 1shelters and huts within 6 km
  • 9car parks within 3 km
  • 14campsites within 10 kmBlue Creek Lodge & RV Park, Wheeler Baisin Site 3, Wheeler Basin Site 2 and 11 more
  • 2places to stay within 10 km4UR Ranch, Cottonwood Cove Guest Ranch
  • marked trails within 5 km
  • named and notable trees within 6 km
  • picnic sites within 4 km
  • viewpoints within 5 km
  • visitor centres 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 Rio Grande National 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.

Peakyas46 mountains within 25 km
Hogback Mountain16 kmSan Juan volcanic field18 kmAntelope Mountain19 kmBristol Head20 kmAgua Ramon Mountain22 kmPhoenix Peak22 kmSouth River Peak4,009 m · 23 kmBaldy Mountain25 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.

Stony Pass road (better), Colo
robert thigpen from diboll, texas · CC BY-SA 2.0
GreatDivideNationalForests
WhisperToMe · Public domain
Elwood Cabin Rio Grande Forest Colorado September 2013
DrunkDriver · CC BY-SA 3.0

Other forests nearby.

Rio Grande National Forest

United States

  • 67Forestyas Score
  • 48%Trees
  • 100%Wild
  • 139Species

San Juan National Forest

United States · 76 km

  • 67Forestyas Score
  • 51%Trees
  • 100%Wild
  • 94Species

See the guide

San Isabel National Forest

United States · 155 km

  • 85Forestyas Score
  • 94%Trees
  • 100%Wild
  • 178Species

See the guide

Carson National Forest

United States · 152 km

  • 80Forestyas Score
  • 92%Trees
  • 100%Wild
  • 50Species

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q7335222) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species1,295 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

Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.

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