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Rude Skov

Roman Hobler · CC BY-SA 2.0

60% trees around it and 1,811 species recorded.

72Forestyas Score

ForestFungiBirdsWildlife

  • trees within 3 km60%
  • wild within 10 km82%
  • species recorded1,811
  • Altitude52 m

The forest around

60% 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 83%Grassland 9%Water 6%Built-up 2%Trees 57%Grassland 21%Wetland 0%Water 7%Cropland 2%Built-up 13%Trees 45%Grassland 23%Water 12%Cropland 5%Built-up 14%Trees 41%Grassland 18%Water 22%Cropland 4%Built-up 14%60%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km83%
  • 1–3 km57%
  • 3–6 km45%
  • 6–10 km41%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees57%
  • Grassland21%
  • Wetland0%
  • Water7%
  • Cropland2%
  • Built-up13%

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

1,811 species recorded.

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

European Alder
European AlderAlnus glutinosa851 recordsAEngelhardt · CC BY-SA 3.0
Soft Rush
Soft RushJuncus effusus602 recordsThe original uploader was Meggar at English Wikipedia . · CC BY-SA 3.0
Sycamore
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus592 recordsChristian Pirkl · CC BY-SA 3.0 at
European Beech
European BeechFagus sylvatica565 recordsMalene Thyssen · CC BY-SA 3.0
Lesser pond sedge
Lesser pond sedgeCarex acutiformis503 recordsThis photography was created by Artem Topchiy (user Art-top ). Other photos see here This · CC BY-SA 3.0
Common Reed
Common ReedPhragmites australis492 recordsEpgrande · CC BY 4.0
Grey Willow
Grey WillowSalix cinerea482 recordsBCB · Public domain
AshNT
AshFraxinus excelsior480 recordsWillow · CC BY 2.5
Pedunculate Oak
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur470 recordsAlgirdas at Lithuanian Wikipedia · Public domain
Broadleaf cattail
Broadleaf cattailTypha latifolia400 recordsAndrawaag · CC BY-SA 4.0
Cock's-foot
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata393 recordsAnRo0002 · CC0
Great Willowherb
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum383 recordsJeffdelonge at French Wikipedia · 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.

72out of 100

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

  • 60%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 82%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 1,811Speciesrecorded more than once within 5 km
  • 52 mAltitudeabove the sea

When to walk

Best for walking in June and from August to September.

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

  1. Jan2°-1°67 mm
  2. Feb2°-1°54 mm
  3. Mar5°0°45 mm
  4. Apr10°3°37 mm
  5. May15°8°51 mm
  6. Jun18°12°73 mm
  7. Jul21°15°79 mm
  8. Aug20°15°88 mm
  9. Sep17°12°57 mm
  10. Oct12°7°77 mm
  11. Nov7°4°68 mm
  12. Dec4°1°70 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Rude Skov.

Rude Skov is a forest in Denmark.

Seen from space, 60% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 82% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

1,811 species have been recorded around it: 1,000 plants, 593 fungi, 182 birds and 36 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: European Alder, Soft Rush and Sycamore.

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

Rude Skov 01. Denmark
Roman Hobler · CC BY-SA 2.0

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.

Rude Skov 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

  • 14marked trails within 5 kmDTU løberute, Forskerruten, Mølleådalen and 11 more
  • 5named and notable trees within 6 kmSkole-egen, Lytteregen, Gyngetræet and 2 more
  • 57picnic sites within 4 kmPicnic bord and 56 more
  • 115shelters and huts within 6 kmStavnsbo lejren and 114 more
  • 10viewpoints within 5 kmHøje Sandbjerg, Maglebjerg, Åsebakken and 7 more
  • 245car parks within 3 km
  • 84campsites within 10 kmLøjesø, Evighedsbakken, Landgangsstedet Åsevang and 81 more
  • 24places to stay within 10 kmfamily Sadolin, Hotel B, Sinatur Hotel Frederiksdal and 21 more
  • 22restaurants 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 Rude Skov.

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.

Peakyas12 mountains within 25 km
Maglebjerg1.7 kmGeels Bakke3.1 kmOxbjerget40 m · 17 kmStenesknold17 kmSkyhøj19 kmStrø Bjerge20 kmStrø Bjerg22 kmVittenbjerg23 km
Islandyasthe island
Zealand7,031 km²
Coastya1 beaches within 10 km
Bellevue9.9 km
Lakeyas7 lakes within 15 km
Sjælsø2.5 km² · 3.9 kmFuresø8.5 km² · 5.1 kmLyngby Lake0.5 km² · 6.7 kmLake Bagsværd1.1 km² · 7.0 kmFarum Sø0.9 km² · 7.3 kmSøndersø1.1 km² · 9.8 kmBastrup Sø0.2 km² · 13 km
Darkskyas3 dark-sky places within 30 km
StjärneborgBortle 4 · 16 kmTycho Brahe PlanetariumBortle 9 · 19 kmObservatorium TusculanumBortle 6 · 19 km
Viewyas1 viewpoints within 15 kmComing soon
Tuborg Bottle14 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.

Store Stubbesø from Stubbesøvej
Roman Hobler · CC BY-SA 2.0
Nordsjælland - trees
Tomi Knuutila from Rovaniemi, Finland · CC BY 2.0
09-09-19-e1-Holte kirke (Rudersdal)
Bococo · CC BY-SA 3.0

Other forests nearby.

Rude Skov

Denmark

  • 72Forestyas Score
  • 60%Trees
  • 82%Wild
  • 1,811Species

Gribskov

Denmark · 20 km

  • 83Forestyas Score
  • 74%Trees
  • 79%Wild
  • 1,880Species

See the guide

Store Dyrehave

Denmark · 11 km

  • 79Forestyas Score
  • 70%Trees
  • 74%Wild
  • 1,559Species

See the guide

Folehaveskoven

Denmark · 6 km

  • 67Forestyas Score
  • 45%Trees
  • 89%Wild
  • 1,318Species

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q11998568) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species78,846 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, Coastya, Lakeyas, Darkskyas, Viewyas

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.

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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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