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Sabine National Forest

William L. Farr · CC BY 4.0

77% trees around it and 95 species recorded.

79Forestyas Score

ForestNational forestWild

  • trees within 3 km77%
  • wild within 10 km100%
  • species recorded95
  • Altitude89 m

The forest around

77% 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 68%Grassland 21%Bare ground 0%Built-up 11%Trees 78%Grassland 20%Water 0%Built-up 1%Trees 83%Grassland 17%Trees 84%Grassland 12%Water 4%77%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km68%
  • 1–3 km78%
  • 3–6 km83%
  • 6–10 km84%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees78%
  • Grassland20%
  • Water0%
  • Bare ground0%
  • Built-up1%

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

95 species recorded.

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

Brazilian vervain
Brazilian vervainVerbena brasiliensis3 recordsNOZO · CC BY-SA 3.0
Downy phlox
Downy phloxPhlox pilosa3 recordsUnknown author · Public domain
Roundleaf ragwort
Roundleaf ragwortPackera obovata3 recordsBritton, N.L., and A. Brown. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada an · Public domain
Lanceleaf tickseed
Lanceleaf tickseedCoreopsis lanceolata3 recordsUser:Qwertzy2 · CC BY-SA 3.0
Showy evening primrose
Showy evening primroseOenothera speciosa3 recordsZooFari · CC BY-SA 3.0
Zigzag iris
Zigzag irisIris brevicaulis3 recordsNew York Botanical Garden · No restrictions
Highbush blueberry
Highbush blueberryVaccinium corymbosum2 recordsThe original Uploader was Oven Fresh at English Wikipedia · Public domain
Cut-leaved cranesbill
Cut-leaved cranesbillGeranium dissectum2 recordsPierre Branquart (alias PJDespa) · CC BY-SA 4.0
Mayapple
MayapplePodophyllum peltatum2 recordsVelocicaptor · Public domain
Butterweed
ButterweedPackera glabella2 recordsPieter Pelser · CC BY 3.0
Heal-all
Heal-allPrunella vulgaris2 recordsIvar Leidus · CC BY-SA 3.0
Helmet flower
Helmet flowerScutellaria integrifolia2 recordsMason Brock ( Masebrock ) · Public domain

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

In numbers

The forest, measured.

79out of 100

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

  • 77%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 100%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 95Speciesrecorded more than once within 5 km
  • 89 mAltitudeabove the sea

When to walk

Best for walking in March and in November.

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

  1. Jan14°3°114 mm
  2. Feb16°5°116 mm
  3. Mar20°9°128 mm
  4. Apr25°13°106 mm
  5. May29°18°106 mm
  6. Jun33°22°122 mm
  7. Jul34°23°106 mm
  8. Aug35°23°106 mm
  9. Sep31°20°102 mm
  10. Oct26°14°128 mm
  11. Nov20°8°107 mm
  12. Dec15°4°130 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Sabine National Forest.

National forest in east Texas

Sabine National Forest is a national forest in United States.

Seen from space, 77% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 100% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

95 species have been recorded around it: 12 plants, 0 fungi, 82 birds and 1 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: Brazilian vervain, Downy phlox and Roundleaf ragwort.

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

American Coots (Fulica americana), Sabine National Forest, Texas
William L. Farr · CC BY 4.0

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.

Sabine 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

    • 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
    • places to stay 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 Sabine 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.

    Peakyas10 mountains within 25 km
    McLemore Hills9.6 kmMoss Hill14 kmChinquapin Hill19 kmWalker Hill20 kmFox Hunters Hill20 kmMerritt Mountain21 kmForse Mountain24 kmTwin Hills25 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.

    Colorow Creek box canyon - 53643607800
    sonnia hill · CC BY 2.0
    Sabine National Forest, Trail Between the Lakes, with hiker, Texas
    William L. Farr · CC BY 4.0
    Box canyon wall with Mitchella repens
    sonnia hill · CC BY 2.0

    Other forests nearby.

    Sabine National Forest

    United States

    • 79Forestyas Score
    • 77%Trees
    • 100%Wild
    • 95Species

    Angelina National Forest

    United States · 55 km

    • 70Forestyas Score
    • 57%Trees
    • 100%Wild
    • 96Species

    See the guide

    Kisatchie National Forest

    United States · 131 km

    • 81Forestyas Score
    • 98%Trees
    • 100%Wild
    • 68Species

    See the guide

    Sam Houston National Forest

    United States · 169 km

    • 70Forestyas Score
    • 62%Trees
    • 99%Wild
    • 64Species

    See the guide

    Where these figures come from

    Name and typeWikidata (Q3079142) · CC0
    Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
    Species2,291 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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