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Skuleskogen National Park

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88% trees around it and 837 species recorded.

94Forestyas Score

ForestDense canopyWildFungiBirdsWildlifeWorld Heritage

  • trees within 3 km88%
  • wild within 10 km98%
  • species recorded837
  • Altitude261 m

The forest around

88% 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 91%Grassland 4%Water 4%Trees 87%Grassland 4%Wetland 0%Water 8%Trees 59%Grassland 5%Water 34%Cropland 1%Built-up 0%Trees 53%Grassland 6%Wetland 0%Water 38%Cropland 2%Built-up 0%88%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km91%
  • 1–3 km87%
  • 3–6 km59%
  • 6–10 km53%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees87%
  • Grassland4%
  • Wetland0%
  • Water8%
  • Cropland0%
  • 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

837 species recorded.

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

Cicerbita alpina
Cicerbita alpinaCicerbita alpina52 recordsJohann Georg Sturm (Painter: Jacob Sturm ) · Public domain
Hepatica
HepaticaHepatica nobilis50 recordsUnknown author · CC BY-SA 3.0
Lapland cornel
Lapland cornelCornus suecica43 records— Estormiz 17:18, 17 August 2006 (UTC) · Public domain
Creeping lady's-tresses (Europe)
Creeping lady's-tresses (Europe)Goodyera repens40 recordsHans Hillewaert · CC BY-SA 3.0
Hard Fern
Hard FernStruthiopteris spicant40 recordsSABENCIA Guillermo César Ruiz · CC BY-SA 4.0
Drooping woodreed
Drooping woodreedCinna latifolia39 recordsRobert H. Mohlenbrock. · Public domain
True lover's knot
True lover's knotParis quadrifolia37 recordsGeorge Chernilevsky · Public domain
Whortleberry
WhortleberryVaccinium myrtillus35 recordsUnknown author · CC BY-SA 3.0
Rowan
RowanSorbus aucuparia33 recordsGiallopolenta · Public domain
Cowberry
CowberryVaccinium vitis-idaea32 recordsBartosz Cuber · CC BY-SA 3.0
Baneberry, herb christopher
Baneberry, herb christopherActaea spicata32 recordsLazaregagnidze · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wavy hair-grass
Wavy hair-grassAvenella flexuosa30 recordsBotaurus · 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.

94out of 100

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

  • 88%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 98%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 837Speciesrecorded more than once within 5 km
  • 261 mAltitudeabove the sea

When to walk

Best for walking in July.

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

  1. Jan-2°-6°58 mm
  2. Feb-3°-6°42 mm
  3. Mar0°-4°40 mm
  4. Apr4°0°44 mm
  5. May9°5°57 mm
  6. Jun14°10°53 mm
  7. Jul18°14°69 mm
  8. Aug17°14°90 mm
  9. Sep13°10°72 mm
  10. Oct7°4°80 mm
  11. Nov3°0°65 mm
  12. Dec0°-3°67 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Skuleskogen National Park.

National park in Sweden

Skuleskogen National Park is a forest in Sweden, 261 m above the sea.

Seen from space, 88% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 98% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

837 species have been recorded around it: 248 plants, 400 fungi, 174 birds and 15 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: Cicerbita alpina, Hepatica and Lapland cornel.

The best time to walk is in July.

Horsetails at Skuleskogen National Park
NH2501 · CC BY 2.5

Get there and walk

  • Official informationAccess, hours and rules from those who manage the place.Official site
  • Skrattabborrtjärncampsite · 1.2 km · 19 within 10 km
  • Skuleskogens Pensionatplace to stay · 3.5 km · 9 within 10 km
  • Köpmanholmennearest town · 7.5 km in a straight line
  • Kramfors-Sollefteå Höga Kusten Airport (KRF)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 37 km in a straight lineCar hire in SundsvallDiscover 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.

Skuleskogen National Park 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

  • 10marked trails within 5 kmHigh Coast Trail - Excursions, Grottstigen, Tärnättholmarna and 7 more
  • 11picnic sites within 4 km
  • 19shelters and huts within 6 kmTärnättsundet, Långtjärnhällorna, Näskebodarna and 16 more
  • 13viewpoints within 5 km
  • 5car parks within 3 km
  • 19campsites within 10 kmSkrattabborrtjärn, Skuleberget Havscamping, Ställplats Gällstasjōn and 16 more
  • 9places to stay within 10 kmSkuleskogens Pensionat, STF Vandrarhem Köpmanholmen, Villa Orrbacken and 6 more
  • named and notable trees within 6 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 Skuleskogen National Park.

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.

Peakyas9 mountains within 25 km
Slåttdalsberget1.5 kmGetsvedjeberget7.1 kmSkuleberget295 m · 7.8 kmFäberget13 kmVarvsberget22 kmParadiskullen22 kmÅsberget23 kmVisareberget24 km
Coastya5 beaches within 10 km
Salsviken3.0 kmNorrkälsviken3.2 kmStråsundviken6.3 kmNorr-Aspviken6.5 kmBagdsand8.9 km
Lakeyas16 lakes within 15 km
Skulesjön4.3 km² · 5.3 kmSvedjefjärden1.0 km² · 8.2 kmÅfjärden0.9 km² · 8.5 kmGällstasjön0.4 km² · 9.3 kmBysjön0.2 km² · 12 kmKornsjösjön2.8 km² · 13 kmSkrikesjön0.7 km² · 13 kmStor-Vamsjön1.7 km² · 15 km
Canyonyas1 canyons within 20 km
Slåttdalsskrevan3.6 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.

Skuleskogen Nationalpark Slåttdalsskrevan
Hardo Müller · CC BY-SA 2.0
Skravelbäcken
Babiarne · Public domain
Skuleskogen National Park - stone corridor
NH2501 · CC BY 2.5

Other forests nearby.

Skuleskogen National Park

Sweden

  • 94Forestyas Score
  • 88%Trees
  • 98%Wild
  • 837Species

Northern Arboretum

Sweden · 115 km

  • 77Forestyas Score
  • 72%Trees
  • 83%Wild
  • 649Species

See the guide

Döbelns park

Sweden · 119 km

  • 65Forestyas Score
  • 38%Trees
  • 82%Wild
  • 2,277Species

See the guide

Old Tjikko

Sweden · 341 km

  • 60Forestyas Score
  • 35%Trees
  • 100%Wild
  • 311Species

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q1754183) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species18,992 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, Lakeyas, Canyonyas

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