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Sofiyivsky Park

Folkerman · CC BY-SA 4.0

40% trees around it and 232 species recorded.

44Forestyas Score

Arboretum

  • trees within 3 km40%
  • wild within 10 km37%
  • species recorded232
  • Altitude223 m

The forest around

40% 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 57%Grassland 8%Bare ground 1%Cropland 1%Built-up 34%Trees 37%Grassland 19%Water 4%Bare ground 0%Cropland 19%Built-up 21%Trees 31%Grassland 10%Wetland 0%Water 2%Bare ground 0%Cropland 48%Built-up 9%Trees 26%Grassland 4%Wetland 0%Water 1%Cropland 68%Built-up 1%40%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km57%
  • 1–3 km37%
  • 3–6 km31%
  • 6–10 km26%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees37%
  • Grassland19%
  • Wetland0%
  • Water4%
  • Bare ground0%
  • Cropland19%
  • Built-up21%

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

232 species recorded.

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

Common beet
Common beetBeta vulgaris173 recordsWalther Otto Müller · Public domain
Heracleum sosnowskyi
Heracleum sosnowskyiHeracleum sosnowskyi16 recordsSam Thomas · CC BY 2.0
Fanleaf geranium
Fanleaf geraniumGeranium divaricatum12 recordsJohann Georg Sturm (Painter: Jacob Sturm ) · Public domain
Herb-robert
Herb-robertGeranium robertianum10 recordsEpgrande · CC BY 4.0
European scopolia
European scopoliaScopolia carniolica10 recordsKurt Stüber [1] · CC BY-SA 3.0
Spotted henbit
Spotted henbitLamium maculatum8 recordsTomasz Kuran aka Meteor2017 · CC BY 2.5
European bird cherry
European bird cherryPrunus padus8 recordsИгоревич · Public domain
Caucasian stonecrop
Caucasian stonecropPhedimus spurius8 recordsBouba at French Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0
Dwarf honeysuckle
Dwarf honeysuckleLonicera xylosteum7 recordsDaniel Fuchs · CC BY-SA 2.5
Small yellow balsam
Small yellow balsamImpatiens parviflora6 recordsAndré Karwath aka Aka · CC BY-SA 2.5
Vipers bugloss
Vipers buglossEchium vulgare6 recordsGiuseppe Frizzi · Public domain
Dropwort
DropwortFilipendula vulgaris6 recordsDidier Descouens · CC BY-SA 4.0

Open records within 2 km (GBIF, licensed for any use). Busy places are better recorded than remote ones.

In numbers

The forest, measured.

44out of 100

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

  • 40%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 37%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 232Speciesrecorded more than once within 2 km
  • 223 mAltitudeabove the sea

When to walk

Best for walking in May and in September.

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

  1. Jan-2°-9°43 mm
  2. Feb0°-8°39 mm
  3. Mar6°-3°40 mm
  4. Apr14°3°39 mm
  5. May21°9°58 mm
  6. Jun25°14°79 mm
  7. Jul28°16°58 mm
  8. Aug28°15°40 mm
  9. Sep22°10°50 mm
  10. Oct13°3°42 mm
  11. Nov6°-1°42 mm
  12. Dec0°-6°44 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Sofiyivsky Park.

Arboretum in Cherkasy Oblast, Ukraine

Sofiyivsky Park is an arboretum in Ukraine, 223 m above the sea.

Seen from space, 40% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 37% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

232 species have been recorded around it: 197 plants, 0 fungi, 28 birds and 7 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: Common beet, Heracleum sosnowskyi and Fanleaf geranium.

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

1. Партерний амфітеатр (Тераса троянд), (Умань)
Folkerman · CC BY-SA 4.0

Get there and walk

  • Official informationAccess, hours and rules from those who manage the place.Official site
  • אוהלי הלינה - זינגרcampsite · 2.3 km · 1 within 10 km
  • Готель Софіївськийplace to stay · 0.0 km · 26 within 10 km
  • Umannearest town · 1.5 km in a straight line
  • Chişinău International Airport (RMO)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 226 km in a straight lineCar hire at KBP airport (Boryspil)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.

Sofiyivsky 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

  • 5named and notable trees within 6 kmСтаровинний дуб, Taxódium dístichum, Сімейне дерево and 2 more
  • 7shelters and huts within 6 kmГрибок, Альтанка на Тарпейській скелі, Китайська альтанка and 4 more
  • 8viewpoints within 5 kmСеренгарія, Оглядовий майданчик на оленів, Тераса Бельведер and 5 more
  • 143car parks within 3 km
  • 1campsites within 10 kmאוהלי הלינה - זינגר
  • 26places to stay within 10 kmГотель Софіївський, Готель-ресторан «Слобода», Hotel Lomo & Restaurant and 23 more
  • 78restaurants and cafés within 3 km
  • marked trails within 5 km
  • picnic sites within 4 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.

Photographs

The forest, as people saw it.

71-108-0239 Sofiivka IMG 4849
Haidamac · CC BY-SA 4.0
71-108-0285 Sofiivka IMG 3628
Haidamac · CC BY-SA 4.0
"Кам’яний пес"
Dimatrofimchuk · CC BY-SA 4.0

Other forests nearby.

Sofiyivsky Park

Ukraine

  • 44Forestyas Score
  • 40%Trees
  • 37%Wild
  • 232Species

Kholodny Yar

Ukraine · 153 km

  • 69Forestyas Score
  • 87%Trees
  • 61%Wild
  • 372Species

See the guide

Black Forest

Ukraine · 170 km

  • 65Forestyas Score
  • 98%Trees
  • 52%Wild
  • 411Species

See the guide

Millennial oak tree of Maksym Zaliznyak

Ukraine · 154 km

  • 41Forestyas Score
  • 67%Trees
  • 59%Wild
  • 3Species

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q2297522) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species1,360 open records within 2 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

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

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