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Stanislaus National Forest

Steffen Schmitz ( more photos ) · CC BY-SA 4.0

  • trees within 3 km98%
  • wild within 10 km100%
  • species recorded139
  • Altitude1,759 m

The forest around

98% 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 96%Grassland 4%Trees 98%Grassland 2%Water 0%Trees 94%Grassland 4%Water 1%Bare ground 0%Trees 88%Grassland 9%Water 2%Bare ground 1%98%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km96%
  • 1–3 km98%
  • 3–6 km94%
  • 6–10 km88%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees98%
  • Grassland2%
  • Water0%
  • Bare ground0%

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.

Snowplant
SnowplantSarcodes sanguinea5 recordsMelinda · CC BY-SA 2.0
California Incense-cedar
California Incense-cedarCalocedrus decurrens3 recordsThe original uploader was Geographer at English Wikipedia . · CC BY 1.0
Greenleaf manzanita
Greenleaf manzanitaArctostaphylos patula3 recordsWalter Siegmund · CC BY 2.5
Grand collomia
Grand collomiaCollomia grandiflora3 recordsKeith Edkins · CC BY 2.5
Smokey mariposa
Smokey mariposaCalochortus leichtlinii2 recordsNoahElhardt · CC BY-SA 3.0
Washington lily
Washington lilyLilium washingtonianum2 recordsThe original uploader was David barts at English Wikipedia . · CC BY 2.5
Canyon liveforever
Canyon liveforeverDudleya cymosa2 recordsStan Shebs · CC BY-SA 3.0
Rose meadowsweet
Rose meadowsweetSpiraea splendens2 recordsWalter Siegmund · CC BY 2.5
Western columbine
Western columbineAquilegia formosa2 recordsWalter Siegmund · CC BY-SA 3.0
Prickly hawkweed
Prickly hawkweedHieracium horridum2 recordsEric in SF · CC BY-SA 3.0
Rainbow iris
Rainbow irisIris hartwegii2 recordsTom Hilton · CC BY 2.0
Woodland pinedrops
Woodland pinedropsPterospora andromedea2 recordsWalter Siegmund · 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.

84out of 100

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

  • 98%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 100%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 139Speciesrecorded more than once within 5 km
  • 1,759 mAltitudeabove the sea

When to walk

Best for walking from May to June and from September to October.

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

  1. Jan4°-6°104 mm
  2. Feb4°-6°108 mm
  3. Mar7°-4°104 mm
  4. Apr10°-2°62 mm
  5. May16°2°40 mm
  6. Jun23°7°12 mm
  7. Jul28°11°10 mm
  8. Aug27°10°7 mm
  9. Sep23°7°9 mm
  10. Oct16°2°41 mm
  11. Nov9°-3°72 mm
  12. Dec3°-6°132 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Stanislaus National Forest.

U.S. National Forest designated in 1976

Stanislaus National Forest is a national forest in United States, 1,759 m above the sea.

Seen from space, 98% 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: 15 plants, 21 fungi, 100 birds and 3 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: Snowplant, California Incense-cedar and Greenleaf manzanita.

The best time to walk is from May to June and from September to October.

Stanislaus National Forest, Rim of the World Vista, 2024-07 CN-02
Steffen Schmitz ( more photos ) · CC BY-SA 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.

Stanislaus 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

  • 2viewpoints within 5 kmTrail of the Gargoyles, Gargoyles
  • 3car parks within 3 km
  • 20campsites within 10 kmHerring Creek Reservoir Campground, Herring Creek Campground, Mill Creek Campground and 17 more
  • 1places to stay within 10 kmStrawberry Inn
  • marked trails within 5 km
  • named and notable trees within 6 km
  • picnic sites within 4 km
  • shelters and huts 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 Stanislaus 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.

Peakyas32 mountains within 25 km
McKee Hill10 kmBald Mountain14 kmLiberty Hill16 kmCrandall Peak16 kmDardanelles Cone2,904 m · 20 kmGranite Dome22 kmMount Knight23 kmGillett Mountain2,548 m · 24 km
Lakeyas3 lakes within 15 km
Pinecrest Lake0.7 km² · 6.2 kmBeardsley Lake1.8 km² · 7.3 kmDonnell Lake1.3 km² · 11 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.

Stanislaus National Forest May 2011
King of Hearts · CC BY-SA 3.0
Stanislaus National Forest, Rim of the World Vista, 2024-07 CN-01
Steffen Schmitz ( more photos ) · CC BY-SA 4.0
170212-FS-STF-CA-Westside RR Trail-018 (34289760225)
Pacific Southwest Region 5 · Public domain

Other forests nearby.

Stanislaus National Forest

United States

  • 84Forestyas Score
  • 98%Trees
  • 100%Wild
  • 139Species

Pioneer Cabin Tree

United States · 27 km

  • 83Forestyas Score
  • 96%Trees
  • 100%Wild
  • 256Species

See the guide

Eldorado National Forest

United States · 63 km

  • 84Forestyas Score
  • 96%Trees
  • 100%Wild
  • 134Species

See the guide

Mariposa Grove

United States · 89 km

  • 90Forestyas Score
  • 99%Trees
  • 100%Wild
  • 353Species

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q2898163) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species4,498 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, Lakeyas

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

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