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Stara trta

jad99 from Graz, Austria · CC BY-SA 2.0

32% trees around it and 131 species recorded.

47Forestyas Score

Notable tree

  • trees within 3 km32%
  • wild within 10 km78%
  • species recorded131
  • Altitude256 m

The forest around

32% 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 14%Grassland 5%Water 8%Bare ground 0%Cropland 0%Built-up 72%Trees 35%Grassland 17%Water 3%Bare ground 0%Cropland 5%Built-up 40%Trees 50%Grassland 22%Water 2%Cropland 16%Built-up 10%Trees 57%Grassland 24%Water 2%Cropland 13%Built-up 4%32%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km14%
  • 1–3 km35%
  • 3–6 km50%
  • 6–10 km57%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees35%
  • Grassland17%
  • Water3%
  • Bare ground0%
  • Cropland5%
  • Built-up40%

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

131 species recorded.

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

Tree of heaven
Tree of heavenAilanthus altissima31 recordsDarkone ( talk · contribs ) · CC BY-SA 2.5
Cherry laurel
Cherry laurelPrunus laurocerasus15 recordsKarduelis · Public domain
Mouse barley
Mouse barleyHordeum murinum11 recordsRasbak · CC BY-SA 3.0
Small yellow balsam
Small yellow balsamImpatiens parviflora10 recordsAndré Karwath aka Aka · CC BY-SA 2.5
Princesstree
PrincesstreePaulownia tomentosa9 recordsJean-Pol GRANDMONT · CC BY 2.5
Eastern daisy fleabane
Eastern daisy fleabaneErigeron annuus8 recordsW. Bulach · CC BY-SA 4.0
Greater Celandine
Greater CelandineChelidonium majus8 recordsUnknown author · CC BY-SA 3.0
European Beech
European BeechFagus sylvatica7 recordsMalene Thyssen · CC BY-SA 3.0
Bloody Crane's-bill
Bloody Crane's-billGeranium sanguineum7 recordsDidier Descouens · CC BY-SA 4.0
Pigeon Berry
Pigeon BerryPhytolacca americana7 recordsEpgrande · CC BY 4.0
Lucerne
LucerneMedicago sativa6 recordsAmédée Masclef · Public domain
Bladder campion
Bladder campionSilene vulgaris6 recordsUnknown author · CC BY-SA 3.0

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

In numbers

The forest, measured.

47out of 100

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

  • 32%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 78%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 131Speciesrecorded more than once within 2 km
  • 256 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. Jan2°-5°42 mm
  2. Feb4°-4°54 mm
  3. Mar9°-1°55 mm
  4. Apr15°4°63 mm
  5. May20°9°97 mm
  6. Jun24°14°99 mm
  7. Jul27°16°101 mm
  8. Aug26°15°102 mm
  9. Sep20°10°110 mm
  10. Oct15°5°80 mm
  11. Nov8°1°75 mm
  12. Dec3°-4°56 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Stara trta.

Wine plant

Stara trta is a notable tree in Slovenia, 256 m above the sea.

Seen from space, 32% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 78% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

131 species have been recorded around it: 79 plants, 3 fungi, 49 birds and 0 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: Tree of heaven, Cherry laurel and Mouse barley.

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

Älteste Winrebe (18982947223)
jad99 from Graz, Austria · 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.

Stara trta 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

  • 22marked trails within 5 kmPlaninska pot čez Kozjak, Južna pot, Šumljakova pot and 19 more
  • 3named and notable trees within 6 kmTrbisova jelka, Stara trta
  • 6picnic sites within 4 km
  • 40shelters and huts within 6 km
  • 13viewpoints within 5 kmPiramida, Razgledišče Pri sedmih hrastih, VIM1 and 10 more
  • 2visitor centres within 6 kmTuristično informacijski center Maribor, Turistično društvo Radvanje
  • 587car parks within 3 km
  • 7campsites within 10 kmKoblarjev zaliv, Chateau Ramšak Glamping, Camping Center Kekec and 4 more
  • 89places to stay within 10 kmHostel Vetrinjska Maribor, Tapas Hostel, Hostel Pekarna and 86 more
  • 247restaurants 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 Stara trta.

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.

Peakyas26 mountains within 25 km
Platsch509 m · 14 kmOstri vrh904 m · 16 kmViltus823 m · 16 kmMontikogel633 m · 19 kmKozjak823 m · 21 kmKreuzberg633 m · 22 kmHlebov Vrh901 m · 24 kmRemschnigg796 m · 24 km
Lakeyas3 lakes within 15 km
Lake Pernica1.0 km² · 7.2 kmLake Pristava0.3 km² · 9.3 kmLake Komarnik0.2 km² · 12 km
Birdyas1 birding sites within 25 km
Črete193 species · 21 km
Cascadyas1 waterfalls within 15 km
Lobnica (Drava)12 km
Riveryasthe river nearby
Drava720 km · 620 m³/s

Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.

Photographs

The forest, as people saw it.

2026-09-06 Maribor 14
Szilas · CC BY 4.0
2026-09-06 Maribor 15
Szilas · CC BY 4.0
Alter und Schönheit. Weinrebe in Maribor (51409348731)
domjisch from Graz, Austria · CC BY 2.0

Other forests nearby.

Stara trta

Slovenia

  • 47Forestyas Score
  • 32%Trees
  • 78%Wild
  • 131Species

Trnovo Forest Plateau

Slovenia · 156 km

  • 80Forestyas Score
  • 97%Trees
  • 96%Wild
  • 163Species

See the guide

Vienna Woods

Austria · 171 km

  • 83Forestyas Score
  • 85%Trees
  • 96%Wild
  • 353Species

See the guide

Maksimir Park

Croatia · 86 km

  • 52Forestyas Score
  • 39%Trees
  • 68%Wild
  • 538Species

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q920765) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species1,146 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
Sister atlasesPeakyas, Lakeyas, Birdyas, Cascadyas, Riveryas

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

The family

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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
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