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Superior National Forest

usfs_Eastern_Region · Public domain

72% trees around it and 122 species recorded.

78Forestyas Score

ForestNational forestWild

  • trees within 3 km72%
  • wild within 10 km100%
  • species recorded122
  • Altitude466 m

The forest around

72% 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%Shrubland 0%Grassland 4%Wetland 2%Water 3%Trees 69%Shrubland 0%Grassland 4%Wetland 1%Water 25%Trees 84%Grassland 5%Wetland 0%Water 11%Trees 86%Grassland 6%Wetland 0%Water 8%72%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km91%
  • 1–3 km69%
  • 3–6 km84%
  • 6–10 km86%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees69%
  • Shrubland0%
  • Grassland4%
  • Wetland1%
  • Water25%

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

122 species recorded.

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

Purple-loosestrife
Purple-loosestrifeLythrum salicaria6 recordsGeorge Chernilevsky · CC BY 4.0
Purple pitcherplant
Purple pitcherplantSarracenia purpurea6 recordsShipguy · Public domain
Bog clubmoss
Bog clubmossLycopodiella inundata4 recordsChristian Fischer · CC BY-SA 3.0
Common ninebark
Common ninebarkPhysocarpus opulifolius4 recordsJean-Pol GRANDMONT · CC BY-SA 3.0
European bur-reed
European bur-reedSparganium emersum2 recordsG.-U. Tolkiehn · CC BY 3.0
Fringed brome
Fringed bromeBromus ciliatus2 recordsMatt Lavin · CC BY-SA 2.0
Drooping woodreed
Drooping woodreedCinna latifolia2 recordsRobert H. Mohlenbrock. · Public domain
Gymnocarpium ×intermediumGymnocarpium × intermedium4 records
Elymus violaceusElymus violaceus3 records
Brown Beak-sedgeRhynchospora fusca3 records
Palustricodon aparinoidesPalustricodon aparinoides2 records
Pale false mannagrassTorreyochloa pallida2 records

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

In numbers

The forest, measured.

78out of 100

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

  • 72%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 100%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 122Speciesrecorded more than once within 5 km
  • 466 mAltitudeabove the sea

When to walk

Best for walking in September.

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

  1. Jan-10°-19°25 mm
  2. Feb-8°-18°24 mm
  3. Mar0°-10°33 mm
  4. Apr9°-3°58 mm
  5. May16°4°83 mm
  6. Jun22°10°98 mm
  7. Jul25°13°87 mm
  8. Aug24°12°78 mm
  9. Sep19°8°84 mm
  10. Oct9°0°71 mm
  11. Nov1°-7°41 mm
  12. Dec-7°-15°34 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Superior National Forest.

National forest in Minnesota, United States

Superior National Forest is a national forest in United States, 466 m above the sea.

Seen from space, 72% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 100% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

122 species have been recorded around it: 22 plants, 24 fungi, 72 birds and 4 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: Purple-loosestrife, Purple pitcherplant and Bog clubmoss.

The best time to walk is in September.

170914-FS-Superior-SAR-redleaves (36828699420)
usfs_Eastern_Region · Public domain

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.

Superior 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

  • 1marked trails within 5 kmPowwow Trail
  • 115campsites within 10 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
  • 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 Superior 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.

Peakyas2 mountains within 25 km
Jack Pine Mountain11 kmDisappointment Mountain553 m · 23 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.

171025-FS-Superior-SAR-overlookbare (24097534038)
Superior National Forest · Public domain
Moose superior
USDA Forest Service · Public domain
170914-FS-Superior-SAR-harrietlake (36828708050)
usfs_Eastern_Region · Public domain

Other forests nearby.

Superior National Forest

United States

  • 78Forestyas Score
  • 72%Trees
  • 100%Wild
  • 122Species

Chequamegon–Nicolet National Forest

United States · 193 km

  • 86Forestyas Score
  • 90%Trees
  • 100%Wild
  • 196Species

See the guide

Chippewa National Forest

United States · 208 km

  • 74Forestyas Score
  • 62%Trees
  • 100%Wild
  • 149Species

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q3079158) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species892 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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