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Talladega National Forest

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66% trees around it and 108 species recorded.

74Forestyas Score

ForestNational forest

  • trees within 3 km66%
  • wild within 10 km97%
  • species recorded108
  • Altitude125 m

The forest around

66% 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 41%Grassland 27%Water 31%Built-up 1%Trees 70%Grassland 20%Water 10%Built-up 0%Trees 63%Grassland 23%Water 11%Bare ground 1%Cropland 1%Built-up 2%Trees 69%Grassland 23%Water 5%Cropland 3%Built-up 0%66%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km41%
  • 1–3 km70%
  • 3–6 km63%
  • 6–10 km69%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees70%
  • Grassland20%
  • Water10%
  • Bare ground0%
  • 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

108 species recorded.

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

Globe beaksedge
Globe beaksedgeRhynchospora recognita2 recordsBritton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Can · Public domain
Chaste-tree
Chaste-treeVitex agnus-castus2 recordsStan Shebs · 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.

74out of 100

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

  • 66%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 97%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 108Speciesrecorded more than once within 5 km
  • 125 mAltitudeabove the sea

When to walk

Best for walking in March and in November.

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

  1. Jan12°1°115 mm
  2. Feb14°3°135 mm
  3. Mar19°7°132 mm
  4. Apr23°11°115 mm
  5. May27°16°114 mm
  6. Jun31°20°112 mm
  7. Jul33°21°121 mm
  8. Aug33°21°112 mm
  9. Sep30°18°87 mm
  10. Oct25°12°76 mm
  11. Nov18°5°102 mm
  12. Dec13°2°134 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Talladega National Forest.

Forest in Alabama, United States

Talladega National Forest is a national forest in United States.

Seen from space, 66% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 97% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

108 species have been recorded around it: 2 plants, 0 fungi, 106 birds and 0 mammals.

The best time to walk is in March and in November.

Cheaha Lake in the Fall
Amann09 ( talk · contribs ) · Public domain

Get there and walk

  • Official informationAccess, hours and rules from those who manage the place.Official site
  • Key West Innplace to stay · 14 km · 1 within 10 km
  • Wilsonvillenearest town · 4.7 km in a straight line
  • Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport (BHM)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 49 km in a straight lineCar hire in MontgomeryDiscover 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.

Talladega 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

  • 1shelters and huts within 6 km
  • 1places to stay within 10 kmKey West Inn
  • marked trails within 5 km
  • named and notable trees within 6 km
  • picnic sites within 4 km
  • viewpoints within 5 km
  • visitor centres within 6 km
  • car parks within 3 km
  • campsites 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 Talladega 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.

Peakyas26 mountains within 25 km
Sulphur Spring Mountain10 kmBailey Mountain11 kmReedy Mountain20 kmRiser Mountain23 kmAndeluvia Mountain23 kmQuarry Mountain25 kmBaxley Mountain25 kmSignal Mountain25 km
Lakeyas2 lakes within 15 km
Caudles Lake0.2 km² · 6.9 kmLay Lake32 km² · 15 km
Cavernyas1 caves within 20 km
Majestic Caverns18 km
Riveryasthe river nearby
Coosa River451 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.

20060802-FS-Talladega-001 (19297788112)
US Forest Service - Southern Region · Public domain
20150630-FS-Talladega-002 (19113723039)
US Forest Service - Southern Region · Public domain
Talladega national forest waterfall
Lahti213 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Other forests nearby.

Talladega National Forest

United States

  • 74Forestyas Score
  • 66%Trees
  • 97%Wild
  • 108Species

Tuskegee National Forest

United States · 113 km

  • 86Forestyas Score
  • 87%Trees
  • 98%Wild
  • 206Species

See the guide

William B. Bankhead National Forest

United States · 140 km

  • 83Forestyas Score
  • 93%Trees
  • 100%Wild
  • 103Species

See the guide

Tombigbee National Forest

United States · 241 km

  • 87Forestyas Score
  • 94%Trees
  • 100%Wild
  • 253Species

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q3079157) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species1,606 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, Cavernyas, 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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