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Vestmarka

Far min · CC BY-SA 4.0

91% trees around it and 1,941 species recorded.

85Forestyas Score

ForestDense canopyFungiBirdsWildlife

  • trees within 3 km91%
  • wild within 10 km87%
  • species recorded1,941
  • Altitude341 m

The forest around

91% 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 66%Grassland 16%Water 17%Trees 94%Grassland 5%Water 1%Trees 71%Grassland 9%Water 7%Cropland 9%Built-up 3%Trees 64%Grassland 8%Water 12%Bare ground 0%Cropland 8%Built-up 8%91%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km66%
  • 1–3 km94%
  • 3–6 km71%
  • 6–10 km64%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees94%
  • Grassland5%
  • Water1%
  • 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

1,941 species recorded.

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

Canada goldenrod
Canada goldenrodSolidago canadensis571 recordsGeorg Slickers · CC BY-SA 4.0
Bittercress
BittercressBarbarea vulgaris521 recordsDidier Descouens · CC BY-SA 4.0
Turkish wartycabbage
Turkish wartycabbageBunias orientalis420 recordsZeynel Cebeci · CC BY-SA 4.0
AshNT
AshFraxinus excelsior377 recordsWillow · CC BY 2.5
White Sweet-clover
White Sweet-cloverMelilotus albus293 recordsIvar Leidus · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wych Elm
Wych ElmUlmus glabra290 recordsMeneerke bloem · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wild Parsnip
Wild ParsnipPastinaca sativa213 recordsOlivier Pichard · CC BY-SA 3.0
Mugwort
MugwortArtemisia vulgaris212 recordsFranz Eugen Köhler, Köhler's Medizinal-Pflanzen · Public domain
Cobnut
CobnutCorylus avellana205 recordsMPF · CC BY-SA 3.0
Yew
YewTaxus baccata203 recordsSitomon · CC BY-SA 2.0
Wood Anemone
Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa201 recordsEpgrande · CC BY 4.0
Woodruff
WoodruffGalium odoratum188 recordsJopi · Public domain

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

In numbers

The forest, measured.

85out of 100

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

  • 91%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 87%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 1,941Speciesrecorded more than once within 5 km
  • 341 mAltitudeabove the sea

When to walk

Best for walking from June to August.

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

  1. Jan-4°-8°78 mm
  2. Feb-2°-8°60 mm
  3. Mar2°-5°56 mm
  4. Apr8°0°61 mm
  5. May14°5°92 mm
  6. Jun18°9°96 mm
  7. Jul20°12°112 mm
  8. Aug19°11°122 mm
  9. Sep14°7°96 mm
  10. Oct7°2°104 mm
  11. Nov2°-3°94 mm
  12. Dec-3°-7°78 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Vestmarka.

Forested recreational area in Norway

Vestmarka is a forest in Norway, 341 m above the sea.

Seen from space, 91% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 87% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

1,941 species have been recorded around it: 884 plants, 865 fungi, 170 birds and 22 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: Canada goldenrod, Bittercress and Turkish wartycabbage.

The best time to walk is from June to August.

Furuholmen Vestmarka 01
Far min · 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.

Vestmarka 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

  • 35marked trails within 5 kmKultursti ved Hogstad, Blåstier i Vestmarka, Blåstier i Askerbygda and 32 more
  • 1named and notable trees within 6 kmTurboka Asker Turlag;Furu
  • 10picnic sites within 4 kmpicnic_table and 9 more
  • 46shelters and huts within 6 kmHovdehytta, Svartvannshytta and 44 more
  • 18viewpoints within 5 kmSkaugumsåsen, Bergsåstoppen, Hesthagekastet and 15 more
  • 12car parks within 3 km
  • 14places to stay within 10 kmFuruholmen, Sem Gjestegård, Svartvannshytta and 11 more
  • 7restaurants and cafés within 3 km
  • visitor centres within 6 km
  • campsites within 10 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 Vestmarka.

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.

Peakyas791 mountains within 25 km
Skimtheia554 m · 16 kmBomleåsen638 m · 16 kmBrennåsen704 m · 17 kmTrettekollen607 m · 17 kmHammersås650 m · 17 kmSandtjernåsen652 m · 18 kmHesteskotjernåsen669 m · 18 kmGyrihaugen682 m · 24 km
Lakeyas7 lakes within 15 km
Store Sandungen0.6 km² · 0.4 kmSemsvannet0.7 km² · 3.4 kmStovivannet0.4 km² · 5.7 kmVerkensvannet1.0 km² · 7.2 kmGjellumvannet0.5 km² · 10 kmDammyrdammen0.3 km² · 11 kmBurudvann0.3 km² · 13 km
Darkskyas1 dark-sky places within 30 km
Oslo ObservatoryBortle 9 · 20 km
Canyonyas1 canyons within 20 km
Kjøsterud canyon20 km
Cascadyas10 waterfalls within 15 km
Vadfoss1.2 kmTveiterfossen2.9 kmHøgfossen3.5 kmFranzefoss7.3 kmKårefoss9.7 kmHengefoss12 kmTrangfoss13 kmRotfossen14 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.

Fløyta i Vestmarka
Rikskjenner · CC BY 4.0
Furuholmen Vestmarka 02
Far min · CC BY-SA 4.0
Gupu i Vestmarka
Signe Karin · CC BY 2.0

Other forests nearby.

Vestmarka

Norway

  • 85Forestyas Score
  • 91%Trees
  • 87%Wild
  • 1,941Species

Østmarka

Norway · 33 km

  • 86Forestyas Score
  • 91%Trees
  • 90%Wild
  • 1,402Species

See the guide

Krokskogen

Norway · 26 km

  • 84Forestyas Score
  • 78%Trees
  • 99%Wild
  • 650Species

See the guide

Lillomarka

Norway · 29 km

  • 82Forestyas Score
  • 90%Trees
  • 80%Wild
  • 2,126Species

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q12009527) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species55,566 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, Darkskyas, Canyonyas, Cascadyas

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

The family

Do you prefer beaches, lakes, mountains, waterfalls, islands, rivers, canyons, caves, dark skies, viewpoints, birdwatching or forests?

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
birdwatchingBirdyasEvery bird sanctuary and wetland with the species recorded month by month: who is resident, who comes for the summer, who only passes through.Visit
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