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Villa Carlotta

Marimari52 · CC BY-SA 4.0

42% trees around it and 125 species recorded.

  • trees within 3 km42%
  • wild within 10 km97%
  • species recorded125
  • Altitude226 m

The forest around

42% 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 39%Grassland 6%Water 49%Built-up 5%Trees 42%Grassland 8%Water 47%Built-up 4%Trees 52%Grassland 7%Water 37%Built-up 3%Trees 72%Grassland 9%Water 16%Built-up 3%42%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km39%
  • 1–3 km42%
  • 3–6 km52%
  • 6–10 km72%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees42%
  • Grassland8%
  • Water47%
  • Built-up4%

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

125 species recorded.

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

Bluemink
BlueminkAgeratum houstonianum15 recordsHarry Alverson · CC BY-SA 2.0
Bluecrown passionflower
Bluecrown passionflowerPassiflora caerulea14 recordsPetar Milošević · CC BY-SA 4.0
European Beech
European BeechFagus sylvatica11 recordsMalene Thyssen · CC BY-SA 3.0
Blue leadwood
Blue leadwoodCeratostigma plumbaginoides11 recordsDenis.prévôt · CC BY-SA 3.0
Creeping saxifrage
Creeping saxifrageSaxifraga stolonifera10 recordsStan Shebs · CC BY-SA 3.0
Hart's-tongue
Hart's-tongueAsplenium scolopendrium9 recordsErwin Gruber from Frohnleiten, Österreich, Steiermark · CC BY-SA 2.0
Deodar Cedar
Deodar CedarCedrus deodara8 recordsPaul Evans from London, United Kingdom · CC BY 2.0
Cherry laurel
Cherry laurelPrunus laurocerasus7 recordsKarduelis · Public domain
Staghorn sumac
Staghorn sumacRhus typhina7 recordsThe original uploader was Muggwort17 at English Wikipedia . · Public domain
English holly
English hollyIlex aquifolium7 recordsUnknown author · Public domain
Coast Redwood
Coast RedwoodSequoia sempervirens6 recordsAllie_Caulfield from Germany · CC BY 2.0
White or common arum lily
White or common arum lilyZantedeschia aethiopica6 recordsEric Hunt · CC BY-SA 2.5

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

In numbers

The forest, measured.

62out of 100

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

  • 42%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 97%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 125Speciesrecorded more than once within 2 km
  • 226 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. Jan2°-6°57 mm
  2. Feb3°-4°63 mm
  3. Mar8°0°72 mm
  4. Apr12°4°105 mm
  5. May17°8°140 mm
  6. Jun21°13°123 mm
  7. Jul23°15°111 mm
  8. Aug22°15°130 mm
  9. Sep18°10°105 mm
  10. Oct13°6°116 mm
  11. Nov8°1°149 mm
  12. Dec3°-4°78 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Villa Carlotta.

Building in Tremezzina, Italy

Villa Carlotta is an arboretum in Italy, 226 m above the sea.

Seen from space, 42% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 97% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

125 species have been recorded around it: 64 plants, 1 fungi, 60 birds and 0 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: Bluemink, Bluecrown passionflower and European Beech.

The best time to walk is in September.

Le aiuole intorno alla fontana di Villa Carlotta
Marimari52 · 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.

Villa Carlotta 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

  • 76marked trails within 5 kmDorsale del Triangolo Lariano, Strada Regia, Dorsale del Triangolo Lariano per cresta and 73 more
  • 7named and notable trees within 6 kmRogolone, Rogolino, Magnolia and 4 more
  • 15picnic sites within 4 km
  • 9shelters and huts within 6 kmIl bosco Di maddi, Rifugio Venini, Rifugio Alp de Volt and 6 more
  • 41viewpoints within 5 kmPunta di Spartivento, Belvedere su Bellagio, Hotel Eremo Gaudio and 38 more
  • 8visitor centres within 6 kmPontile di Bellagio, Ufficio Informazioni e di Accoglienza Turistica, Tourist Office / Pro Varenna and 5 more
  • 114car parks within 3 km
  • 18campsites within 10 kmLuxury Lodge, Camping La' Vedo, Camping Europa and 15 more
  • 206places to stay within 10 kmHotel Suisse, Hotel Belvedere, Lake Como Hostel and 203 more
  • 89restaurants 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 Villa Carlotta.

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.

Peakyas285 mountains within 25 km
Pizzo di Gino2,245 m · 17 kmMonte Generoso1,701 m · 18 kmMonte Legnone2,609 m · 19 kmCamoghè2,228 m · 21 kmMarmontana2,316 m · 21 kmMonte San Giorgio1,097 m · 23 kmPizzo Tre Signori2,554 m · 23 kmCima dello Stagn2,382 m · 25 km
Darkskyas3 dark-sky places within 30 km
Osservatorio Astronomico SormanoBortle 5 · 12 kmMonte Generoso ObservatoryBortle 5 · 18 kmCivic Planetarium of LeccoBortle 7 · 19 km
Viewyas17 viewpoints within 15 kmComing soon
Belvedere Castelli Francesco480 m · 3.1 kmGallasco-Cernobbio687 m · 4.6 kmSasso Rosso676 m · 7.8 kmTower of Esino950 m · 8.2 kmChurch of S. Andrea8.3 kmCastle of Orezia12 kmCapella di Garoful13 kmMater1,345 m · 15 km
Cavernyas3 caves within 20 km
Grotta dell'Acqua Bianca11 kmCave of Moncodeno27 m · 11 kmBuco del Piombo18 km
Cascadyas13 waterfalls within 15 km
Fiumelatte5.0 kmTorrente Valle Malbore8.0 kmOrrido di Bellano8.4 kmTorrente Val di Savia9.0 kmTorrente Esino9.1 kmTorrent Zerbo12 kmChengen Falls50 m · 14 kmcascata della Vallategna15 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.

Tremezzo - Villa Carlotta
Jean-Christophe BENOIST · CC BY 3.0
Villa Carlotta Main Entrance
Business Slayer · CC BY-SA 3.0
Carlotta 006
Fseveri · CC BY-SA 4.0

Other forests nearby.

Villa Carlotta

Italy

  • 62Forestyas Score
  • 42%Trees
  • 97%Wild
  • 125Species

Pian delle Betulle

Italy · 14 km

  • 83Forestyas Score
  • 87%Trees
  • 98%Wild
  • 300Species

See the guide

Risoux

Switzerland · 247 km

  • 89Forestyas Score
  • 86%Trees
  • 98%Wild
  • 1,173Species

See the guide

King's House on Schachen

Germany · 214 km

  • 77Forestyas Score
  • 48%Trees
  • 97%Wild
  • 615Species

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q533156) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species1,148 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, Darkskyas, Viewyas, Canyonyas, Cavernyas, Cascadyas

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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