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Wenatchee National Forest

Williamborg 03:31, 29 May 2007 (UTC) · Public domain

90% trees around it and 196 species recorded.

86Forestyas Score

ForestNational forestDense canopyWildFungi

  • trees within 3 km90%
  • wild within 10 km100%
  • species recorded196
  • Altitude789 m

The forest around

90% 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 98%Grassland 2%Trees 88%Grassland 11%Bare ground 0%Built-up 0%Trees 85%Grassland 14%Water 0%Bare ground 0%Trees 84%Grassland 11%Moss and lichen 0%Water 4%Bare ground 0%Built-up 0%90%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km98%
  • 1–3 km88%
  • 3–6 km85%
  • 6–10 km84%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees88%
  • Grassland11%
  • Moss and lichen0%
  • Water0%
  • Bare ground0%
  • 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

196 species recorded.

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

Vine Maple
Vine MapleAcer circinatum9 recordsTony Perodeau · CC BY-SA 3.0
Fewflower pea
Fewflower peaLathyrus pauciflorus7 recordsWalter Siegmund · CC BY-SA 3.0
Bog wintergreen
Bog wintergreenPyrola asarifolia4 recordsWalter Siegmund · CC BY-SA 3.0
Nootka rose
Nootka roseRosa nutkana4 recordsWalter Siegmund · CC BY 2.5
Pioneer violet
Pioneer violetViola glabella4 recordsStan Shebs · CC BY-SA 3.0
Short Sedge
Short SedgeCarex rossii3 recordsHurd, E.G., N.L. Shaw, J. Mastrogiuseppe, L.C. Smithman, and S. Goodrich. · Public domain
Yellow avalanche-lily
Yellow avalanche-lilyErythronium grandiflorum3 recordsWalter Siegmund · CC BY-SA 3.0
Sticky purple geranium
Sticky purple geraniumGeranium viscosissimum3 recordsRG Johnsson · Public domain
Blue lettuce
Blue lettuceLactuca biennis3 recordsBritton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Can · Public domain
Douglas-fir
Douglas-firPseudotsuga menziesii2 recordsWalter Siegmund · CC BY-SA 3.0
Red Flowering Currant
Red Flowering CurrantRibes sanguineum2 recordsWalter Siegmund · CC BY-SA 3.0
Phlox gracilisPhlox gracilis3 records

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

In numbers

The forest, measured.

86out of 100

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

  • 90%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 100%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 196Speciesrecorded more than once within 5 km
  • 789 mAltitudeabove the sea

When to walk

Best for walking in June and in September.

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

  1. Jan-1°-7°121 mm
  2. Feb1°-7°77 mm
  3. Mar5°-4°88 mm
  4. Apr9°-1°55 mm
  5. May16°4°50 mm
  6. Jun20°7°34 mm
  7. Jul25°10°13 mm
  8. Aug24°10°17 mm
  9. Sep19°6°32 mm
  10. Oct11°1°81 mm
  11. Nov3°-4°117 mm
  12. Dec-1°-8°125 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Wenatchee National Forest.

Protected area in the United States

Wenatchee National Forest is a national forest in United States, 789 m above the sea.

Seen from space, 90% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 100% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

196 species have been recorded around it: 35 plants, 41 fungi, 119 birds and 1 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: Vine Maple, Fewflower pea and Bog wintergreen.

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

Bumping-River-May-2007
Williamborg 03:31, 29 May 2007 (UTC) · Public domain

Get there and walk

  • Official informationAccess, hours and rules from those who manage the place.Official site
  • Tumwater Campgroundcampsite · 6.4 km · 13 within 10 km
  • Squirrel Tree Resortplace to stay · 2.8 km · 5 within 10 km
  • Leavenworthnearest town · 17 km in a straight line
  • Pangborn Memorial Airport (EAT)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 56 km in a straight lineCar hire at SEA airport (Seattle)Discover 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.

Wenatchee 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 kmChiwaukum Creek Trail
  • 20picnic sites within 4 km
  • 1car parks within 3 km
  • 13campsites within 10 kmTumwater Campground, Nason Creek Campground, Lake Wenatchee State Park South Campground and 10 more
  • 5places to stay within 10 kmSquirrel Tree Resort, Pine River Ranch B & B, Rock Mountain Lodge and 2 more
  • 2restaurants and cafés within 3 km
  • named and notable trees within 6 km
  • shelters and huts within 6 km
  • viewpoints within 5 km
  • visitor centres within 6 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 Wenatchee 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.

Peakyas33 mountains within 25 km
Big Jim Mountain2,366 m · 9.6 kmSnowgrass Mountain2,436 m · 14 kmCape Horn2,230 m · 14 kmGrindstone Mountain2,296 m · 16 kmMount Howard2,153 m · 17 kmJim Hill Mountain2,062 m · 19 kmCashmere Mountain2,595 m · 21 kmEdward Peak2,220 m · 24 km
Lakeyas3 lakes within 15 km
Chiwaukum Lake0.3 km² · 9.4 kmLake Wenatchee9.4 km² · 11 kmFish Lake2.6 km² · 12 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.

555 Methow Valley, WA intercity airport from air (36209066065)
U.S. Forest Service- Pacific Northwest Region · Public domain
2017. Connie Mehmel (left), Forest Entomologist, Wenatchee Service Center and Blakey Lockman, Forest Pathologist, R6 Regional Office. Wenatchee Service Center field visit. Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest, Washington. (36898636542)
R6, State & Private Forestry, Forest Health Protection · Public domain
Above Cashmere, Washington, Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest (36982057626)
U.S. Forest Service- Pacific Northwest Region · Public domain

Other forests nearby.

Wenatchee National Forest

United States

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

Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest

United States · 46 km

  • 85Forestyas Score
  • 91%Trees
  • 100%Wild
  • 174Species

See the guide

Okanogan National Forest

United States · 112 km

  • 79Forestyas Score
  • 78%Trees
  • 100%Wild
  • 80Species

See the guide

Olympic National Forest

United States · 172 km

  • 86Forestyas Score
  • 96%Trees
  • 100%Wild
  • 237Species

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Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q3079168) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species9,424 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

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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