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William B. Bankhead National Forest

US Forest Service - Southern Region · Public domain

93% trees around it and 103 species recorded.

83Forestyas Score

ForestNational forestDense canopyWild

  • trees within 3 km93%
  • wild within 10 km100%
  • species recorded103
  • Altitude249 m

The forest around

93% 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 99%Grassland 1%Trees 92%Grassland 8%Trees 94%Grassland 6%Water 0%Trees 92%Grassland 7%Water 0%Built-up 0%93%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km99%
  • 1–3 km92%
  • 3–6 km94%
  • 6–10 km92%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees92%
  • Grassland8%
  • Water0%

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

103 species recorded.

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

Appalachian Filmy Fern
Appalachian Filmy FernVandenboschia boschiana4 recordsNathaniel Lord Britton & Addison Brown · Public domain
Mountain spleenwort
Mountain spleenwortAsplenium montanum2 recordsJaknouse · CC BY 3.0
Swollen sedge
Swollen sedgeCarex intumescens2 recordsSuperior National Forest · CC BY 2.0
Bent sedge
Bent sedgeCarex styloflexa2 recordsBritton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Can · Public domain
Yellow passionflower
Yellow passionflowerPassiflora lutea2 recordsTheAlphaWolf · CC BY-SA 3.0
Allegheny-spurge
Allegheny-spurgePachysandra procumbens2 recordsPhoto2006 Derek Ramsey ( Ram-Man ) · CC BY-SA 2.5
Butterfly weed
Butterfly weedAsclepias tuberosa2 recordsRagesoss · CC BY-SA 3.0
American elm
American elmUlmus americana2 recordsUser Henryhartley on en.wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0
Northern spicebush
Northern spicebushLindera benzoin2 recordsJomegat · CC BY-SA 3.0
Kral's sedgeCarex kraliana3 records
Little mountain meadow-rueThalictrum mirabile2 records
Variableleaf heartleafHexastylis heterophylla2 records

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

In numbers

The forest, measured.

83out of 100

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

  • 93%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 100%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 103Speciesrecorded more than once within 5 km
  • 249 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. Jan10°-1°122 mm
  2. Feb13°1°140 mm
  3. Mar18°6°128 mm
  4. Apr22°10°134 mm
  5. May26°15°120 mm
  6. Jun31°19°109 mm
  7. Jul33°21°122 mm
  8. Aug33°20°109 mm
  9. Sep30°17°101 mm
  10. Oct24°10°97 mm
  11. Nov17°4°103 mm
  12. Dec12°1°154 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

William B. Bankhead National Forest.

Protected area in the U.S. state of Alabama

William B. Bankhead National Forest is a national forest in United States, 249 m above the sea.

Seen from space, 93% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 100% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

103 species have been recorded around it: 12 plants, 26 fungi, 65 birds and 0 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: Appalachian Filmy Fern, Mountain spleenwort and Swollen sedge.

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

Bankhead NF (18709534084)
US Forest Service - Southern Region · Public domain

Get there and walk

  • Official informationAccess, hours and rules from those who manage the place.Official site
  • Brushy Lake Recreational Area Campgroundcampsite · 9.5 km · 21 within 10 km
  • Lakeshore Innplace to stay · 9.8 km · 1 within 10 km
  • Double Springsnearest town · 11 km in a straight line
  • Northwest Alabama Regional Airport (MSL)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 63 km in a straight lineCar hire at HSV airport (Huntsville)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.

William B. Bankhead 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

  • 21campsites within 10 kmBrushy Lake Recreational Area Campground, Claymore Camp #1, Wolf Pen Hunters Camp and 18 more
  • 1places to stay within 10 kmLakeshore Inn
  • marked trails within 5 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
  • 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 William B. Bankhead 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.

Peakyas23 mountains within 25 km
Balls Mountain15 kmPool Knob16 kmPinhook Mountain20 kmBald Rock22 kmBrushy Mountain23 kmPenitentiary Mountain23 kmBuzzard Roost23 kmBuzzard Roost Mountain23 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.

Bankhead NF (18711494943)
US Forest Service - Southern Region · Public domain
Nerodia sipedon pleuralis 454790978
Turner Brockman · CC BY-SA 4.0
Nerodia sipedon pleuralis 454791005
Turner Brockman · CC BY-SA 4.0

Other forests nearby.

William B. Bankhead National Forest

United States

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

Talladega National Forest

United States · 140 km

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

See the guide

Tombigbee National Forest

United States · 193 km

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

See the guide

Holly Springs National Forest

United States · 175 km

  • 66Forestyas Score
  • 78%Trees
  • 90%Wild
  • 6Species

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q3079170) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species622 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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