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Angeles National Forest

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15% trees around it and 228 species recorded.

53Forestyas Score

ForestNational forestWildMountain forestBirds

  • trees within 3 km15%
  • wild within 10 km100%
  • species recorded228
  • Altitude1,186 m

The forest around

15% 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 12%Shrubland 76%Grassland 13%Trees 15%Shrubland 75%Grassland 10%Trees 20%Shrubland 74%Grassland 6%Bare ground 0%Trees 28%Shrubland 66%Grassland 5%Bare ground 0%15%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km12%
  • 1–3 km15%
  • 3–6 km20%
  • 6–10 km28%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees15%
  • Shrubland75%
  • Grassland10%
  • Bare ground0%

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

228 species recorded.

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

Chaparral yucca
Chaparral yuccaHesperoyucca whipplei10 recordsRebou · CC BY-SA 3.0
Tree poppy
Tree poppyDendromecon rigida9 recordsNPS · Public domain
Hairy yerba santa
Hairy yerba santaEriodictyon trichocalyx9 recordsjoedecruyenaere · CC BY-SA 2.0
Bigberry manzanita
Bigberry manzanitaArctostaphylos glauca8 recordsStan Shebs · CC BY-SA 3.0
Chamise
ChamiseAdenostoma fasciculatum7 recordsUnknown author · Public domain
Scrub oak
Scrub oakQuercus berberidifolia6 recordsPhotographed and uploaded by :en:Geographer ( talk | contribs ) · CC BY 2.5
Scarlet bugler
Scarlet buglerPenstemon centranthifolius6 recordsStickpen · Public domain
Hummingbird trumpet
Hummingbird trumpetEpilobium canum6 recordsStan Shebs · CC BY-SA 3.0
Canyon liveforever
Canyon liveforeverDudleya cymosa4 recordsStan Shebs · CC BY-SA 3.0
Bigleaf Maple
Bigleaf MapleAcer macrophyllum4 recordsAngilbas at English Wikipedia · Public domain
Big SagebrushArtemisia tridentata6 records
Myriopteris covilleiMyriopteris covillei6 records

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

In numbers

The forest, measured.

53out of 100

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

  • 15%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 100%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 228Speciesrecorded more than once within 5 km
  • 1,186 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. Jan15°2°60 mm
  2. Feb16°2°63 mm
  3. Mar19°4°38 mm
  4. Apr22°6°18 mm
  5. May27°10°8 mm
  6. Jun32°13°1 mm
  7. Jul36°18°3 mm
  8. Aug36°17°1 mm
  9. Sep33°15°3 mm
  10. Oct26°10°16 mm
  11. Nov19°6°21 mm
  12. Dec14°2°55 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Angeles National Forest.

National forest in California

Angeles National Forest is a national forest in United States, 1,186 m above the sea.

Seen from space, 15% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 100% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

228 species have been recorded around it: 75 plants, 12 fungi, 133 birds and 8 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: Chaparral yucca, Tree poppy and Hairy yerba santa.

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

Angelesnationalforest
Geographer at en.wikipedia · CC BY 1.0

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.

Angeles 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 kmPCT - California Section D
  • 3picnic sites within 4 kmHidden Springs
  • 3viewpoints within 5 kmNarrows, Big Tujunga Dam Overlook
  • 3car parks within 3 km
  • 10campsites within 10 kmMonte Cristo Campground, Big Buck Trail Camp, Lightning Point Campground (CLOSED) and 7 more
  • named and notable trees within 6 km
  • shelters and huts within 6 km
  • visitor centres within 6 km
  • places to stay 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 Angeles 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.

Peakyas58 mountains within 25 km
Strawberry Peak1,880 m · 5.7 kmVetter Mountain1,802 m · 10 kmSan Gabriel Peak1,879 m · 10 kmMount Lowe1,709 m · 12 kmMount Lukens1,547 m · 12 kmEcho Mountain14 kmMount Wilson531 m · 14 kmWaterman Mountain2,451 m · 18 km
Darkskyas5 dark-sky places within 30 km
Stony Ridge ObservatoryBortle 5 · 13 kmHooker TelescopeBortle 6 · 14 kmMount Wilson ObservatoryBortle 5 · 14 kmHale Solar LaboratoryBortle 9 · 22 kmGriffith ObservatoryBortle 9 · 28 km
Viewyas2 viewpoints within 15 kmComing soon
Vetter Mountain Lookout10 kmEaton Canyon15 km
Canyonyas2 canyons within 20 km
Eaton Canyon18 kmLittle Santa Anita Canyon20 km
Cascadyas1 waterfalls within 15 km
Switzer Falls8.6 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.

Viewangelesnf
Ngresonance · Public domain
05 A Bridge On East Fork Road Over San Gabriel Reservoir
Summit Hopper · CC BY 2.0
06 A Wall With Flood Holes On Cliff Edge
The Fun Chronicles · CC0

Other forests nearby.

Angeles National Forest

United States

  • 53Forestyas Score
  • 15%Trees
  • 100%Wild
  • 228Species

The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens

United States · 23 km

  • 46Forestyas Score
  • 43%Trees
  • 41%Wild
  • 253Species

See the guide

Cleveland National Forest

United States · 168 km

  • 82Forestyas Score
  • 76%Trees
  • 100%Wild
  • 205Species

See the guide

Los Padres National Forest

United States · 153 km

  • 72Forestyas Score
  • 65%Trees
  • 100%Wild
  • 74Species

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q3079095) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species12,374 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, Darkskyas, Viewyas, 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
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