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Banjica Forest

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48% trees around it and 403 species recorded.

53Forestyas Score

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  • trees within 3 km48%
  • wild within 10 km64%
  • species recorded403
  • Altitude178 m

The forest around

48% 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 44%Grassland 8%Cropland 0%Built-up 48%Trees 48%Grassland 5%Bare ground 0%Cropland 0%Built-up 47%Trees 45%Grassland 8%Water 2%Bare ground 0%Cropland 1%Built-up 44%Trees 44%Grassland 17%Water 7%Bare ground 1%Cropland 10%Built-up 21%48%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km44%
  • 1–3 km48%
  • 3–6 km45%
  • 6–10 km44%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees48%
  • Grassland5%
  • Water0%
  • Bare ground0%
  • Cropland0%
  • Built-up47%

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

403 species recorded.

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

Ruscus aculeatus
Ruscus aculeatusRuscus aculeatus45 recordsNo machine-readable author provided. Vista~commonswiki assumed (based on copyright claims) · CC BY-SA 3.0
Garlic Mustard
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata39 recordsO. Pichard · CC BY-SA 3.0
Greater Celandine
Greater CelandineChelidonium majus38 recordsUnknown author · CC BY-SA 3.0
Ground-ivy
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea28 recordsAnRo0002 · CC0
Field Maple
Field MapleAcer campestre24 recordsWillow · CC BY-SA 2.5
Spotted henbit
Spotted henbitLamium maculatum22 recordsTomasz Kuran aka Meteor2017 · CC BY 2.5
Horse-chestnutVU
Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum21 recordsStephan van Helden · CC BY-SA 4.0
Tree of heaven
Tree of heavenAilanthus altissima21 recordsDarkone ( talk · contribs ) · CC BY-SA 2.5
Periwinkle
PeriwinkleVinca minor19 recordsEpgrande · CC BY 4.0
Cherry laurel
Cherry laurelPrunus laurocerasus18 recordsKarduelis · Public domain
Goldenrain tree
Goldenrain treeKoelreuteria paniculata18 recordsDidier Descouens · CC BY-SA 4.0
Traveller's-joy
Traveller's-joyClematis vitalba17 recordsMichael Gasperl ( Migas ) · CC BY-SA 3.0

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).

  • 48%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 64%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 403Speciesrecorded more than once within 5 km
  • 178 mAltitudeabove the sea

When to walk

Best for walking in April and in October.

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

  1. Jan3°-4°48 mm
  2. Feb6°-3°46 mm
  3. Mar12°1°50 mm
  4. Apr18°7°50 mm
  5. May23°12°78 mm
  6. Jun28°16°83 mm
  7. Jul31°18°63 mm
  8. Aug31°18°55 mm
  9. Sep25°13°56 mm
  10. Oct18°7°54 mm
  11. Nov12°2°46 mm
  12. Dec5°-2°47 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Banjica Forest.

Forest in Belgrade, Serbia

Banjica Forest is a forest in Serbia.

Seen from space, 48% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 64% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

403 species have been recorded around it: 217 plants, 13 fungi, 159 birds and 14 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: Ruscus aculeatus, Garlic Mustard and Greater Celandine.

The best time to walk is in April and in October.

Banjička šuma 008
NenaK · CC BY-SA 3.0

Get there and walk

Plan the visit

A guided walk, a bed nearby, a car.

Guided forest walks and tours near Banjica ForestGetYourGuideSee prices Cabins and stays near Banjica ForestBooking.comSee prices Car hire at BEG airport (Belgrade)Discover CarsSee prices 

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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.

Banjica 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

  • 4marked trails within 5 kmMarkirana staza, E4: Beograd (Krnjača) – Osipaonica, ST401 Belgrade - Avala and 1 more
  • 17named and notable trees within 6 kmСпоменик природе Платан код Милошевог конака, Тиса у Пожешкој, Тиса у Ботићевој and 14 more
  • 98picnic sites within 4 km
  • 79shelters and huts within 6 km
  • 21viewpoints within 5 kmВидиковац and 20 more
  • 7visitor centres within 6 kmТуристички информативни центар, Информације, Guest Services and 4 more
  • 698car parks within 3 km
  • 3campsites within 10 kmCamping Center Belgrade
  • 300places to stay within 10 kmBelgrade Boutique House, Ferrit, Allegra and 297 more
  • 190restaurants 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 Banjica 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.

Peakyas131 mountains within 25 km
Vračar plateau2.8 kmTopčidersko Brdo3.3 kmVeliki Vračar5.0 kmAvala511 m · 9.1 kmMali Vis274 m · 12 kmZbeg14 kmUmnjanski Vis122 m · 16 kmVelika Humka23 km
Lakeyas1 lakes within 15 km
Veliko Blato1.9 km² · 11 km
Darkskyas2 dark-sky places within 30 km
Astronomical Observatory in BelgradeBortle 8 · 4.9 kmBelgrade PlanetariumBortle 9 · 6.9 km
Viewyas1 viewpoints within 15 km
Avala511 m · 9.1 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.

Banjička šuma - Gljiva 1
Marijav22 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Banjička šuma - Gljive 2
Marijav22 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Banjička šuma 009
NenaK · CC BY-SA 3.0

Other forests nearby.

Banjica Forest

Serbia

  • 53Forestyas Score
  • 48%Trees
  • 64%Wild
  • 403Species

Košutnjak

Serbia · 3 km

  • 55Forestyas Score
  • 57%Trees
  • 58%Wild
  • 387Species

See the guide

Jevremovac botanic garden

Serbia · 5 km

  • 36Forestyas Score
  • 22%Trees
  • 53%Wild
  • 178Species

See the guide

Ambassadors' Alley

Bosnia and Herzegovina · 191 km

  • 74Forestyas Score
  • 62%Trees
  • 88%Wild
  • 380Species

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q4855839) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species111,416 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, Viewyas

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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Same idea, other landscapes: field atlases built on open data, in seven languages.

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