France forest
Bois de Boulogne
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35% trees around it and 1,255 species recorded.
- trees within 3 km35%
- wild within 10 km35%
- species recorded1,255
- Altitude51 m
The forest around
35% 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, ring by ring
- 0–1 km82%
- 1–3 km29%
- 3–6 km22%
- 6–10 km32%
What covers the land (1–3 km)
- Trees29%
- Grassland4%
- Water5%
- Cropland0%
- Built-up62%
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
1,255 species recorded.
The plants, fungi, birds and mammals people have recorded here most often.
NT
Open records within 5 km (GBIF, licensed for any use). Busy places are better recorded than remote ones.
In numbers
The forest, measured.
Our own rating, from open data only: tree cover (40 points), wildness (20), species recorded (30) and protection or heritage (10).
- 35%Treesof the land within 3 km
- 35%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
- 1,255Speciesrecorded more than once within 5 km
- 51 mAltitudeabove the sea
When to walk
Best for walking in May.
How good each month is for a walk: mild days and little rain make the bar taller.
- Jan0°54 mm
- Feb0°50 mm
- Mar2°52 mm
- Apr5°39 mm
- May8°64 mm
- Jun12°60 mm
- Jul14°55 mm
- Aug13°59 mm
- Sep10°42 mm
- Oct7°57 mm
- Nov4°61 mm
- Dec1°69 mm
- Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
- Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Bois de Boulogne.
Large public park the western edge of Paris, France
Bois de Boulogne is a forest in France.
Seen from space, 35% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 35% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.
1,255 species have been recorded around it: 1,000 plants, 36 fungi, 183 birds and 36 mammals.
The most recorded plants are: Annual Meadow Grass, Greater Celandine and Groundsel.
The best time to walk is in May.
Get there and walk
- Official informationAccess, hours and rules from those who manage the place.Official site↗
- Camping de Pariscampsite · 1.2 km · 2 within 10 km
- Mercureplace to stay · 3.9 km · 2,208 within 10 km
- Suresnesnearest town · 1.7 km in a straight linePlaces to stay in SuresnesBooking.com · sponsored link↗
- Paris-Orly Airport (ORY)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 17 km in a straight lineCar hire at ORY airport (Paris)Discover Cars · sponsored link↗
Plan the visit
A guided walk, a bed nearby, a car.
Guided forest walks and tours near Bois de BoulogneGetYourGuideSee prices Cabins and stays near Bois de BoulogneBooking.comSee prices Car hire at ORY airport (Paris)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.
Around, in OpenStreetMap
- 30marked trails within 5 kmSentier des Côteaux, Traversée de Paris n°3, Bois de Boulogne and 27 more
- 132named and notable trees within 6 kmSophora du Japon, Poirier à fleur, acacia and 129 more
- 134picnic sites within 4 km
- 254shelters and huts within 6 kmSèvres–Lecourbe and 253 more
- 34viewpoints within 5 kmGrande Arche, Esplanade du Trocadéro, Domaine de Bellevue and 31 more
- 29visitor centres within 6 kmPuteaux Point-Info, EPAD Info, Caisse à billets and 26 more
- 437car parks within 3 km
- 2campsites within 10 kmCamping de Paris, Camping Sandaya Paris Maisons-Laffitte
- 2,208places to stay within 10 kmMercure, Hôtel du Champ de Mars, Novotel Paris La Défense Nanterre and 2,205 more
- 1,173restaurants 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 Bois de Boulogne.
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.
Peakyas6 mountains within 25 kmbutte Mortemart55 m · 1.4 kmMount Valérien161 m · 3.0 kmButte des Moulins6.1 kmMontmartre130 m · 7.1 kmMontagne Sainte-Geneviève61 m · 7.2 kmButte Bergeyre9.3 km
Lakeyas2 lakes within 15 kmLac d'Enghien0.3 km² · 12 kmGrand Canal of Versailles0.3 km² · 13 km
Darkskyas6 dark-sky places within 30 kmGlobe CélesteBortle 9 · 3.2 kmParis Observatory, PSL UniversityBortle 9 · 6.8 km↗Astronomy tower of the SorbonneBortle 9 · 7.1 kmVersailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines ObservatoryBortle 8 · 18 km↗Observatoire de Saint-MaurBortle 9 · 19 kmCamille Flammarion ObservatoryBortle 9 · 21 km
Viewyas5 viewpoints within 15 kmHyatt Regency Paris Etoile3.0 km↗Eiffel Tower3.3 km↗Grande roue des Tuileries5.9 kmBerthelot Tower6.1 kmMontmartre130 m · 7.0 km↗
Cascadyas2 waterfalls within 15 kmChâteau d'Eau3.9 kmcascades de Montigny14 km
Riveryasthe river nearbyComing soonSeine777 km · 500 m³/s↗
Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Photographs
The forest, as people saw it.
Other forests nearby.
Bois de Boulogne
France
- 46Forestyas Score
- 35%Trees
- 35%Wild
- 1,255Species
Forest of Saint-Germain-en-Laye
France · 14 km
- 73Forestyas Score
- 82%Trees
- 62%Wild
- 1,244Species
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q209626) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Land cover | ESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0 |
| Species | 249,878 open records within 5 km (GBIF, CC0 and CC BY 4.0 only) |
| See these records | gbif.org |
| Names and photos | Wikidata (CC0); GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Altitude | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Temperature and rain | NASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2) |
| What is around | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Sister atlases | Peakyas, Lakeyas, Darkskyas, Viewyas, Cascadyas, Riveryas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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