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Cerisy Forest

Roi.dagobert · CC BY-SA 3.0

68% trees around it and 1,015 species recorded.

  • trees within 3 km68%
  • wild within 10 km68%
  • species recorded1,015
  • Altitude141 m

The forest around

68% 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 64%Grassland 22%Cropland 13%Built-up 1%Trees 25%Grassland 43%Cropland 29%Built-up 3%Trees 22%Grassland 43%Cropland 33%Built-up 2%68%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km99%
  • 1–3 km64%
  • 3–6 km25%
  • 6–10 km22%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees64%
  • Grassland22%
  • Cropland13%
  • Built-up1%

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

1,015 species recorded.

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

European Beech
European BeechFagus sylvatica93 recordsMalene Thyssen · CC BY-SA 3.0
Bracken
BrackenPteridium aquilinum52 recordsStefan.lefnaer · CC BY-SA 4.0
English holly
English hollyIlex aquifolium49 recordsUnknown author · Public domain
Hard Fern
Hard FernStruthiopteris spicant39 recordsSABENCIA Guillermo César Ruiz · CC BY-SA 4.0
European honeysuckle
European honeysuckleLonicera periclymenum39 recordsLuc Viatour · CC BY-SA 3.0
Common Ivy
Common IvyHedera helix37 recordskallerna · CC BY-SA 4.0
Rabelera holostea
Rabelera holosteaRabelera holostea36 recordsiNaturalist.org (spoonbilling) · CC BY 4.0
Creeping Soft Grass
Creeping Soft GrassHolcus mollis36 recordsJames K. Lindsey · CC BY-SA 3.0
Cobnut
CobnutCorylus avellana35 recordsMPF · CC BY-SA 3.0
Pedunculate Oak
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur33 recordsAlgirdas at Lithuanian Wikipedia · Public domain
Common Broom
Common BroomCytisus scoparius32 recordsUnknown author · Public domain
Foxglove
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea32 recordsUnknown author · Public domain

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

In numbers

The forest, measured.

68out of 100

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

  • 68%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 68%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 1,015Speciesrecorded more than once within 5 km
  • 141 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. Jan7°2°69 mm
  2. Feb8°1°58 mm
  3. Mar11°3°59 mm
  4. Apr14°5°45 mm
  5. May17°8°59 mm
  6. Jun21°11°53 mm
  7. Jul23°13°57 mm
  8. Aug22°13°60 mm
  9. Sep20°10°48 mm
  10. Oct16°8°77 mm
  11. Nov11°5°79 mm
  12. Dec8°2°82 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Cerisy Forest.

Woodland in France

Cerisy Forest is a forest in France.

Seen from space, 68% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 68% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

1,015 species have been recorded around it: 503 plants, 363 fungi, 117 birds and 32 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: European Beech, Bracken and English holly.

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

Foret de Cerisy
Roi.dagobert · CC BY-SA 3.0

Get there and walk

  • Aire De Camping Carcampsite · 3.3 km · 12 within 10 km
  • Les Trois Tilleulsplace to stay · 3.4 km · 11 within 10 km
  • Le Molay-Littrynearest town · 6.1 km in a straight line
  • Caen Carpiquet airport (CFR)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 32 km in a straight lineCar hire at CFR airport (Caen)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.

Cerisy 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

  • 2marked trails within 5 kmAutour de la Drôme, Autour de l'abbaye de Cerisy-la-Forêt
  • 10picnic sites within 4 km
  • 12shelters and huts within 6 km
  • 1viewpoints within 5 km
  • 2visitor centres within 6 kmMaison de la Forêt
  • 19car parks within 3 km
  • 12campsites within 10 kmAire De Camping Car, Aire pour camping-cars Balleroy, Domaine de Litteau and 9 more
  • 11places to stay within 10 kmLes Trois Tilleuls, Chez Flo et Manon, Château de Planquery and 8 more
  • 1restaurants and cafés within 3 km
  • named and notable trees within 6 km

Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.

Photographs

The forest, as people saw it.

Borne royale forêt Cérisy
Roi.dagobert · CC BY-SA 3.0
FranceNormandieCerisyLaForetAbbaye
Ikmo-ned · CC BY-SA 3.0
Forêt domaniale de Cerisy-La-Forêt
Mairie Cerisy-La-Foret · CC BY-SA 4.0

Other forests nearby.

Cerisy Forest

France

  • 68Forestyas Score
  • 68%Trees
  • 68%Wild
  • 1,015Species

Forêt d'Écouves

France · 100 km

  • 78Forestyas Score
  • 96%Trees
  • 75%Wild
  • 771Species

See the guide

Forêt de Brotonne

France · 120 km

  • 76Forestyas Score
  • 95%Trees
  • 71%Wild
  • 878Species

See the guide

Fougères Forest

France · 91 km

  • 63Forestyas Score
  • 67%Trees
  • 59%Wild
  • 765Species

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q3078838) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species20,068 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

Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.

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