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Chattahoochee–Oconee National Forest

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97% trees around it and 172 species recorded.

85Forestyas Score

ForestNational forestDense canopyWildBirds

  • trees within 3 km97%
  • wild within 10 km100%
  • species recorded172
  • Altitude719 m

The forest around

97% 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 96%Grassland 3%Built-up 0%Trees 97%Grassland 3%Trees 96%Grassland 4%Trees 93%Grassland 6%97%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km96%
  • 1–3 km97%
  • 3–6 km96%
  • 6–10 km93%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees97%
  • Grassland3%
  • Built-up0%

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

172 species recorded.

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

Beetleweed
BeetleweedGalax urceolata3 recordsTed Bodner, Southern Weed Science Society, Bugwood.org · CC BY 3.0
Rattlesnake plantain
Rattlesnake plantainGoodyera pubescens2 recordsJ. Curtis del., Weddell sc. · Public domain
Mountain-laurel
Mountain-laurelKalmia latifolia2 recordsQwert1234 · CC BY-SA 3.0
Whorled yellow loosestrife
Whorled yellow loosestrifeLysimachia quadrifolia2 recordsJomegat · CC BY-SA 3.0
St. Andrew's cross
St. Andrew's crossHypericum hypericoides2 recordsMason Brock ( Masebrock ) · Public domain
Heartleaved foamflower
Heartleaved foamflowerTiarella cordifolia2 recordsUnknown author · CC BY-SA 3.0
Robin's PlantainErigeron pulchellus2 records

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

In numbers

The forest, measured.

85out of 100

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

  • 97%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 100%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 172Speciesrecorded more than once within 5 km
  • 719 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. Jan8°-2°113 mm
  2. Feb10°-1°123 mm
  3. Mar15°3°120 mm
  4. Apr20°8°115 mm
  5. May24°13°117 mm
  6. Jun28°17°117 mm
  7. Jul30°19°132 mm
  8. Aug30°18°105 mm
  9. Sep27°15°111 mm
  10. Oct21°8°94 mm
  11. Nov15°3°110 mm
  12. Dec10°0°144 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Chattahoochee–Oconee National Forest.

United States national forest in Gainesville, Georgia, USA

Chattahoochee–Oconee National Forest is a national forest in United States, 719 m above the sea.

Seen from space, 97% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 100% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

172 species have been recorded around it: 7 plants, 34 fungi, 131 birds and 0 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: Beetleweed, Rattlesnake plantain and Mountain-laurel.

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

Cool Springs Overlook, Fort Mountain, Georgia April 2016
Thomson200 · CC0

Get there and walk

  • Official informationAccess, hours and rules from those who manage the place.Official site
  • Deep Hole Recreation Areacampsite · 3.5 km · 21 within 10 km
  • Wolf Pen Gap Country Storeplace to stay · 12 km · 4 within 10 km
  • Blairsvillenearest town · 19 km in a straight line
  • DeKalb Peachtree Airport (PDK)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 100 km in a straight lineCar hire at CHA airport (Chattanooga)Discover Cars · sponsored link

Plan the visit

A guided walk, a bed nearby, a car.

Car hire at CHA airport (Chattanooga)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.

Chattahoochee–Oconee 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 kmBenton MacKaye Trail
  • 1picnic sites within 4 km
  • 2viewpoints within 5 kmCooper Creek Scenic Area, Toccoa River Swinging Bridge
  • 4car parks within 3 km
  • 21campsites within 10 kmDeep Hole Recreation Area, Mulky Campground, Hawk Mountain (Base) Campsite and 18 more
  • 4places to stay within 10 kmWolf Pen Gap Country Store, Two Wheels of Suches Lodge, Above the Clouds Hostel and 1 more
  • named and notable trees within 6 km
  • shelters and huts within 6 km
  • visitor centres within 6 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 Chattahoochee–Oconee 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.

Peakyas238 mountains within 25 km
Coosa Bald1,304 m · 14 kmSlaughter Mountain1,322 m · 15 kmBlood Mountain1,359 m · 16 kmSpringer Mountain1,148 m · 17 kmBlack Mountain1,097 m · 19 kmBig Bald Mountain1,242 m · 19 kmRich Mountain1,231 m · 21 kmCowrock Mountain1,174 m · 24 km
Darkskyas1 dark-sky places within 30 km
North Georgia Astronomical ObservatoryBortle 5 · 28 km
Cascadyas1 waterfalls within 15 km
Long Creek Falls12 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.

20011015dcf-trail (6186062513)
ChattOconeeNF · CC BY 2.0
20081103-pocket-cmpgnd-trail-ChattahoocheeNF (13629932363)
ChattOconeeNF · CC BY 2.0

Other forests nearby.

Chattahoochee–Oconee National Forest

United States

  • 85Forestyas Score
  • 97%Trees
  • 100%Wild
  • 172Species

Nantahala National Forest

United States · 73 km

  • 84Forestyas Score
  • 100%Trees
  • 100%Wild
  • 143Species

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Pisgah National Forest

United States · 137 km

  • 89Forestyas Score
  • 100%Trees
  • 100%Wild
  • 452Species

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Tree That Owns Itself

United States · 112 km

  • 72Forestyas Score
  • 61%Trees
  • 90%Wild
  • 700Species

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q1068278) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species6,169 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, Cascadyas

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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