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Chequamegon–Nicolet National Forest

MDuchek · CC BY-SA 3.0

90% trees around it and 196 species recorded.

86Forestyas Score

ForestNational forestDense canopyWildBirds

  • trees within 3 km90%
  • wild within 10 km100%
  • species recorded196
  • Altitude450 m

The forest around

90% 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 84%Grassland 10%Wetland 2%Water 3%Trees 90%Grassland 3%Wetland 2%Water 4%Trees 92%Grassland 3%Wetland 1%Water 5%Trees 95%Grassland 2%Wetland 1%Water 2%90%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km84%
  • 1–3 km90%
  • 3–6 km92%
  • 6–10 km95%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees90%
  • Grassland3%
  • Wetland2%
  • Water4%

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

196 species recorded.

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

Canadian Yew
Canadian YewTaxus canadensis8 recordsSuperior National Forest · CC BY 2.0
Reed-grass, reed-canary grass
Reed-grass, reed-canary grassPhalaris arundinacea8 recordsFranz Xaver · CC BY-SA 3.0
Eastern White Pine
Eastern White PinePinus strobus5 recordsKeith Kanoti, Maine Forest Service, USA · CC BY 3.0 us
Pickerelweed
PickerelweedPontederia cordata3 recordsCephas · CC BY-SA 3.0
Balsam Fir
Balsam FirAbies balsamea2 recordsRyan Hodnett · CC BY-SA 4.0
Swaying bulrush
Swaying bulrushSchoenoplectus subterminalis2 recordsDeanWmTaylor · CC BY 2.0
Knotsheath sedge
Knotsheath sedgeCarex retrorsa2 recordsMatt Lavin · CC BY-SA 2.0
Bluebead
BluebeadClintonia borealis2 recordsChoess · CC BY-SA 4.0
Nannyberry
NannyberryViburnum lentago2 recordsUnknown author · Public domain
Field scabiosa
Field scabiosaKnautia arvensis2 recordschelo Vechek / talk · CC BY-SA 4.0
Prickly rose
Prickly roseRosa acicularis2 recordsRavedave · CC BY-SA 3.0
American basswood
American basswoodTilia americana2 recordsWendy Cutler from Vancouver, Canada · CC BY 2.0

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

In numbers

The forest, measured.

86out of 100

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

  • 90%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 100%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 196Speciesrecorded more than once within 5 km
  • 450 mAltitudeabove the sea

When to walk

Best for walking in May and in September.

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

  1. Jan-8°-16°28 mm
  2. Feb-6°-15°32 mm
  3. Mar2°-8°46 mm
  4. Apr10°-1°86 mm
  5. May17°5°104 mm
  6. Jun22°11°118 mm
  7. Jul26°14°100 mm
  8. Aug24°13°99 mm
  9. Sep20°9°99 mm
  10. Oct11°2°96 mm
  11. Nov3°-5°48 mm
  12. Dec-4°-12°46 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Chequamegon–Nicolet National Forest.

National forest in Wisconsin, United States

Chequamegon–Nicolet National Forest is a national forest in United States, 450 m above the sea.

Seen from space, 90% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 100% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

196 species have been recorded around it: 18 plants, 6 fungi, 172 birds and 0 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: Canadian Yew, Reed-grass, reed-canary grass and Eastern White Pine.

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

BlackjackSpringsWilderness
MDuchek · CC BY-SA 3.0

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.

Chequamegon–Nicolet 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

  • 2campsites within 10 kmDay Lake Campground, East Twin Campground
  • 2places to stay within 10 kmClam Lake Junction Hotel, Elkhorn Lodge
  • marked trails within 5 km
  • named and notable trees within 6 km
  • picnic sites within 4 km
  • shelters and huts within 6 km
  • viewpoints within 5 km
  • visitor centres within 6 km
  • car parks within 3 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 Chequamegon–Nicolet 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.

Peakyas2 mountains within 25 km
Saint Peters Dome22 kmEagles Peak24 km
Lakeyas7 lakes within 15 km
Dead Horse Slough0.3 km² · 1.1 kmUpper Clam Lake0.7 km² · 2.8 kmDay Lake2.2 km² · 4.5 kmWhite Bass Lake0.5 km² · 5.3 kmBuffalo Lake0.8 km² · 6.3 kmSpider Lake0.4 km² · 8.6 kmChippewa Lake1.1 km² · 10 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.

Cathedral Pines Nicolet Forest Wisconsin
Jeff the quiet · CC0
CNNF 2015 10-10 Eds Lake trailhead (21574691014)
usfs_Eastern_Region · Public domain
CNNF 2015-10-06-Smith Rapids Covered Bridge (21975686426)
usfs_Eastern_Region · Public domain

Other forests nearby.

Chequamegon–Nicolet National Forest

United States

  • 86Forestyas Score
  • 90%Trees
  • 100%Wild
  • 196Species

Superior National Forest

United States · 193 km

  • 78Forestyas Score
  • 72%Trees
  • 100%Wild
  • 122Species

See the guide

Chippewa National Forest

United States · 286 km

  • 74Forestyas Score
  • 62%Trees
  • 100%Wild
  • 149Species

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q3079112) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species25,288 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

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

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