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Cleveland National Forest

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76% trees around it and 205 species recorded.

82Forestyas Score

ForestNational forestWildMountain forestBirds

  • trees within 3 km76%
  • wild within 10 km100%
  • species recorded205
  • Altitude1,193 m

The forest around

76% 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 92%Shrubland 3%Grassland 5%Trees 74%Shrubland 9%Grassland 16%Trees 59%Shrubland 30%Grassland 10%Bare ground 0%Trees 48%Shrubland 28%Grassland 22%Water 2%Bare ground 0%Built-up 0%76%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km92%
  • 1–3 km74%
  • 3–6 km59%
  • 6–10 km48%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees74%
  • Shrubland9%
  • Grassland16%
  • Water0%

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

205 species recorded.

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

Grape soda lupine
Grape soda lupineLupinus excubitus8 recordsWalter Siegmund · CC BY-SA 4.0
Bluewitch nightshade
Bluewitch nightshadeSolanum umbelliferum6 recordsMiguel Vieira · CC BY 2.0
Wild strawberry
Wild strawberryFragaria vesca6 recordsJörg Hempel · CC BY-SA 3.0 de
California Buckwheat
California BuckwheatEriogonum fasciculatum5 recordsStan Shebs · CC BY-SA 3.0
Chaparral whitethorn
Chaparral whitethornCeanothus leucodermis5 recordsAnthony Valois and the National Park Service · Public domain
Slender sunflower
Slender sunflowerHelianthus gracilentus5 recordsUnknown author Unknown author · Public domain
American vetch
American vetchVicia americana4 recordsWalter Siegmund · CC BY-SA 3.0
Acmispon tomentosus
Acmispon tomentosusAcmispon tomentosus3 recordsJohn Cowles · CC0
California Incense-cedar
California Incense-cedarCalocedrus decurrens3 recordsThe original uploader was Geographer at English Wikipedia . · CC BY 1.0
Canyon live oak
Canyon live oakQuercus chrysolepis3 recordsDoug Beckers on Flickr · CC BY-SA 2.0
Chokecherry
ChokecherryPrunus virginiana3 recordsNadiatalent · Public domain
Pacific poison oak
Pacific poison oakToxicodendron diversilobum3 recordsElf ( talk · contribs ) · 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.

82out of 100

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

  • 76%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 100%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 205Speciesrecorded more than once within 5 km
  • 1,193 mAltitudeabove the sea

When to walk

Best for walking in March and in November.

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

  1. Jan16°3°55 mm
  2. Feb16°3°66 mm
  3. Mar19°5°32 mm
  4. Apr21°6°20 mm
  5. May25°8°8 mm
  6. Jun31°12°1 mm
  7. Jul34°16°6 mm
  8. Aug34°16°6 mm
  9. Sep32°15°7 mm
  10. Oct26°10°17 mm
  11. Nov20°6°27 mm
  12. Dec15°3°56 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Cleveland National Forest.

Southernmost National forest of California

Cleveland National Forest is a national forest in United States, 1,193 m above the sea.

Seen from space, 76% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 100% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

205 species have been recorded around it: 60 plants, 2 fungi, 141 birds and 2 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: Grape soda lupine, Bluewitch nightshade and Wild strawberry.

The best time to walk is in March and in November.

002 Black Mountain Trailhead Is On Pamo Road To The North Of Ramona, CA
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Get there and walk

  • Official informationAccess, hours and rules from those who manage the place.Official site
  • Crestline Group Campgroundcampsite · 6.1 km · 8 within 10 km
  • The Lodge on Palomar Mountainplace to stay · 4.8 km · 1 within 10 km
  • Aguanganearest town · 17 km in a straight line
  • McClellan-Palomar Airport (CLD)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 49 km in a straight lineCar hire at PSP airport (Palm Springs)Discover Cars · sponsored link

Plan the visit

A guided walk, a bed nearby, a car.

Car hire at PSP airport (Palm Springs)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.

Cleveland 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

  • 3viewpoints within 5 kmHenshaw Scenic Vista, Kica Mik Overlook
  • 8campsites within 10 kmCrestline Group Campground, Observatory Campground - USFS, Oak Knoll Campground and 5 more
  • 1places to stay within 10 kmThe Lodge on Palomar Mountain
  • marked trails within 5 km
  • named and notable trees within 6 km
  • picnic sites within 4 km
  • shelters and huts within 6 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 Cleveland 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.

Peakyas38 mountains within 25 km
Palomar Mountain1,872 m · 7.8 kmBlack Mountain1,234 m · 16 kmHot Springs Mountain1,992 m · 20 kmBucksnort Mountain21 kmPala Mountain23 kmHeriot Mountain24 kmBottle Peak24 kmLittle Chief Mountain25 km
Lakeyas1 lakes within 15 km
Lake Henshaw4.0 km² · 8.0 km
Darkskyas1 dark-sky places within 30 km
Palomar ObservatoryBortle 4 · 8.7 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.

001 Black Mountain Trailhead Parking Lot, San Diego County, 33.13965, -116.85055
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Other forests nearby.

Cleveland National Forest

United States

  • 82Forestyas Score
  • 76%Trees
  • 100%Wild
  • 205Species

San Bernardino National Forest

United States · 43 km

  • 62Forestyas Score
  • 34%Trees
  • 100%Wild
  • 202Species

See the guide

SeaWorld San Diego

United States · 72 km

  • 33Forestyas Score
  • 4%Trees
  • 58%Wild
  • 425Species

See the guide

Angeles National Forest

United States · 168 km

  • 53Forestyas Score
  • 15%Trees
  • 100%Wild
  • 228Species

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q3079127) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species4,067 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

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

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