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Coconino National Forest

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24% trees around it and 429 species recorded.

60Forestyas Score

ForestNational forestMountain forestBirds

  • trees within 3 km24%
  • wild within 10 km97%
  • species recorded429
  • Altitude1,192 m

The forest around

24% 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 12%Shrubland 62%Grassland 24%Bare ground 0%Built-up 2%Trees 25%Shrubland 39%Grassland 23%Bare ground 0%Built-up 12%Trees 25%Shrubland 40%Grassland 31%Bare ground 1%Built-up 4%Trees 26%Shrubland 38%Grassland 34%Bare ground 1%Built-up 2%24%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km12%
  • 1–3 km25%
  • 3–6 km25%
  • 6–10 km26%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees25%
  • Shrubland39%
  • Grassland23%
  • Bare ground0%
  • Built-up12%

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

429 species recorded.

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

Silverleaf nightshade
Silverleaf nightshadeSolanum elaeagnifolium29 recordsPLAKLE · CC BY-SA 4.0
Palmer oakNT
Palmer oakQuercus palmeri21 recordsTentaculata · CC BY-SA 4.0
Plains blackfoot
Plains blackfootMelampodium leucanthum15 recordsSue in az · Public domain
Creamcups
CreamcupsPlatystemon californicus14 recordsTom Hilton · CC BY 2.0
Crucifixion thorn
Crucifixion thornCanotia holacantha14 recordsInternet Archive Book Images · No restrictions
Pinkflower Hedgehog Cactus
Pinkflower Hedgehog CactusEchinocereus fasciculatus13 recordsMichael Tidwell · CC BY 4.0
Mottled Milkvetch
Mottled MilkvetchAstragalus lentiginosus12 recordsUnknown author · CC BY-SA 3.0
Christmas cactus
Christmas cactusCylindropuntia leptocaulis12 recordsJames Steakley · CC BY-SA 3.0
Pelecyphora vivipara
Pelecyphora viviparaPelecyphora vivipara10 recordsBentham-Moxon Trust.; Curtis, William; Curtis's botanical magazine dedications, 1827-1927 · Public domain
Cowtongue cactusOpuntia engelmannii11 records
Pointleaf manzanitaArctostaphylos pungens8 records
Feather-plume DaleaDalea formosa8 records

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

In numbers

The forest, measured.

60out of 100

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

  • 24%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 97%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 429Speciesrecorded more than once within 5 km
  • 1,192 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°-5°47 mm
  2. Feb9°-4°48 mm
  3. Mar14°-1°33 mm
  4. Apr18°2°18 mm
  5. May24°7°15 mm
  6. Jun31°12°6 mm
  7. Jul31°16°69 mm
  8. Aug30°14°68 mm
  9. Sep27°11°37 mm
  10. Oct20°4°31 mm
  11. Nov13°-1°33 mm
  12. Dec7°-5°51 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Coconino National Forest.

National forest in Coconino, Yavapai, and Gila counties in Arizona, United States

Coconino National Forest is a national forest in United States, 1,192 m above the sea.

Seen from space, 24% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 97% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

429 species have been recorded around it: 189 plants, 0 fungi, 232 birds and 8 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: Silverleaf nightshade, Palmer oak and Plains blackfoot.

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

Arbor Day (20170826-FS-Coconino-DLS-001)
Forest Service Photography · Public domain

Get there and walk

  • Official informationAccess, hours and rules from those who manage the place.Official site
  • FR 120A Dispersedcampsite · 4.2 km · 6 within 10 km
  • Hilton Sedona Resort at Bell Rockplace to stay · 1.9 km · 11 within 10 km
  • Big Parknearest town · 2.5 km in a straight line
  • Flagstaff Pulliam Airport (FLG)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 43 km in a straight lineCar hire at FLG airport (Flagstaff)Discover Cars · sponsored link

Plan the visit

A guided walk, a bed nearby, a car.

Car hire at FLG airport (Flagstaff)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.

Coconino 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

  • 14marked trails within 5 kmHot Loop #40, Jacks Canyon #55, Belt Rock Pathway #96 and 11 more
  • 1named and notable trees within 6 kmOcotillo patch
  • 2viewpoints within 5 km
  • 10car parks within 3 km
  • 6campsites within 10 kmFR 120A Dispersed, Camp Avalon, Chavez Crossing Group Campground and 3 more
  • 11places to stay within 10 kmHilton Sedona Resort at Bell Rock, Desert Quail Inn, Element Sedona and 8 more
  • 17restaurants and cafés within 3 km
  • picnic sites within 4 km
  • shelters and huts within 6 km
  • visitor centres within 6 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 Coconino 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.

Peakyas58 mountains within 25 km
Cathedral Rock1,514 m · 7.4 kmHouse Mountain1,564 m · 7.9 kmSacred Mountain12 kmCapitol Butte15 kmWilson Mountain18 kmLost Wilson Mountain19 kmBear Mountain21 kmEast Pocket Knob24 km
Darkskyas3 dark-sky places within 30 km
Village of Oak CreekBortle 3 · 2.9 kmSedonaBortle 3 · 12 kmCamp VerdeBortle 3 · 23 km
Canyonyas1 canyons within 20 km
Oak Creek Canyon15 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.

Boyton Canyon Trail No. 47 - 23914867014
Coconino NF Photography · CC0
Boyton Canyon Trail No. 47 - 23914907074
Coconino NF Photography · CC0
171108-FS-Coconino-DLS-002 (26666802479)
Forest Service Photography · Public domain

Other forests nearby.

Coconino National Forest

United States

  • 60Forestyas Score
  • 24%Trees
  • 97%Wild
  • 429Species

Kaibab National Forest

United States · 187 km

  • 89Forestyas Score
  • 85%Trees
  • 100%Wild
  • 432Species

See the guide

Prescott National Forest

United States · 60 km

  • 44Forestyas Score
  • 0%Trees
  • 93%Wild
  • 207Species

See the guide

Tonto National Forest

United States · 111 km

  • 47Forestyas Score
  • 2%Trees
  • 99%Wild
  • 219Species

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q1105434) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species91,973 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, Canyonyas

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

The family

Do you prefer beaches, lakes, mountains, waterfalls, islands, rivers, canyons, caves, dark skies, viewpoints, birdwatching or forests?

Same idea, other landscapes: field atlases built on open data, in seven languages.

beachesCoastyaFind your beach: sea temperature, sun and swimming month by month.Visit lakesLakeyasEvery lake on Earth: water temperature, ice, depth and the shore.Visit mountainsPeakyasEvery summit in 3D: summit weather, the 0 °C line, huts and trails.Visit waterfallsCascadyasEvery waterfall: height, flow month by month and when it roars.Visit islandsIslandyasEvery island from the sea up: size, sea temperature, ferries and 3D.Visit riversRiveryasEvery river from source to sea: the journey, the flow and the basin in numbers.Visit canyonsCanyonyasEvery canyon cut to scale: depth to the floor, rim and floor temperatures, trails and viewpoints.Visit cavesCavernyasEvery cave with its real depth and length: the rock above, the temperature inside all year, and how to visit.Visit dark skiesDarkskyasWhere the night is still dark: the sky of every place, the Milky Way month by month, the Moon, eclipses and auroras.Visit
viewpointsViewyasEvery viewpoint with its real 360° panorama: the peaks you can name, how far you see and where the sun sets.Coming soonVisit
birdwatchingBirdyasEvery bird sanctuary and wetland with the species recorded month by month: who is resident, who comes for the summer, who only passes through.Visit
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