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Coronado National Forest

Zereshk · CC BY-SA 3.0

4% trees around it and 399 species recorded.

50Forestyas Score

ForestNational forestMountain forestBirdsWildlife

  • trees within 3 km4%
  • wild within 10 km97%
  • species recorded399
  • Altitude1,081 m

The forest around

4% 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 4%Shrubland 81%Grassland 4%Bare ground 10%Built-up 1%Trees 4%Shrubland 74%Grassland 7%Bare ground 8%Cropland 2%Built-up 5%Trees 1%Shrubland 82%Grassland 5%Bare ground 6%Cropland 1%Built-up 5%Trees 1%Shrubland 87%Grassland 5%Bare ground 4%Cropland 1%Built-up 1%4%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km4%
  • 1–3 km4%
  • 3–6 km1%
  • 6–10 km1%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees4%
  • Shrubland74%
  • Grassland7%
  • Bare ground8%
  • Cropland2%
  • Built-up5%

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

399 species recorded.

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

Southwestern Barrel CactusVU
Southwestern Barrel CactusFerocactus wislizeni427 recordsKen Kneidel · CC0
Soaptree yucca
Soaptree yuccaYucca elata283 recordsBernard Gagnon · CC BY-SA 3.0
Tree cholla
Tree chollaCylindropuntia imbricata118 recordsJared Lincenberg · CC BY 4.0
Pinkflower Hedgehog Cactus
Pinkflower Hedgehog CactusEchinocereus fasciculatus83 recordsMichael Tidwell · CC BY 4.0
Mormon Tea
Mormon TeaEphedra trifurca46 recordsDcoetzee · CC0
Desertbroom
DesertbroomBaccharis sarothroides39 recordsStickpen · Public domain
Christmas cactus
Christmas cactusCylindropuntia leptocaulis37 recordsJames Steakley · CC BY-SA 3.0
Euphorbia hyssopifolia
Euphorbia hyssopifoliaEuphorbia hyssopifolia32 recordsyakovlev.alexey from Moscow, Russia · CC BY-SA 2.0
Jumping Cholla
Jumping ChollaCylindropuntia fulgida30 recordspanza-rayada · CC BY-SA 3.0
Euphorbia prostrata
Euphorbia prostrataEuphorbia prostrata25 recordstoony · CC BY-SA 3.0
Silverleaf nightshade
Silverleaf nightshadeSolanum elaeagnifolium16 recordsPLAKLE · CC BY-SA 4.0
Cochemiea grahamii
Cochemiea grahamiiCochemiea grahamii16 recordsMike and Zahra · CC BY-SA 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.

50out of 100

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

  • 4%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 97%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 399Speciesrecorded more than once within 5 km
  • 1,081 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. Jan14°-1°25 mm
  2. Feb16°1°22 mm
  3. Mar20°4°16 mm
  4. Apr25°7°8 mm
  5. May30°12°5 mm
  6. Jun36°18°12 mm
  7. Jul33°20°92 mm
  8. Aug32°19°72 mm
  9. Sep30°16°45 mm
  10. Oct25°10°16 mm
  11. Nov19°4°18 mm
  12. Dec13°-1°25 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Coronado National Forest.

Managed forest in southern Arizona and New Mexico

Coronado National Forest is a national forest in United States, 1,081 m above the sea.

Seen from space, 4% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 97% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

399 species have been recorded around it: 113 plants, 1 fungi, 268 birds and 17 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: Southwestern Barrel Cactus, Soaptree yucca and Tree cholla.

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

Coronado Natl Forest Nima1
Zereshk · CC BY-SA 3.0

Get there and walk

  • Official informationAccess, hours and rules from those who manage the place.Official site
  • Butterfield RV Resortcampsite · 3.2 km · 3 within 10 km
  • Rodeway Innplace to stay · 1.7 km · 5 within 10 km
  • Bensonnearest town · 3.5 km in a straight line
  • Tucson International Airport (TUS)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 61 km in a straight lineCar hire at TUS airport (Tucson)Discover Cars · sponsored link

Plan the visit

A guided walk, a bed nearby, a car.

Car hire at TUS airport (Tucson)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.

Coronado 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

  • 1visitor centres within 6 kmBenson Visitor Center
  • 7car parks within 3 km
  • 3campsites within 10 kmButterfield RV Resort
  • 5places to stay within 10 kmRodeway Inn, Days Inn, Best Western and 2 more
  • 6restaurants and cafés within 3 km
  • 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

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

In our other atlases

Around Coronado 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.

Peakyas23 mountains within 25 km
Easter Mountain15 kmEast Peak17 kmCottonwood Peak18 kmMae West Peaks2,052 m · 21 kmApache Peak2,351 m · 22 kmFrench Joe Peak23 kmLime Peak2,029 m · 24 kmRincon Peak2,585 m · 24 km
Darkskyas3 dark-sky places within 30 km
San Pedro Valley ObservatoryBortle 3 · 7.9 kmDesert Eagle ObservatoryBortle 3 · 16 kmKartchner Caverns State ParkBortle 3 · 18 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.

Chief Schultz visits Region 3 (20250320-FS-PJK-024)
Forest Service Photography · Public domain
Chief Schultz visits Region 3 (20250320-FS-PJK-025)
Forest Service Photography · Public domain
Galiuros at Deer Creek
Daffgatter · CC BY 4.0

Other forests nearby.

Coronado National Forest

United States

  • 50Forestyas Score
  • 4%Trees
  • 97%Wild
  • 399Species

Apache–Sitgreaves National Forests

United States · 206 km

  • 78Forestyas Score
  • 67%Trees
  • 100%Wild
  • 253Species

See the guide

Gila National Forest

United States · 233 km

  • 62Forestyas Score
  • 41%Trees
  • 100%Wild
  • 100Species

See the guide

Tonto National Forest

United States · 225 km

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

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q591893) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species106,889 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

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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