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Dąb Sobieskiego w Łężczoku

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27% trees around it and 182 species recorded.

35Forestyas Score

Notable treeBirds

  • trees within 3 km27%
  • wild within 10 km52%
  • species recorded182
  • Altitude200 m

The forest around

27% 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 64%Grassland 3%Wetland 0%Water 24%Bare ground 0%Cropland 8%Trees 22%Grassland 21%Wetland 0%Water 6%Cropland 46%Built-up 4%Trees 33%Grassland 19%Wetland 0%Water 2%Bare ground 0%Cropland 39%Built-up 7%Trees 32%Grassland 16%Wetland 0%Water 2%Bare ground 0%Cropland 44%Built-up 5%27%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km64%
  • 1–3 km22%
  • 3–6 km33%
  • 6–10 km32%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees22%
  • Grassland21%
  • Wetland0%
  • Water6%
  • Bare ground0%
  • Cropland46%
  • Built-up4%

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

182 species recorded.

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

Spotted henbit
Spotted henbitLamium maculatum7 recordsTomasz Kuran aka Meteor2017 · CC BY 2.5
Ramsons
RamsonsAllium ursinum6 recordsAgnes Monkelbaan · CC BY-SA 4.0
Jesuit's nut
Jesuit's nutTrapa natans5 recordsBilous Olena · CC BY 4.0
Small yellow balsam
Small yellow balsamImpatiens parviflora3 recordsAndré Karwath aka Aka · CC BY-SA 2.5
Yellow Iris
Yellow IrisIris pseudacorus3 recordsJean-Jacques MILAN · CC BY-SA 3.0
European Beech
European BeechFagus sylvatica2 recordsMalene Thyssen · CC BY-SA 3.0
Stickywilly
StickywillyGalium aparine2 recordsAlvesgaspar · CC BY-SA 3.0
Rowan
RowanSorbus aucuparia2 recordsGiallopolenta · Public domain
American bird cherry
American bird cherryPrunus serotina2 recordsUnknown author · CC BY-SA 3.0
Staghorn sumac
Staghorn sumacRhus typhina2 recordsThe original uploader was Muggwort17 at English Wikipedia . · Public domain
Common Aldrovanda
Common AldrovandaAldrovanda vesiculosa2 recordsUnknown author · CC BY-SA 3.0
Melampyrum nemorosum
Melampyrum nemorosumMelampyrum nemorosum2 recordsCarl Axel Magnus Lindman · Public domain

Open records within 2 km (GBIF, licensed for any use). Busy places are better recorded than remote ones.

In numbers

The forest, measured.

35out of 100

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

  • 27%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 52%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 182Speciesrecorded more than once within 2 km
  • 200 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. Jan0°-6°41 mm
  2. Feb2°-5°38 mm
  3. Mar7°-2°42 mm
  4. Apr14°3°46 mm
  5. May19°8°84 mm
  6. Jun23°13°88 mm
  7. Jul26°15°87 mm
  8. Aug26°14°72 mm
  9. Sep20°9°72 mm
  10. Oct13°4°53 mm
  11. Nov7°0°41 mm
  12. Dec1°-4°39 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Dąb Sobieskiego w Łężczoku.

Natural monument in Poland

Dąb Sobieskiego w Łężczoku is a notable tree in Poland.

Seen from space, 27% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 52% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

182 species have been recorded around it: 12 plants, 0 fungi, 170 birds and 0 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: Spotted henbit, Ramsons and Jesuit's nut.

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

Dąb Sobieskiego 7
Olos88 · Public domain

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.

Dąb Sobieskiego w Łężczoku 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

  • 9marked trails within 5 kmSzlak Husarii Polskiej, Szlak Polskich Szkół Mniejszościowych, Ścieżka dydaktyczna Arboretum Bramy Morawskiej. I - ścieżka dendrologiczna and 6 more
  • 10named and notable trees within 6 kmDąb Sobieskiego, Dąb błotny, Jesion wyniosły nr 342 and 7 more
  • 13picnic sites within 4 km
  • 31shelters and huts within 6 kmAmbona do obserwacji ptaków and 30 more
  • 5viewpoints within 5 kmPlatforma widokowa w Oborze, Bulwary Nadodrzańskie and 3 more
  • 3visitor centres within 6 kmAgencja Promocji Ziemi Raciborskiej i Wspierania Przedsiębiorczości na Zamku Pia, Visit Racibórz Raciborskie Centrum Informacji, Raciborskie Centrum Turystyki
  • 20car parks within 3 km
  • 1campsites within 10 kmOSiR Racibórz
  • 31places to stay within 10 kmApartamenty Akacjowa, Ośrodek Rekreacji i Wypoczynku „Leśna Polana”, Motell DARO and 28 more
  • 2restaurants 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 Dąb Sobieskiego w Łężczoku.

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
Widok7.4 kmGóra Wiktorii13 km
Viewyas8 viewpoints within 15 kmComing soon
Ambona do obserwacji ptaków, Rezerwat przyrody Łężczok0.9 kmpanorama of Markowice3.1 kmPlatforma widokowa w Oborze3.2 kmViewpoint Park im. Josepha von Eichendorffa4.3 kmViewing terrace Staw Miejski in Racibórz6.5 kmAmbona - Old chalupa Lacha6.9 kmAmbona - 5 cio minutówka7.8 kmObservation tower in Pogrzebień8.0 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.

Dąb Sobieskiego w Łężczoku, Nędza, okres Ratiboř, Polsko 01
Fry72, Karel Frydrýšek · CC BY-SA 4.0
Dąb Sobieskiego w Łężczoku, Nędza, okres Ratiboř, Polsko 03
Fry72, Karel Frydrýšek · CC BY-SA 4.0
Dąb Sobieskiego 1
Olos88 · Public domain

Other forests nearby.

Dąb Sobieskiego w Łężczoku

Poland

  • 35Forestyas Score
  • 27%Trees
  • 52%Wild
  • 182Species

Niepołomice Forest

Poland · 150 km

  • 72Forestyas Score
  • 91%Trees
  • 71%Wild
  • 305Species

See the guide

Ždánice Forest

Czechia · 145 km

  • 67Forestyas Score
  • 93%Trees
  • 52%Wild
  • 616Species

See the guide

Rákoczi Oak

Slovakia · 150 km

  • 53Forestyas Score
  • 56%Trees
  • 67%Wild
  • 119Species

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q9249147) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species9,684 open records within 2 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, Viewyas

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

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