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Dadia Forest

Michael Paraskevas · CC BY-SA 3.0

74% trees around it and 357 species recorded.

  • trees within 3 km74%
  • wild within 10 km79%
  • species recorded357
  • Altitude95 m

The forest around

74% 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 76%Grassland 14%Bare ground 0%Cropland 1%Built-up 8%Trees 74%Shrubland 2%Grassland 14%Bare ground 0%Cropland 10%Built-up 0%Trees 76%Shrubland 2%Grassland 12%Cropland 10%Built-up 1%Trees 59%Shrubland 1%Grassland 12%Water 1%Cropland 26%Built-up 1%74%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km76%
  • 1–3 km74%
  • 3–6 km76%
  • 6–10 km59%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees74%
  • Shrubland2%
  • Grassland14%
  • Water0%
  • Bare ground0%
  • Cropland10%
  • Built-up0%

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

357 species recorded.

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

Lysimachia atropurpurea
Lysimachia atropurpureaLysimachia atropurpurea9 recordsKENPEI · CC BY-SA 3.0
Symphytum ottomanum
Symphytum ottomanumSymphytum ottomanum9 recordsDr. Guido Bohne · CC BY-SA 4.0
Prickly Juniper
Prickly JuniperJuniperus oxycedrus8 recordsNo machine-readable author provided. David.gaya assumed (based on copyright claims). · CC BY-SA 2.5
Early spider-orchid
Early spider-orchidOphrys sphegodes8 recordsVelela · CC BY 2.5
Large speedwell
Large speedwellVeronica austriaca8 recordsUnknown author · CC BY-SA 3.0
Iris reichenbachii
Iris reichenbachiiIris reichenbachii8 recordsABesheva · CC BY-SA 4.0
Linaria pelisseriana
Linaria pelisserianaLinaria pelisseriana8 recordsJohan N · CC BY-SA 3.0
Oriental Hornbeam
Oriental HornbeamCarpinus orientalis7 recordsKarduelis · Public domain
Cistus laurifolius
Cistus laurifoliusCistus laurifolius7 recordsLeif Stridvall · CC BY-SA 2.5
Violet Limodore
Violet LimodoreLimodorum abortivum7 recordsABesheva · CC BY-SA 4.0
Tree Heath
Tree HeathErica arborea7 recordsJean-Pol GRANDMONT · CC BY 3.0
Turkey Oak
Turkey OakQuercus cerris6 recordsGiuseppe Frizzi · Public domain

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

In numbers

The forest, measured.

71out of 100

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

  • 74%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 79%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 357Speciesrecorded more than once within 5 km
  • 95 mAltitudeabove the sea

When to walk

Best for walking in April.

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

  1. Jan8°0°75 mm
  2. Feb10°1°59 mm
  3. Mar13°4°50 mm
  4. Apr18°7°39 mm
  5. May24°12°45 mm
  6. Jun30°17°40 mm
  7. Jul34°20°25 mm
  8. Aug34°20°14 mm
  9. Sep28°16°40 mm
  10. Oct21°10°64 mm
  11. Nov15°6°62 mm
  12. Dec9°2°76 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Dadia Forest.

Forest in Greece

Dadia Forest is a forest in Greece.

Seen from space, 74% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 79% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

357 species have been recorded around it: 158 plants, 3 fungi, 191 birds and 5 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: Lysimachia atropurpurea, Symphytum ottomanum and Prickly Juniper.

The best time to walk is in April.

Greece - Dadia forest - panoramio
Michael Paraskevas · 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.

Dadia 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

  • 2marked trails within 5 kmRed Trail: Gibrena Peak, Blue Trail: Gibrena Peak
  • 1shelters and huts within 6 km
  • 1visitor centres within 6 kmΚέντρο Ενημέρωσης
  • 1car parks within 3 km
  • 2places to stay within 10 kmHotel Orpheus, Koukouli
  • 4restaurants and cafés within 3 km
  • named and notable trees within 6 km
  • picnic sites within 4 km
  • viewpoints within 5 km
  • campsites within 10 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 Dadia 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.

Birdyas2 birding sites within 25 km
Dasos Dadias - Soufli185 species · 5.0 kmOreinos Evros - Koilada Dereiou167 species · 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.

Dadia forest view
Pjposullivan · CC BY-SA 3.0
Dadia forest vultures
Pjposullivan · CC BY-SA 3.0
ΔΑΣΟΣ ΔΑΔΙΑΣ
Krystallia A.S · CC BY-SA 4.0

Other forests nearby.

Dadia Forest

Greece

  • 71Forestyas Score
  • 74%Trees
  • 79%Wild
  • 357Species

Belgrad Forest

Turkey · 228 km

  • 81Forestyas Score
  • 99%Trees
  • 92%Wild
  • 327Species

See the guide

Atatürk Arboretum

Turkey · 231 km

  • 81Forestyas Score
  • 97%Trees
  • 87%Wild
  • 262Species

See the guide

Baikushev's pine

Bulgaria · 245 km

  • 72Forestyas Score
  • 49%Trees
  • 98%Wild
  • 245Species

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q65065436) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species13,803 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, Birdyas

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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