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Folehaveskoven

Honymand · CC0

45% trees around it and 1,318 species recorded.

67Forestyas Score

ForestFungiBirdsWildlife

  • trees within 3 km45%
  • wild within 10 km89%
  • species recorded1,318
  • Altitude50 m

The forest around

45% 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 77%Grassland 20%Cropland 1%Built-up 1%Trees 41%Grassland 18%Wetland 0%Water 23%Cropland 4%Built-up 14%Trees 29%Grassland 18%Water 44%Cropland 3%Built-up 7%Trees 26%Grassland 17%Water 46%Cropland 5%Built-up 7%45%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km77%
  • 1–3 km41%
  • 3–6 km29%
  • 6–10 km26%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees41%
  • Grassland18%
  • Water23%
  • Cropland4%
  • Built-up14%

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

1,318 species recorded.

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

European Alder
European AlderAlnus glutinosa419 recordsAEngelhardt · CC BY-SA 3.0
Soft Rush
Soft RushJuncus effusus408 recordsThe original uploader was Meggar at English Wikipedia . · CC BY-SA 3.0
European Beech
European BeechFagus sylvatica361 recordsMalene Thyssen · CC BY-SA 3.0
Sycamore
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus356 recordsChristian Pirkl · CC BY-SA 3.0 at
AshNT
AshFraxinus excelsior310 recordsWillow · CC BY 2.5
Pedunculate Oak
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur294 recordsAlgirdas at Lithuanian Wikipedia · Public domain
Grey Willow
Grey WillowSalix cinerea277 recordsBCB · Public domain
Brown Birch
Brown BirchBetula pubescens256 recordsDirk Ingo Franke · CC BY-SA 2.0
Great Willowherb
Great WillowherbEpilobium hirsutum252 recordsJeffdelonge at French Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0
Broadleaf cattail
Broadleaf cattailTypha latifolia246 recordsAndrawaag · CC BY-SA 4.0
Creeping Thistle
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense231 recordsAnRo0002 · CC0
Common Reed
Common ReedPhragmites australis225 recordsEpgrande · CC BY 4.0

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

In numbers

The forest, measured.

67out of 100

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

  • 45%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 89%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 1,318Speciesrecorded more than once within 5 km
  • 50 mAltitudeabove the sea

When to walk

Best for walking in June and from August to September.

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

  1. Jan2°-1°67 mm
  2. Feb2°-1°54 mm
  3. Mar5°0°45 mm
  4. Apr10°3°37 mm
  5. May15°8°51 mm
  6. Jun18°12°73 mm
  7. Jul21°15°79 mm
  8. Aug20°15°88 mm
  9. Sep17°12°57 mm
  10. Oct12°7°77 mm
  11. Nov7°4°68 mm
  12. Dec4°1°70 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Folehaveskoven.

Forest in Hørsholm, Denmark

Folehaveskoven is a forest in Denmark.

Seen from space, 45% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 89% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

1,318 species have been recorded around it: 923 plants, 207 fungi, 154 birds and 34 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: European Alder, Soft Rush and European Beech.

The best time to walk is in June and from August to September.

Chief Forester Linstows gravestone
Honymand · CC0

Get there and walk

Plan the visit

A guided walk, a bed nearby, a car.

Guided forest walks and tours near FolehaveskovenGetYourGuideSee prices Cabins and stays near FolehaveskovenBooking.comSee prices Car hire at CPH airport (Copenhagen)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.

Folehaveskoven 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

  • 5marked trails within 5 kmForskerruten, Rudersdalruten, Rude Skov and 2 more
  • 4named and notable trees within 6 kmLytteregen, Gyngetræet, Kongelinden and 1 more
  • 25picnic sites within 4 km
  • 112shelters and huts within 6 kmSkovbasen i Folehaven and 111 more
  • 5viewpoints within 5 kmHøje Sandbjerg, Maglebjerg, Åsebakken and 2 more
  • 212car parks within 3 km
  • 50campsites within 10 kmEvighedsbakken, Løjesø, Nivå Havn and 47 more
  • 13places to stay within 10 kmRungstedgaard, Hotel Marina, Sophienberg Slot and 10 more
  • 38restaurants and cafés within 3 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 Folehaveskoven.

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.

Peakyas13 mountains within 25 km
Maglebjerg4.6 kmGeels Bakke7.9 kmOxbjerget40 m · 22 kmOdinshøj41 m · 24 kmSkyhøj24 kmStrø Bjerge24 kmVittenbjerg24 kmStrø Bjerg25 km
Islandyasthe island
Zealand7,031 km²
Coastya1 beaches within 10 km
Nivå Strand7.5 km
Lakeyas5 lakes within 15 km
Sjælsø2.5 km² · 5.5 kmFuresø8.5 km² · 11 kmLyngby Lake0.5 km² · 11 kmLake Bagsværd1.1 km² · 12 kmFarum Sø0.9 km² · 13 km
Darkskyas3 dark-sky places within 30 km
StjärneborgBortle 4 · 11 kmTycho Brahe PlanetariumBortle 9 · 22 kmObservatorium TusculanumBortle 6 · 25 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 Forester Linstows grave
Honymand · CC0

Other forests nearby.

Folehaveskoven

Denmark

  • 67Forestyas Score
  • 45%Trees
  • 89%Wild
  • 1,318Species

Gribskov

Denmark · 19 km

  • 83Forestyas Score
  • 74%Trees
  • 79%Wild
  • 1,880Species

See the guide

Store Dyrehave

Denmark · 12 km

  • 79Forestyas Score
  • 70%Trees
  • 74%Wild
  • 1,559Species

See the guide

Rude Skov

Denmark · 6 km

  • 72Forestyas Score
  • 60%Trees
  • 82%Wild
  • 1,811Species

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q23747544) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species38,361 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, Islandyas, Coastya, Lakeyas, Darkskyas

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.Coming soonVisit
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.Visit 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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