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Forest of Retz

P.poschadel · CC BY-SA 3.0

66% trees around it and 973 species recorded.

65Forestyas Score

ForestFungiBirdsWildlife

  • trees within 3 km66%
  • wild within 10 km63%
  • species recorded973
  • Altitude144 m

The forest around

66% 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 41%Grassland 14%Cropland 17%Built-up 28%Trees 70%Grassland 4%Cropland 18%Built-up 9%Trees 66%Grassland 4%Cropland 29%Built-up 1%Trees 52%Grassland 6%Cropland 40%Built-up 1%66%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km41%
  • 1–3 km70%
  • 3–6 km66%
  • 6–10 km52%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees70%
  • Grassland4%
  • Cropland18%
  • Built-up9%

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

973 species recorded.

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

European Beech
European BeechFagus sylvatica169 recordsMalene Thyssen · CC BY-SA 3.0
Hornbeam
HornbeamCarpinus betulus107 recordsBotaurus · Public domain
AshNT
AshFraxinus excelsior105 recordsWillow · CC BY 2.5
English holly
English hollyIlex aquifolium91 recordsUnknown author · Public domain
Hanging sedge
Hanging sedgeCarex pendula88 recordsDidier Descouens · CC BY-SA 4.0
Ruscus aculeatus
Ruscus aculeatusRuscus aculeatus82 recordsNo machine-readable author provided. Vista~commonswiki assumed (based on copyright claims) · CC BY-SA 3.0
European woodland sedge
European woodland sedgeCarex sylvatica81 recordsFranz Xaver · CC BY-SA 3.0
Male fern
Male fernDryopteris filix-mas79 recordsCarl Axel Magnus Lindman · Public domain
Sycamore
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus78 recordsChristian Pirkl · CC BY-SA 3.0 at
Herb-robert
Herb-robertGeranium robertianum77 recordsEpgrande · CC BY 4.0
Yellow Archangel
Yellow ArchangelLamium galeobdolon76 recordsTeun Spaans · CC BY 2.5
Woodruff
WoodruffGalium odoratum75 recordsJopi · 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.

65out of 100

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

  • 66%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 63%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 973Speciesrecorded more than once within 5 km
  • 144 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. Jan5°0°59 mm
  2. Feb7°0°54 mm
  3. Mar11°2°55 mm
  4. Apr15°4°41 mm
  5. May19°8°65 mm
  6. Jun22°12°62 mm
  7. Jul24°13°60 mm
  8. Aug24°13°66 mm
  9. Sep20°10°46 mm
  10. Oct16°7°60 mm
  11. Nov10°4°63 mm
  12. Dec6°1°74 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Forest of Retz.

Forest in France

Forest of Retz is a forest in France.

Seen from space, 66% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 63% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

973 species have been recorded around it: 757 plants, 43 fungi, 134 birds and 39 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: European Beech, Hornbeam and Ash.

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

Coyolles (60), la cave du Diable en forêt de Retz 8
P.poschadel · CC BY-SA 3.0

Get there and walk

  • Aire de stationnement de Villers-Cotterêtscampsite · 0.4 km · 2 within 10 km
  • Hôtel du Parcplace to stay · 0.5 km · 11 within 10 km
  • Villers-Cotterêtsnearest town · 0.7 km in a straight line
  • Charles de Gaulle International Airport (CDG)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 48 km in a straight lineCar hire at CDG airport (Paris)Discover Cars · sponsored link

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.

Forest of Retz 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 kmLaie des Masures, Laie d'Eméville, Grand Tour de Paris, Montagny-Prouvaire - La Ferté-Milon and 6 more
  • 2named and notable trees within 6 kmChêne du Lieutenant, Hêtre des Amis de la Forêt de Retz
  • 2picnic sites within 4 km
  • 2shelters and huts within 6 km
  • 1viewpoints within 5 kmTour d'Observation Général Mangin
  • 1visitor centres within 6 kmOffice Intercommunal de tourisme
  • 124car parks within 3 km
  • 2campsites within 10 kmAire de stationnement de Villers-Cotterêts, Longpont campingcar
  • 11places to stay within 10 kmHôtel du Parc, Le Régent, Bonanite and 8 more
  • 14restaurants 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 Forest of Retz.

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.

Peakyas4 mountains within 25 km
Mont Saint-Marc19 kmMont des Singes22 kmMont du Tremble23 kmMont Cornon24 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.

Coyolles (60), la cave du Diable en forêt de Retz 12
P.poschadel · CC BY-SA 3.0
Borne limitative de la forêt de Retz au nord d'Haramont
VVVCFFrance · CC0
Forest of Retz, France
Romain Boukhobza · CC BY-SA 3.0

Other forests nearby.

Forest of Retz

France

  • 65Forestyas Score
  • 66%Trees
  • 63%Wild
  • 973Species

Forest of Compiègne

France · 20 km

  • 80Forestyas Score
  • 99%Trees
  • 75%Wild
  • 1,320Species

See the guide

Chantilly Forest

France · 43 km

  • 80Forestyas Score
  • 83%Trees
  • 77%Wild
  • 1,387Species

See the guide

Forest of Halatte

France · 38 km

  • 76Forestyas Score
  • 82%Trees
  • 68%Wild
  • 1,559Species

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q3078936) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species20,755 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

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

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