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Forêt Montmorency

Cephas · CC BY-SA 3.0

94% trees around it and 240 species recorded.

82Forestyas Score

ForestDense canopyWildFungiBirds

  • trees within 3 km94%
  • wild within 10 km100%
  • species recorded240
  • Altitude669 m

The forest around

94% 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 92%Grassland 2%Water 4%Bare ground 0%Built-up 1%Trees 95%Grassland 4%Water 1%Built-up 1%Trees 92%Grassland 6%Water 1%Built-up 0%Trees 93%Grassland 5%Water 2%Built-up 0%94%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km92%
  • 1–3 km95%
  • 3–6 km92%
  • 6–10 km93%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees95%
  • Grassland4%
  • Water1%
  • Bare ground0%
  • Built-up1%

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

240 species recorded.

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

Canadian Bunchberry
Canadian BunchberryCornus canadensis8 recordsJohnHarvey · CC BY-SA 3.0
Bluebead
BluebeadClintonia borealis6 recordsChoess · CC BY-SA 4.0
Skunk currant
Skunk currantRibes glandulosum4 recordsKymi · CC BY-SA 3.0
Creeping snowberry
Creeping snowberryGaultheria hispidula3 recordsJomegat · CC BY-SA 3.0
Pearly Everlasting
Pearly EverlastingAnaphalis margaritacea3 recordsPendragon39 · Public domain
Black Spruce
Black SprucePicea mariana3 recordsLBM1948 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Purple pitcherplant
Purple pitcherplantSarracenia purpurea3 recordsShipguy · Public domain
Beech Fern
Beech FernPhegopteris connectilis2 recordsde:Benutzer:Griensteidl · CC BY-SA 3.0
Bog clubmoss
Bog clubmossLycopodiella inundata2 recordsChristian Fischer · CC BY-SA 3.0
Beaked sedge
Beaked sedgeCarex utriculata2 recordsMatt Lavin · CC BY-SA 2.0
Canada mayflower
Canada mayflowerMaianthemum canadense2 recordsBlueCanoe · CC BY-SA 3.0
Prickly currant
Prickly currantRibes lacustre2 recordsWalter Siegmund · CC BY-SA 3.0

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

In numbers

The forest, measured.

82out of 100

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

  • 94%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 100%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 240Speciesrecorded more than once within 5 km
  • 669 mAltitudeabove the sea

When to walk

Best for walking in June and in August.

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

  1. Jan-12°-21°63 mm
  2. Feb-10°-19°64 mm
  3. Mar-5°-14°74 mm
  4. Apr2°-6°94 mm
  5. May12°2°102 mm
  6. Jun18°8°117 mm
  7. Jul20°11°136 mm
  8. Aug19°10°118 mm
  9. Sep15°6°118 mm
  10. Oct7°-1°126 mm
  11. Nov-1°-7°94 mm
  12. Dec-8°-16°93 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Forêt Montmorency.

Experimental forest of Laval University

Forêt Montmorency is a forest in Canada, 669 m above the sea.

Seen from space, 94% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 100% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

240 species have been recorded around it: 23 plants, 52 fungi, 157 birds and 8 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: Canadian Bunchberry, Bluebead and Skunk currant.

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

Lac Piché Montmorency 03
Cephas · 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.

Forêt Montmorency 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

  • 1picnic sites within 4 kmSommet De La Falaise
  • 6shelters and huts within 6 kmle Naturaliste, Les Eaux-Volées, Draveurs and 3 more
  • 6viewpoints within 5 kmVue Du Haut De La Chute and 5 more
  • 1car parks within 3 km
  • 31places to stay within 10 kmPourvoirie Forêt Montmorency-Université Laval, Boréal, Boileau and 28 more
  • marked trails within 5 km
  • named and notable trees within 6 km
  • visitor centres within 6 km
  • campsites within 10 km
  • restaurants 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 Forêt Montmorency.

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.

Peakyas22 mountains within 25 km
Mont François-De Laval1,082 m · 8.6 kmMont Belle Fontaine1,151 m · 8.8 kmMont Francine-C.-McKenzie1,000 m · 16 kmMont Jean-Hubert1,065 m · 17 kmMont Gérard-Morisset1,037 m · 17 kmMont de la Québécoise1,112 m · 21 kmMont Raoul-Blanchard1,181 m · 24 kmAndante Mount810 m · 24 km
Lakeyas16 lakes within 15 km
Lac Ruban0.3 km² · 6.6 kmLac à l'Épaule1.1 km² · 11 kmLac Sautauriski2.1 km² · 11 kmLac à Noël0.7 km² · 11 kmLac Archambault1.1 km² · 13 kmLac Fragasso0.6 km² · 13 kmLac à la Chute1.4 km² · 14 kmLac Walsh0.3 km² · 14 km
Cascadyas2 waterfalls within 15 km
Chute de la Rivière Noire3.5 kmCascade des Longues Écorces14 km
Riveryasthe river nearby
Rivière Montmorency97 kmRivière Noire24 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.

Foret Montmorency - 001
Jeangagnon · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wood bridge Montmorency
Cephas · CC BY-SA 3.0
Foret Montmorency - 004
Jeangagnon · CC BY-SA 3.0

Other forests nearby.

Forêt Montmorency

Canada

  • 82Forestyas Score
  • 94%Trees
  • 100%Wild
  • 240Species

White Mountain National Forest

United States · 359 km

  • 85Forestyas Score
  • 100%Trees
  • 100%Wild
  • 168Species

See the guide

Larose Forest

Canada · 377 km

  • 74Forestyas Score
  • 98%Trees
  • 73%Wild
  • 405Species

See the guide

Montreal Botanical Garden

Canada · 270 km

  • 35Forestyas Score
  • 14%Trees
  • 40%Wild
  • 533Species

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q3078721) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species51,195 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, Lakeyas, Cascadyas, Riveryas

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.Visit 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.Coming soonVisit
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