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Gernikako Arbola

Papamanila · CC BY-SA 3.0

66% trees around it and 118 species recorded.

70Forestyas Score

Notable treeWild

  • trees within 3 km66%
  • wild within 10 km98%
  • species recorded118

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 20%Bare ground 0%Cropland 0%Built-up 38%Trees 69%Grassland 26%Wetland 1%Cropland 1%Built-up 3%Trees 78%Shrubland 0%Grassland 18%Wetland 1%Water 0%Cropland 0%Built-up 1%Trees 81%Grassland 16%Wetland 0%Water 2%Built-up 1%66%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km41%
  • 1–3 km69%
  • 3–6 km78%
  • 6–10 km81%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees69%
  • Grassland26%
  • Wetland1%
  • Water0%
  • Bare ground0%
  • Cropland1%
  • Built-up3%

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

118 species recorded.

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

Kidney bean
Kidney beanPhaseolus vulgaris16 recordsRasbak · CC BY-SA 3.0
Indian Corn
Indian CornZea mays12 recordsAkwugo · CC BY-SA 4.0
Cherry laurel
Cherry laurelPrunus laurocerasus9 recordsKarduelis · Public domain
Cobnut
CobnutCorylus avellana7 recordsMPF · CC BY-SA 3.0
Italian Alder
Italian AlderAlnus cordata7 recordsFranz Xaver · CC BY-SA 3.0
Sweet bay
Sweet bayLaurus nobilis5 recordsUnknown author · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wild angelica
Wild angelicaAngelica sylvestris5 recordsUnknown author · Public domain
Ground-ivy
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea4 recordsAnRo0002 · CC0
Yellow Archangel
Yellow ArchangelLamium galeobdolon4 recordsTeun Spaans · CC BY 2.5
Arizona beggarticks
Arizona beggarticksBidens aurea4 recordsDick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada · CC BY 2.0
Pampas grass
Pampas grassCortaderia selloana3 recordsUnknown author · CC BY-SA 2.0
Strawberry-tree
Strawberry-treeArbutus unedo3 recordsDidier Descouens · CC BY-SA 4.0

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

In numbers

The forest, measured.

70out 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
  • 98%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 118Speciesrecorded more than once within 2 km

When to walk

Best for walking in June and in October.

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

  1. Jan12°8°130 mm
  2. Feb11°8°101 mm
  3. Mar13°9°94 mm
  4. Apr15°11°83 mm
  5. May17°13°72 mm
  6. Jun20°16°61 mm
  7. Jul22°18°40 mm
  8. Aug23°19°42 mm
  9. Sep22°18°59 mm
  10. Oct19°15°96 mm
  11. Nov15°11°154 mm
  12. Dec12°9°123 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Gernikako Arbola.

The Tree of Gernika

Gernikako Arbola is a notable tree in Spain.

Seen from space, 66% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 98% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

118 species have been recorded around it: 49 plants, 0 fungi, 69 birds and 0 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: Kidney bean, Indian Corn and Cherry laurel.

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

Arbol de Gernika día
Papamanila · 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.

Gernikako Arbola 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 kmCamino del Norte (Euskal Herria), Ardoaren eta arrainaren bidea, Oma-Basondo and 6 more
  • 3named and notable trees within 6 kmGernikako Arbola, Gernikako arbola zaharra, Encina de Urkieta
  • 6picnic sites within 4 km
  • 2shelters and huts within 6 km
  • 2viewpoints within 5 km
  • 3visitor centres within 6 kmOficina de Turismo, KZ Gunea
  • 69car parks within 3 km
  • 5campsites within 10 kmÁrea de autocaravanas Zelaieta, Arketa kanping, Portuondo and 2 more
  • 49places to stay within 10 kmHotel Boliña, Pensión Akelarre, Pensión Gernika and 46 more
  • 25restaurants 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 Gernikako Arbola.

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.

Peakyas72 mountains within 25 km
Oiz massif1,026 m · 9.7 kmAlluitz1,034 m · 16 kmMugarra964 m · 18 kmLeungane1,009 m · 19 kmKanpantorreta1,002 m · 21 kmUntxillaitz934 m · 21 kmAitz Txiki791 m · 22 kmSaibi946 m · 24 km
Coastya1 beaches within 10 km
Atxarre9.4 km
Cavernyas7 caves within 20 km
Santimamiñe kobazuloa5.0 kmAntzoriz15 kmArmintxe Cave15 kmArlanpe15 kmGoikolau15 kmLumentza cave15 kmLamiñak II17 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.

Arbre de Gernika
Justin Ollier · CC BY-SA 4.0
Arbol de Gernika. Casa de Juntas de Gernika-Gernikako Batzarretxea. Gernika-Lumo, Vizcaya-Bizkaia.
Roberto Chamoso G · CC BY-SA 3.0 es
Arbol de Gernika y La Tribuna. Casa de Juntas de Gernika-Gernikako Batzarretxea. Gernika-Lumo, Vizcaya-Bizkaia. (2)
Roberto Chamoso G · CC BY-SA 3.0 es

Other forests nearby.

Gernikako Arbola

Spain

  • 70Forestyas Score
  • 66%Trees
  • 98%Wild
  • 118Species

Irati Forest

Spain · 134 km

  • 87Forestyas Score
  • 94%Trees
  • 100%Wild
  • 667Species

See the guide

Hayedo de Tejera Negra

Spain · 241 km

  • 81Forestyas Score
  • 71%Trees
  • 99%Wild
  • 195Species

See the guide

Hayedo de Montejo

Spain · 255 km

  • 84Forestyas Score
  • 71%Trees
  • 100%Wild
  • 366Species

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q919957) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species1,467 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, Coastya, Cavernyas

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
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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