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Green Mountain National Forest

usfs_Eastern_Region · Public domain

99% trees around it and 460 species recorded.

87Forestyas Score

ForestNational forestDense canopyBirds

  • trees within 3 km99%
  • wild within 10 km92%
  • species recorded460
  • Altitude576 m

The forest around

99% 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 100%Water 0%Trees 98%Grassland 1%Cropland 0%Trees 80%Grassland 7%Water 3%Cropland 9%Built-up 1%Trees 79%Grassland 11%Wetland 0%Water 1%Bare ground 0%Cropland 8%Built-up 1%99%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km100%
  • 1–3 km98%
  • 3–6 km80%
  • 6–10 km79%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees98%
  • Grassland1%
  • Water0%
  • Cropland0%
  • 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

460 species recorded.

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

Eastern White Pine
Eastern White PinePinus strobus30 recordsKeith Kanoti, Maine Forest Service, USA · CC BY 3.0 us
Eastern HemlockNT
Eastern HemlockTsuga canadensis22 recordsBruce Marlin · CC BY-SA 3.0
Pink lady's slipper
Pink lady's slipperCypripedium acaule18 recordsSasata (edited by Noodle snacks · CC BY-SA 3.0
Sensitive fern
Sensitive fernOnoclea sensibilis17 recordsKurt Stüber [1] · CC BY-SA 3.0
American Beech
American BeechFagus grandifolia17 recordsBruce Marlin · CC BY-SA 2.5
Gray birch
Gray birchBetula alleghaniensis17 recordsU.S. Fish and Wildlife Service · Public domain
American bird cherry
American bird cherryPrunus serotina15 recordsUnknown author · CC BY-SA 3.0
Striped maple
Striped mapleAcer pensylvanicum15 recordsJason Hollinger · CC BY 2.0
Canada mayflower
Canada mayflowerMaianthemum canadense13 recordsBlueCanoe · CC BY-SA 3.0
Painted trillium
Painted trilliumTrillium undulatum12 recordsD. Gordon E. Robertson · CC BY-SA 3.0
Dogtooth violet
Dogtooth violetErythronium americanum12 recordsKaldari · Public domain
Canoe birch
Canoe birchBetula papyrifera12 recordsRobert Linsdell from St. Andrews, Canada · CC BY 2.0

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

In numbers

The forest, measured.

87out of 100

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

  • 99%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 92%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 460Speciesrecorded more than once within 5 km
  • 576 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. Jan-4°-13°58 mm
  2. Feb-2°-13°63 mm
  3. Mar3°-7°71 mm
  4. Apr11°0°84 mm
  5. May18°7°98 mm
  6. Jun23°12°126 mm
  7. Jul25°15°112 mm
  8. Aug25°14°98 mm
  9. Sep21°10°86 mm
  10. Oct13°3°112 mm
  11. Nov6°-3°76 mm
  12. Dec-1°-9°88 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Green Mountain National Forest.

National Forest in Vermont, US

Green Mountain National Forest is a national forest in United States, 576 m above the sea.

Seen from space, 99% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 92% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

460 species have been recorded around it: 235 plants, 37 fungi, 182 birds and 6 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: Eastern White Pine, Eastern Hemlock and Pink lady's slipper.

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

GMNF Birches2FC093014 (15380222516)
usfs_Eastern_Region · Public domain

Get there and walk

Plan the visit

A guided walk, a bed nearby, a car.

Guided forest walks and tours near Green Mountain National ForestGetYourGuideSee prices Cabins and stays near Green Mountain National ForestBooking.comSee prices Car hire at BTV airport (Burlington)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.

Green Mountain National 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

  • 17marked trails within 5 kmNorth Country National Scenic Trail (VT), Oak Ridge Trail, Mount Moosalamoo Trail and 14 more
  • 1picnic sites within 4 km
  • 6viewpoints within 5 kmRattlesnake Point and 5 more
  • 8car parks within 3 km
  • 9campsites within 10 kmLake Dunmore Kampersville, Moosalamoo Campground, Falls of Lana picnic area and 6 more
  • 12places to stay within 10 kmWaybury Inn, By the Way B & B, The Chipman Inn and 9 more
  • 1restaurants and cafés within 3 km
  • named and notable trees within 6 km
  • shelters and huts within 6 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 Green Mountain National 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.

Peakyas107 mountains within 25 km
Bread Loaf Mountain1,165 m · 12 kmMount Wilson1,147 m · 13 kmMount Horrid14 kmMount Grant1,105 m · 16 kmMount Cleveland17 kmSnake Mountain391 m · 21 kmMount Abraham1,207 m · 22 kmLincoln Peak1,212 m · 23 km
Lakeyas2 lakes within 15 km
Lake Dunmore3.9 km² · 4.4 kmSilver Lake0.3 km² · 6.8 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.

2020-10-17 15 12 39 View south towards the Green Mountain National Forest during autumn from Virginia State Route 7A in Sunderland, Bennington County, Vermont
Famartin · CC BY-SA 4.0
2020-10-17 15 12 44 View south-southeast towards the Green Mountain National Forest during autumn from Virginia State Route 7A in Sunderland, Bennington County, Vermont
Famartin · CC BY-SA 4.0
GMNF BurnishedBeechLeaves FC101014 (15495920301)
usfs_Eastern_Region · Public domain

Other forests nearby.

Green Mountain National Forest

United States

  • 87Forestyas Score
  • 99%Trees
  • 92%Wild
  • 460Species

White Mountain National Forest

United States · 134 km

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

See the guide

Larose Forest

Canada · 229 km

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

See the guide

Arnold Arboretum

United States · 242 km

  • 62Forestyas Score
  • 58%Trees
  • 65%Wild
  • 501Species

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q3079131) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species75,183 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

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

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