Germany forest
Grunewald
Axel Mauruszat · Attribution
90% trees around it and 1,574 species recorded.
- trees within 3 km90%
- wild within 10 km69%
- species recorded1,574
- Altitude61 m
The forest around
90% 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, ring by ring
- 0–1 km95%
- 1–3 km89%
- 3–6 km62%
- 6–10 km51%
What covers the land (1–3 km)
- Trees89%
- Grassland2%
- Water1%
- Cropland0%
- Built-up8%
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
1,574 species recorded.
The plants, fungi, birds and mammals people have recorded here most often.
VU
NT
Open records within 5 km (GBIF, licensed for any use). Busy places are better recorded than remote ones.
In numbers
The forest, measured.
Our own rating, from open data only: tree cover (40 points), wildness (20), species recorded (30) and protection or heritage (10).
- 90%Treesof the land within 3 km
- 69%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
- 1,574Speciesrecorded more than once within 5 km
- 61 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.
- Jan-3°54 mm
- Feb-3°38 mm
- Mar-1°40 mm
- Apr4°28 mm
- May8°53 mm
- Jun13°57 mm
- Jul15°81 mm
- Aug14°58 mm
- Sep10°49 mm
- Oct5°49 mm
- Nov2°49 mm
- Dec-1°48 mm
- Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
- Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Grunewald.
German forest located in the western side of Berlin, Germany
Grunewald is a forest in Germany.
Seen from space, 90% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 69% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.
1,574 species have been recorded around it: 1,000 plants, 366 fungi, 177 birds and 31 mammals.
The most recorded plants are: Small-leaved Lime, Norway maple and Pedunculate Oak.
The best time to walk is in May and in September.
Get there and walk
- Wohnmobil Stellplatz Marina Lankecampsite · 5.8 km · 13 within 10 km
- Rasthof AVUSplace to stay · 4.3 km · 550 within 10 km
- Grunewaldnearest town · 2.1 km in a straight line
- Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 21 km in a straight lineCar hire at BER airport (Berlin)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.
Around, in OpenStreetMap
- 10marked trails within 5 kmHavelhöhenweg, Teltower Dörferweg, Teltowkanalweg and 7 more
- 23named and notable trees within 6 kmKaisereiche, Haber-Linde, Friedenseiche and 20 more
- 26picnic sites within 4 km
- 202shelters and huts within 6 km
- 56viewpoints within 5 kmTeufelsberg, Drachenberg, Großes Fenster and 53 more
- 8visitor centres within 6 kmBerlin Tourist Info, DB Information, Infopoint and 5 more
- 640car parks within 3 km
- 13campsites within 10 kmWohnmobil Stellplatz Marina Lanke, Campingplatz Gatow, CityCamp Süd and 10 more
- 550places to stay within 10 kmRasthof AVUS, Hotel Villa Kastania Berlin, B&B Hotel and 547 more
- 90restaurants 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 Grunewald.
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.
Peakyas120 mountains within 25 kmKreuzberg66 m · 9.2 kmHumboldthöhe84 m · 13 kmPfingstberg76 m · 14 kmRuinenberg74 m · 16 kmTelegrafenberg94 m · 16 kmVolkspark Prenzlauer Berg91 m · 16 kmKleiner Ravensberg114 m · 17 kmAhrensfelder Berge114 m · 25 km
Lakeyas11 lakes within 15 kmKrumme Lanke0.3 km² · 3.5 km↗Großer Wannsee16 km² · 6.6 km↗Groß Glienicker See0.5 km² · 9.4 kmSacrower See0.9 km² · 10 km↗Griebnitzsee0.4 km² · 12 km↗Lake Tegel2.7 km² · 13 km↗Heiliger See0.3 km² · 13 kmFalkenhagener See0.4 km² · 14 km
Darkskyas6 dark-sky places within 30 kmPlanetarium am InsulanerBortle 9 · 6.8 kmBerlin ObservatoryBortle 9 · 11 km↗Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics PotsdamBortle 6 · 12 km↗Zeiss Major PlanetariumBortle 9 · 15 kmArchenhold ObservatoryBortle 9 · 16 km↗Einstein TowerBortle 7 · 16 km↗
Viewyas5 viewpoints within 15 kmComing soonGreat Berlin Wheel7.4 km↗Belvedere7.4 km↗tower building Klein-Glienicke Castle12 kmFlatow Tower13 km↗Finkenberg Observation Tower14 km
Birdyas6 birding sites within 25 kmSPA Grunewald199 species · 1.5 kmWestlicher Düppeler Forst187 species · 10 km↗Döberitzer Heide12 kmSpandauer Forst182 species · 13 kmU. Rhinluch/Dreetzer See, Havell. Luch und Belziger Landschaftsw.14 kmTegeler Fließtal201 species · 18 km
Cavernyas2 caves within 20 kmMuschelgrotte im Neuen Garten13 kmNeptune Grotto16 km↗
Cascadyas1 waterfalls within 15 kmWasserfall im Viktoriapark9.2 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.
Other forests nearby.
Grunewald
Germany
- 78Forestyas Score
- 90%Trees
- 69%Wild
- 1,574Species
Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin
Germany · 4 km
- 64Forestyas Score
- 61%Trees
- 62%Wild
- 712Species
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q11705528) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Land cover | ESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0 |
| Species | 278,667 open records within 5 km (GBIF, CC0 and CC BY 4.0 only) |
| See these records | gbif.org |
| Names and photos | Wikidata (CC0); GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Altitude | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Temperature and rain | NASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2) |
| What is around | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Sister atlases | Peakyas, Lakeyas, Darkskyas, Viewyas, Birdyas, Cavernyas, Cascadyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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