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Hadera Forest

Ramessos · CC BY-SA 3.0

14% trees around it and 285 species recorded.

40Forestyas Score

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  • trees within 3 km14%
  • wild within 10 km73%
  • species recorded285

The forest around

14% 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 8%Cropland 23%Built-up 9%Trees 11%Shrubland 1%Grassland 23%Wetland 0%Water 14%Bare ground 3%Cropland 12%Built-up 35%Trees 18%Shrubland 1%Grassland 12%Wetland 0%Water 36%Bare ground 3%Cropland 14%Built-up 16%Trees 21%Shrubland 1%Grassland 10%Wetland 0%Water 43%Bare ground 2%Cropland 12%Built-up 11%14%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km41%
  • 1–3 km11%
  • 3–6 km18%
  • 6–10 km21%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees11%
  • Shrubland1%
  • Grassland23%
  • Wetland0%
  • Water14%
  • Bare ground3%
  • Cropland12%
  • Built-up35%

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

285 species recorded.

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

Animated oat
Animated oatAvena sterilis783 recordsEpgrande · CC BY 4.0
Slender Oat
Slender OatAvena barbata18 recordsJose Hernandez · Public domain
Silverleaf nightshade
Silverleaf nightshadeSolanum elaeagnifolium11 recordsPLAKLE · CC BY-SA 4.0
Bermuda buttercup
Bermuda buttercupOxalis pes-caprae7 recordsM ath K night and Zachi Evenor אביר המתמטיקה וצחי אבנור · CC BY-SA 4.0
Castor oil plant
Castor oil plantRicinus communis7 recordsNolege · CC BY-SA 3.0
Oleander
OleanderNerium oleander5 recordsUnknown author · CC BY 2.5
Camphorweed
CamphorweedHeterotheca subaxillaris5 recordsM ath K night · CC BY-SA 4.0
Hottentot fig
Hottentot figCarpobrotus edulis4 recordsTaken by Carsten Niehaus ( user:Lumbar ). · CC BY-SA 3.0
Capeweed
CapeweedArctotheca calendula4 recordsUser:Xemenendura · CC BY-SA 3.0
Common spikerush
Common spikerushEleocharis palustris3 recordsChristian Fischer · CC BY-SA 3.0
Flowering-rush
Flowering-rushButomus umbellatus3 recordsIvar Leidus · CC BY-SA 3.0
Friar's cowl
Friar's cowlArisarum vulgare3 recordsGiuseppe Frizzi · 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.

40out of 100

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

  • 14%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 73%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 285Speciesrecorded more than once within 5 km

When to walk

Best for walking in March and in December.

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

  1. Jan16°9°118 mm
  2. Feb17°10°88 mm
  3. Mar20°11°46 mm
  4. Apr23°13°23 mm
  5. May26°16°7 mm
  6. Jun30°20°1 mm
  7. Jul32°22°1 mm
  8. Aug32°23°1 mm
  9. Sep30°22°2 mm
  10. Oct28°19°18 mm
  11. Nov23°15°57 mm
  12. Dec19°11°104 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Hadera Forest.

Hadera Forest is a forest in Israel.

Seen from space, 14% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 73% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

285 species have been recorded around it: 39 plants, 2 fungi, 239 birds and 5 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: Animated oat, Slender Oat and Silverleaf nightshade.

The best time to walk is in March and in December.

HaderaWald
Ramessos · 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.

Hadera 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

  • 7marked trails within 5 kmשביל ישראל, שביל השרון and 5 more
  • 2named and notable trees within 6 kmעץ המוצצים, עץ האהבה
  • 10picnic sites within 4 kmחניון בריכת יער, הגן של עדי ויעלי, חניון חדרה דרום and 7 more
  • 12shelters and huts within 6 kmמקלט ציבורי, מקלט ציבורי - מקלט 34, מקלט ציבורי - מקלט 32 and 9 more
  • 7viewpoints within 5 kmתצפית תחנות הכח אורות רבין and 6 more
  • 78car parks within 3 km
  • 8places to stay within 10 kmכפר הים, בית יערי - בית הבראה, כפר הנופש נעורים and 5 more
  • 17restaurants and cafés within 3 km
  • visitor centres within 6 km
  • campsites within 10 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 Hadera 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.

Peakyas12 mountains within 25 km
Tel Zomera26 m · 4.5 kmTel Ifshar6.4 kmHotem HaCarmel13 kmTel Sharish16 kmHar Zikhrona163 m · 17 kmTel Poleg20 kmDeir Asfin20 kmCyclamen hill, Israel150 m · 23 km
Coastya6 beaches within 10 km
H̱of Olga2.0 kmH̱of Zevulun2.4 kmH̱of Kfar HaYam2.4 kmNeurim Beach7.7 kmH̱of Ne‘urim9.2 kmH̱of ‘En Hitkhelet9.5 km
Cavernyas1 caves within 20 km
Kebara Cave15 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.

PikiWiki Israel 18811 Winter in Hadera Forest
שגיב סולימן · CC BY 2.5
PikiWiki Israel 29553 Hedera forest
Gady Munz · CC BY 2.5
PikiWiki Israel 29554 Hedera forest
Gady Munz · CC BY 2.5

Other forests nearby.

Hadera Forest

Israel

  • 40Forestyas Score
  • 14%Trees
  • 73%Wild
  • 285Species

Atatürk Forest (Israel)

Israel · 26 km

  • 71Forestyas Score
  • 65%Trees
  • 89%Wild
  • 343Species

See the guide

Rihan forest

Israel · 23 km

  • 55Forestyas Score
  • 54%Trees
  • 82%Wild
  • 59Species

See the guide

Forest of the Martyrs

Israel · 74 km

  • 65Forestyas Score
  • 59%Trees
  • 86%Wild
  • 255Species

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q12022175) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species24,351 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, 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
forestsForestyasEvery forest with its land-cover rings, what grows and lives in it, and the best months to walk it.You are here