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Hallormsstaðaskógur

Christoph L. Hess · CC BY-SA 3.0

24% trees around it and 321 species recorded.

55Forestyas Score

ForestWildFungi

  • trees within 3 km24%
  • wild within 10 km99%
  • species recorded321
  • Altitude129 m

The forest around

24% 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 68%Shrubland 2%Grassland 25%Moss and lichen 4%Water 0%Built-up 0%Trees 19%Shrubland 0%Grassland 29%Moss and lichen 17%Water 34%Bare ground 0%Trees 8%Shrubland 0%Grassland 56%Moss and lichen 19%Water 16%Bare ground 0%Cropland 0%Trees 8%Shrubland 0%Grassland 60%Moss and lichen 23%Water 6%Bare ground 2%Cropland 1%24%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km68%
  • 1–3 km19%
  • 3–6 km8%
  • 6–10 km8%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees19%
  • Shrubland0%
  • Grassland29%
  • Moss and lichen17%
  • Water34%
  • Bare ground0%
  • 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

321 species recorded.

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

Stone bramble
Stone brambleRubus saxatilis36 recordsIvar Leidus · CC BY-SA 4.0
Brown Birch
Brown BirchBetula pubescens33 recordsDirk Ingo Franke · CC BY-SA 2.0
Harebell
HarebellCampanula rotundifolia25 recordsUnknown author · CC BY-SA 3.0
Velvetbells
VelvetbellsBartsia alpina23 recordsUnknown author · CC BY-SA 3.0
Common woodrush
Common woodrushLuzula multiflora19 recordsDaderot · Public domain
Red fescue
Red fescueFestuca rubra17 recordsKristian Peters -- Fabelfroh 12:31, 9 September 2006 (UTC) · CC BY-SA 3.0
Eightpetal mountain-avens
Eightpetal mountain-avensDryas octopetala16 recordsMichael Haferkamp · CC BY-SA 3.0
Salix lanata
Salix lanataSalix lanata16 recordsSten Porse · CC BY-SA 3.0
Shady Horsetail
Shady HorsetailEquisetum pratense13 recordsKristian Peters -- Fabelfroh 17:32, 12 August 2006 (UTC) · CC BY-SA 3.0
Bigelow's sedge
Bigelow's sedgeCarex bigelowii13 recordsPetr Filippov · CC BY-SA 3.0
Kinnikinnick
KinnikinnickArctostaphylos uva-ursi13 recordsWalter Siegmund · CC BY 2.5
Bistorta vivipara
Bistorta viviparaBistorta vivipara13 recordsUser:Victor M. Vicente Selvas · 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.

55out of 100

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

  • 24%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 99%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 321Speciesrecorded more than once within 5 km
  • 129 mAltitudeabove the sea

When to walk

Best for walking from June to August.

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

  1. Jan-3°-8°126 mm
  2. Feb-2°-8°107 mm
  3. Mar-2°-8°106 mm
  4. Apr0°-5°93 mm
  5. May4°-2°89 mm
  6. Jun9°2°78 mm
  7. Jul10°4°109 mm
  8. Aug9°4°108 mm
  9. Sep6°1°125 mm
  10. Oct2°-3°141 mm
  11. Nov-2°-6°133 mm
  12. Dec-3°-8°125 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Hallormsstaðaskógur.

Place in Norður-Múlasýsla, Iceland

Hallormsstaðaskógur is a forest in Iceland.

Seen from space, 24% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 99% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

321 species have been recorded around it: 152 plants, 142 fungi, 27 birds and 0 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: Stone bramble, Brown Birch and Harebell.

The best time to walk is from June to August.

Hallormsstaður
Christoph L. Hess · 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.

Hallormsstaðaskógur 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

  • 4marked trails within 5 kmHólar, Bjargselsbotnar, Hallormsstaðaháls and 1 more
  • 13picnic sites within 4 km
  • 12viewpoints within 5 km
  • 4car parks within 3 km
  • 4campsites within 10 kmHöfðavík, Atlavík, Camping Mjóanes and 1 more
  • 7places to stay within 10 kmGrái Hundurinn, Hússtjórnaskóli, Hótel Hallormsstaður and 4 more
  • named and notable trees within 6 km
  • shelters and huts within 6 km
  • visitor centres within 6 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 Hallormsstaðaskógur.

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.

Peakyas20 mountains within 25 km
Þingmúli9.2 kmSandfell11 kmSkúmhöttur13 kmKlausturhæð14 kmHallbjarnarstaðatindur14 kmHaugafjall16 kmBugalda18 kmSvartalda19 km
Islandyasthe island
Iceland102,775 km²
Lakeyas1 lakes within 15 km
Lagarfljót54 km² · 3.0 km
Darkskyas2 dark-sky places within 30 km
LagarfljótBortle 1 · 12 kmStuðlagilBortle 1 · 28 km
Cascadyas2 waterfalls within 15 km
Litlanesfoss7.1 kmHengifoss128 m · 7.3 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.

Hallormsstaðarskógi
Christian Bickel fingalo · CC BY-SA 2.0 de
Hallormsstaður-Hotel-06-Holzhacken-2018-gje
Gerd Eichmann · CC BY 4.0
Lagarfljót02
Christian Bickel · CC BY-SA 2.0 de

Other forests nearby.

Hallormsstaðaskógur

Iceland

  • 55Forestyas Score
  • 24%Trees
  • 99%Wild
  • 321Species

Akureyri Botanical Garden

Iceland · 169 km

  • 50Forestyas Score
  • 10%Trees
  • 93%Wild
  • 425Species

See the guide

Vaglaskógur

Iceland · 161 km

  • 45Forestyas Score
  • 4%Trees
  • 97%Wild
  • 294Species

See the guide

Þingvallaskógar

Iceland · 314 km

  • 49Forestyas Score
  • 1%Trees
  • 100%Wild
  • 274Species

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q787618) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species2,619 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, Islandyas, Lakeyas, Darkskyas, Cascadyas

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