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Haurain

Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data), CC BY 4.0, with relief shading from Copernicus WorldDEM-30

90% trees around it and 580 species recorded.

  • trees within 3 km90%
  • wild within 10 km97%
  • species recorded580
  • Altitude364 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 99%Grassland 1%Trees 89%Grassland 9%Built-up 2%Trees 82%Grassland 14%Cropland 2%Built-up 2%Trees 87%Grassland 10%Water 0%Cropland 2%Built-up 1%90%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km99%
  • 1–3 km89%
  • 3–6 km82%
  • 6–10 km87%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees89%
  • Grassland9%
  • Cropland0%
  • Built-up2%

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

580 species recorded.

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

European Beech
European BeechFagus sylvatica40 recordsMalene Thyssen · CC BY-SA 3.0
Silver Birch
Silver BirchBetula pendula39 recordsUnknown author · Public domain
Norway Spruce
Norway SprucePicea abies38 recordsIvar Leidus · CC BY-SA 3.0 ee
Hornbeam
HornbeamCarpinus betulus35 recordsBotaurus · Public domain
Scots Pine
Scots PinePinus sylvestris35 recordsHello, I am Bruce on Flickr · CC BY-SA 2.0
Woodland germander
Woodland germanderTeucrium scorodonia33 recordsFrank Vincentz · CC BY-SA 3.0
Rowan
RowanSorbus aucuparia33 recordsGiallopolenta · Public domain
Eurasian Aspen
Eurasian AspenPopulus tremula32 recordsØyvind Holmstad · CC BY-SA 4.0
Wild Cherry
Wild CherryPrunus avium31 recordsCarl Axel Magnus Lindman · Public domain
Common bent
Common bentAgrostis capillaris30 recordsRasbak · CC BY-SA 3.0
Hairy cat's ear
Hairy cat's earHypochaeris radicata29 recordsAnRo0002 · CC0
White Clover
White CloverTrifolium repens29 recordsEpgrande · CC BY 4.0

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

In numbers

The forest, measured.

86out of 100

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
  • 97%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 580Speciesrecorded more than once within 5 km
  • 364 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. Jan2°-3°69 mm
  2. Feb4°-3°54 mm
  3. Mar9°0°56 mm
  4. Apr14°4°44 mm
  5. May18°8°78 mm
  6. Jun23°12°61 mm
  7. Jul26°14°72 mm
  8. Aug25°13°69 mm
  9. Sep20°9°52 mm
  10. Oct14°5°60 mm
  11. Nov7°1°65 mm
  12. Dec3°-2°74 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Haurain.

Unincorporated area in Germany

Haurain is a forest in Germany, 364 m above the sea.

Seen from space, 90% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 97% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

580 species have been recorded around it: 517 plants, 2 fungi, 59 birds and 2 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: European Beech, Silver Birch and Norway Spruce.

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

Haurain seen from above (Sentinel-2)
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data), CC BY 4.0, with relief shading from Copernicus WorldDEM-30

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.

Haurain 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

  • 65marked trails within 5 kmBirkenhainer Straße, Gebietswanderweg Roter Balken Haseltal - Partenstein, Gebietswanderweg Rotes X: Frammersbach - Mosborn and 62 more
  • 11named and notable trees within 6 kmDorflinde, Josefseiche, Märcheneiche and 8 more
  • 29picnic sites within 4 kmGänsruh and 28 more
  • 45shelters and huts within 6 kmKöhlerplatz and 44 more
  • 33viewpoints within 5 kmHermannskoppe, Blick auf Kempfenbrunn and 31 more
  • 1visitor centres within 6 kmVerkehrsverein Frammersbach
  • 24car parks within 3 km
  • 12campsites within 10 kmSportgebiet an der Orber Straße, Reisemobilstellplatz Lohrhaupten, Trekkingzeltplatz Jagdpfad and 9 more
  • 20places to stay within 10 kmFerienpark Ziegelhütte, Landhotel Spessartruh, Flörsbacher Hof and 17 more
  • 6restaurants 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 Haurain.

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.

Peakyas294 mountains within 25 km
Hermannskoppe567 m · 3.2 kmBeilstein500 m · 11 kmWeickertshöhe546 m · 11 kmHorst540 m · 13 kmGeiersberg586 m · 21 kmLärchhöhe573 m · 22 kmSodenberg481 m · 23 kmHohe Warte572 m · 23 km
Viewyas1 viewpoints within 15 kmComing soon
Stadttor13 km
Birdyas4 birding sites within 25 km
Spessart12 kmNördlicher Forst Aura15 kmSpessart bei Bad Orb17 kmFelswände bei Büdingen und Gelnhausen24 km
Cavernyas1 caves within 20 km
Große Mariengrotte Heigenbrücken8.8 km

Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.

Other forests nearby.

Haurain

Germany

  • 86Forestyas Score
  • 90%Trees
  • 97%Wild
  • 580Species

Burgwallbacher Forst

Germany · 52 km

  • 82Forestyas Score
  • 97%Trees
  • 84%Wild
  • 956Species

See the guide

Winkelhofer Forst

Germany · 80 km

  • 74Forestyas Score
  • 77%Trees
  • 77%Wild
  • 791Species

See the guide

Landschaftspark

Germany · 31 km

  • 55Forestyas Score
  • 31%Trees
  • 69%Wild
  • 1,106Species

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q1589833) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species5,556 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, Viewyas, Birdyas, Canyonyas, Cavernyas

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

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