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Hrodzenskaja pušča

Vit Koz · CC BY-SA 4.0

72% trees around it and 122 species recorded.

  • trees within 3 km72%
  • wild within 10 km99%
  • species recorded122
  • Altitude134 m

The forest around

72% 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 92%Grassland 8%Trees 70%Grassland 28%Wetland 0%Water 0%Cropland 1%Trees 82%Grassland 14%Wetland 0%Cropland 3%Trees 90%Grassland 8%Wetland 2%Water 0%Cropland 0%72%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km92%
  • 1–3 km70%
  • 3–6 km82%
  • 6–10 km90%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees70%
  • Grassland28%
  • Wetland0%
  • Water0%
  • Cropland1%

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

122 species recorded.

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

Bigleaf lupine
Bigleaf lupineLupinus polyphyllus3 recordsJoe Mabel (on Flickr as Joe Mabel from Seattle, US) · CC BY-SA 3.0
Purple-loosestrife
Purple-loosestrifeLythrum salicaria3 recordsGeorge Chernilevsky · CC BY 4.0
Stag's-horn Clubmoss
Stag's-horn ClubmossLycopodium clavatum2 recordsBernd Haynold · CC BY-SA 3.0
White beak-sedge
White beak-sedgeRhynchospora alba2 recordsElke Freese · CC BY-SA 3.0
European Alder
European AlderAlnus glutinosa2 recordsAEngelhardt · CC BY-SA 3.0
Small Cranberry
Small CranberryVaccinium oxycoccos2 recordsChristian Fischer · CC BY-SA 3.0
Marsh Cinquefoil
Marsh CinquefoilComarum palustre2 recordsJmp48 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Marsh thistle
Marsh thistleCirsium palustre2 recordsEpgrande · CC BY 4.0
Round-leaved Sundew
Round-leaved SundewDrosera rotundifolia2 recordsGiuseppe Frizzi · Public domain
Buckbean
BuckbeanMenyanthes trifoliata2 recordsDidier Descouens · CC BY-SA 4.0
Common Broom
Common BroomCytisus scoparius2 recordsUnknown author · Public domain
Yellow marsh marigold
Yellow marsh marigoldCaltha palustris2 recordsW. Bulach · CC BY-SA 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.

74out of 100

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

  • 72%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 99%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 122Speciesrecorded more than once within 5 km
  • 134 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-3°-9°50 mm
  2. Feb-2°-8°40 mm
  3. Mar4°-4°42 mm
  4. Apr12°2°44 mm
  5. May18°8°70 mm
  6. Jun22°12°75 mm
  7. Jul24°14°93 mm
  8. Aug24°13°78 mm
  9. Sep18°8°52 mm
  10. Oct11°3°63 mm
  11. Nov4°0°53 mm
  12. Dec-1°-5°52 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Hrodzenskaja pušča.

Hrodzenskaja pušča is a forest in Belarus.

Seen from space, 72% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 99% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

122 species have been recorded around it: 13 plants, 0 fungi, 109 birds and 0 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: Bigleaf lupine, Purple-loosestrife and Stag's-horn Clubmoss.

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

Hrodzenskaja Poesjtsja
Vit Koz · CC BY-SA 4.0

Get there and walk

  • Kastinio ežero stovyklavietėcampsite · 8.8 km · 2 within 10 km
  • Rūtos Sakalienės kaimo turizmo sodybaplace to stay · 7.8 km · 3 within 10 km
  • Viečiūnainearest town · 19 km in a straight line
  • Vilnius International Airport (VNO)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 94 km in a straight lineCar hire at VNO airport (Vilnius)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.

Hrodzenskaja pušča 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 kmSkroblaus pažintinis takas, Drevinės bitininkystės takas, Grūtas-Musteika and 1 more
  • 5named and notable trees within 6 kmMargionių drevė, Drevėta pušis Darželių kaime, Lietuvio liepa and 2 more
  • 7picnic sites within 4 kmPoilsiavietė Skroblaus pažintinio tako pradžioje, Kapinišių atokvėpio vieta, Darželių atokvėpio vieta and 4 more
  • 4shelters and huts within 6 kmKapinišių atokvėpio vieta and 3 more
  • 2viewpoints within 5 kmBakanausko ežero apžvalgos aikštelė, Vaizdas į pelkę
  • 1visitor centres within 6 kmDzūkijos nacionalinio parko lankytojų centras
  • 2car parks within 3 km
  • 2campsites within 10 kmKastinio ežero stovyklavietė
  • 3places to stay within 10 kmRūtos Sakalienės kaimo turizmo sodyba, Vila Dzūkijos uoga
  • 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 Hrodzenskaja pušča.

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.

Lakeyas3 lakes within 15 km
Grūda1.1 km² · 8.8 kmDubas0.3 km² · 12 kmVieraŭskaje1.0 km² · 15 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.

Hrodzenskaja pušča
Vit Koz · CC BY-SA 4.0

Other forests nearby.

Hrodzenskaja pušča

Belarus

  • 74Forestyas Score
  • 72%Trees
  • 99%Wild
  • 122Species

Rūdininkai Forest

Lithuania · 63 km

  • 79Forestyas Score
  • 98%Trees
  • 95%Wild
  • 127Species

See the guide

Augustów Primeval Forest

Belarus · 66 km

  • 79Forestyas Score
  • 90%Trees
  • 99%Wild
  • 93Species

See the guide

Dainava Forest

Lithuania · 19 km

  • 63Forestyas Score
  • 92%Trees
  • 97%Wild
  • 1Species

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q3918644) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species888 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 atlasesLakeyas, Birdyas

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

The family

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