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Kongeegen

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41% trees around it and 541 species recorded.

58Forestyas Score

Notable treeFungi

  • trees within 3 km41%
  • wild within 10 km80%
  • species recorded541

The forest around

41% 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 62%Grassland 12%Wetland 3%Water 23%Trees 39%Grassland 10%Wetland 2%Water 42%Cropland 8%Trees 17%Grassland 18%Wetland 1%Water 51%Cropland 11%Built-up 2%Trees 14%Grassland 20%Wetland 1%Water 40%Cropland 19%Built-up 6%41%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km62%
  • 1–3 km39%
  • 3–6 km17%
  • 6–10 km14%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees39%
  • Grassland10%
  • Wetland2%
  • Water42%
  • Cropland8%
  • 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

541 species recorded.

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

AshNT
AshFraxinus excelsior260 recordsWillow · CC BY 2.5
European Beech
European BeechFagus sylvatica259 recordsMalene Thyssen · CC BY-SA 3.0
Pedunculate Oak
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur241 recordsAlgirdas at Lithuanian Wikipedia · Public domain
Sycamore
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus220 recordsChristian Pirkl · CC BY-SA 3.0 at
Tufted Hair-grass
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa210 recordsChristian Fischer · CC BY-SA 3.0
Compact Rush
Compact RushJuncus conglomeratus184 recordsDaderot · Public domain
Yorkshire-fog
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus180 recordsRasbak · CC BY-SA 3.0
Common Reed
Common ReedPhragmites australis179 recordsEpgrande · CC BY 4.0
Common Sedge
Common SedgeCarex nigra176 recordsNo machine-readable author provided. Thommybe assumed (based on copyright claims). · CC BY-SA 3.0
Purple moor-grass
Purple moor-grassMolinia caerulea175 recordsElke Freese · CC BY-SA 3.0
Red fescue
Red fescueFestuca rubra169 recordsKristian Peters -- Fabelfroh 12:31, 9 September 2006 (UTC) · CC BY-SA 3.0
Tall fescue
Tall fescueLolium arundinaceum157 recordsKrzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz · CC BY-SA 4.0

Open records within 2 km (GBIF, licensed for any use). Busy places are better recorded than remote ones.

In numbers

The forest, measured.

58out of 100

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

  • 41%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 80%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 541Speciesrecorded more than once within 2 km

When to walk

Best for walking from June to September.

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

  1. Jan3°0°68 mm
  2. Feb2°0°54 mm
  3. Mar5°1°45 mm
  4. Apr9°4°38 mm
  5. May14°9°52 mm
  6. Jun18°13°74 mm
  7. Jul20°16°79 mm
  8. Aug20°16°89 mm
  9. Sep17°13°64 mm
  10. Oct12°9°81 mm
  11. Nov8°5°71 mm
  12. Dec4°2°72 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Kongeegen.

Ancient oak tree in Denmark

Kongeegen is a notable tree in Denmark.

Seen from space, 41% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 80% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

541 species have been recorded around it: 365 plants, 71 fungi, 98 birds and 7 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: Ash, European Beech and Pedunculate Oak.

The best time to walk is from June to September.

Kongeegen
Acrr · 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.

Kongeegen 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

  • 8marked trails within 5 kmFjordstien Vandresti, Frederiksværk - Hundested, Jægerspris Hjertesti and 5 more
  • 8named and notable trees within 6 kmJægerspris Slotsparks suttetræ, Kongeegen, Storkeegen and 5 more
  • 9picnic sites within 4 km
  • 13shelters and huts within 6 kmHavhytten - Hvide Klint, Store Havelse Shelter, Rørhøgen shelter and 10 more
  • 4car parks within 3 km
  • 27campsites within 10 kmKignæs Havn, Sølager Strand Camping, Kirsten Culmsee and 24 more
  • 18places to stay within 10 kmBautahøj, Bed and Breakfast Nordensbjerg, Munkenes B&B and 15 more
  • viewpoints within 5 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 Kongeegen.

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.

Peakyas13 mountains within 25 km
Thyrahøj6.7 kmStrø Bjerg9.3 kmStrø Bjerge10 kmVittenbjerg13 kmSkyhøj15 kmKongsøre Høj19 kmSvolsbjerg20 kmStore Orebjerg23 m · 25 km
Islandyasthe island
Zealand7,031 km²
Coastya1 beaches within 10 km
Kulhus Strand5.8 km
Lakeyas1 lakes within 15 km
Arresø38 km² · 11 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.

Kongeegen - King Oak 2
Mikkel Houmøller · CC BY-SA 4.0
Kongeegen - King Oak
Mikkel Houmøller · CC BY-SA 4.0
Kongeegen i Jægerspris Nordskov - Mapillary (Oa3uxm1j9bgEyWxmVrUlVQ)
neogeografen @ Mapillary.com · CC BY-SA 4.0

Other forests nearby.

Kongeegen

Denmark

  • 58Forestyas Score
  • 41%Trees
  • 80%Wild
  • 541Species

Gribskov

Denmark · 24 km

  • 83Forestyas Score
  • 74%Trees
  • 79%Wild
  • 1,880Species

See the guide

Store Dyrehave

Denmark · 23 km

  • 79Forestyas Score
  • 70%Trees
  • 74%Wild
  • 1,559Species

See the guide

Rude Skov

Denmark · 31 km

  • 72Forestyas Score
  • 60%Trees
  • 82%Wild
  • 1,811Species

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q1781518) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species11,605 open records within 2 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, Coastya, Lakeyas

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