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Kongelunden

Guillaume Baviere from Copenhagen, Denmark · CC BY-SA 2.0

22% trees around it and 1,179 species recorded.

54Forestyas Score

ForestFungiBirdsWildlife

  • trees within 3 km22%
  • wild within 10 km86%
  • species recorded1,179

The forest around

22% 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 77%Grassland 21%Water 1%Cropland 1%Built-up 0%Trees 15%Grassland 35%Wetland 6%Water 33%Cropland 4%Built-up 7%Trees 3%Grassland 22%Wetland 3%Water 61%Cropland 2%Built-up 9%Trees 6%Grassland 8%Wetland 0%Water 71%Bare ground 0%Built-up 15%22%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km77%
  • 1–3 km15%
  • 3–6 km3%
  • 6–10 km6%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees15%
  • Grassland35%
  • Wetland6%
  • Water33%
  • Cropland4%
  • Built-up7%

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

1,179 species recorded.

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

Spreading Bent
Spreading BentAgrostis stolonifera598 recordsAlfred · CC BY-SA 3.0
Red fescue
Red fescueFestuca rubra593 recordsKristian Peters -- Fabelfroh 12:31, 9 September 2006 (UTC) · CC BY-SA 3.0
Common Reed
Common ReedPhragmites australis494 recordsEpgrande · CC BY 4.0
Calamagrostis epigejos
Calamagrostis epigejosCalamagrostis epigejos478 recordsChristian Fischer · CC BY-SA 3.0
Carex otrubae
Carex otrubaeCarex otrubae473 recordsKristian Peters -- Fabelfroh 07:35, 28 June 2007 (UTC) · CC BY-SA 3.0
White Clover
White CloverTrifolium repens468 recordsEpgrande · CC BY 4.0
Strawberry clover
Strawberry cloverTrifolium fragiferum446 recordsChristian Fischer · CC BY-SA 3.0
Smooth meadow-grass
Smooth meadow-grassPoa pratensis412 recordsRasbak 08:35, 1 May 2007 (UTC) · CC BY-SA 3.0
Creeping cinquefoil
Creeping cinquefoilPotentilla reptans396 recordsKrzysztof Golik · CC BY-SA 4.0
Common yarrow
Common yarrowAchillea millefolium379 recordsEpgrande · CC BY 4.0
Yorkshire-fog
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus375 recordsRasbak · CC BY-SA 3.0
Quackgrass
QuackgrassElymus repens373 recordsRasbak · 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.

54out of 100

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

  • 22%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 86%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 1,179Speciesrecorded more than once within 5 km

When to walk

Best for walking from June to July and in September.

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

  1. Jan2°0°61 mm
  2. Feb3°-1°48 mm
  3. Mar5°0°42 mm
  4. Apr10°4°34 mm
  5. May15°8°46 mm
  6. Jun18°12°64 mm
  7. Jul21°15°69 mm
  8. Aug21°15°83 mm
  9. Sep17°12°54 mm
  10. Oct12°8°70 mm
  11. Nov8°5°62 mm
  12. Dec4°1°63 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Kongelunden.

Kongelunden is a forest in Denmark.

Seen from space, 22% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 86% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

1,179 species have been recorded around it: 708 plants, 171 fungi, 262 birds and 38 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: Spreading Bent, Red fescue and Common Reed.

The best time to walk is from June to July and in September.

Zealand 2016-12-03 (31625034095)
Guillaume Baviere from Copenhagen, Denmark · CC BY-SA 2.0

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.

Kongelunden 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 kmDen danske Pilgrimsrute - Østsjælland, Vænge Kvarters Rute, Amarminoen and 1 more
  • 38picnic sites within 4 km
  • 32shelters and huts within 6 km
  • 7viewpoints within 5 kmStore Høj, Granathøj, Skovhøj and 4 more
  • 29car parks within 3 km
  • 20campsites within 10 kmSkydestedet, Kongelunden, Lingsted Høj, Katedralen i Pinseskoven and 17 more
  • 35places to stay within 10 kmCottage Farm, Four Points Flex by Sheraton Copenhagen Arena, Crowne Plaza Copenhagen Towers and 32 more
  • 3restaurants and cafés within 3 km
  • named and notable trees within 6 km
  • visitor centres within 6 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 Kongelunden.

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.

Peakyas2 mountains within 25 km
Oxbjerget40 m · 16 kmHøjnæsbjerg24 km
Islandyasthe island
Amager96 km²
Coastya3 beaches within 10 km
Kastrup Søbad9.2 kmCopencabana9.8 kmAmager Strandpark10 km
Lakeyas2 lakes within 15 km
The Lakes, Copenhagen0.5 km² · 12 kmDamhus Lake0.5 km² · 13 km
Darkskyas2 dark-sky places within 30 km
Tycho Brahe PlanetariumBortle 9 · 11 kmObservatorium TusculanumBortle 6 · 21 km
Viewyas2 viewpoints within 15 kmComing soon
Copenhagen Zoo Tower11 kmRundetaarn32 m · 12 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.

After sunset - Kongelunden - panoramio
Jens Cederskjold · CC BY 3.0
Autumn - Efterår i Kongelunden - panoramio
Jens Cederskjold · CC BY 3.0
Frederik VI og Christian IX monogrammer (Kongelunden)
Orf3us · CC BY 3.0

Other forests nearby.

Kongelunden

Denmark

  • 54Forestyas Score
  • 22%Trees
  • 86%Wild
  • 1,179Species

Gribskov

Denmark · 50 km

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

See the guide

Store Dyrehave

Denmark · 40 km

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

See the guide

Rude Skov

Denmark · 30 km

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

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q23746185) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species108,257 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, Coastya, Lakeyas, Darkskyas, Viewyas

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