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Las Nieves Natural Park

Olisacu · CC BY-SA 4.0

95% trees around it and 465 species recorded.

85Forestyas Score

ForestDense canopyWildMountain forestFungi

  • trees within 3 km95%
  • wild within 10 km99%
  • species recorded465
  • Altitude1,358 m

The forest around

95% 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 100%Shrubland 0%Trees 94%Shrubland 2%Grassland 3%Bare ground 1%Trees 84%Shrubland 2%Grassland 9%Bare ground 4%Built-up 0%Trees 53%Shrubland 6%Grassland 10%Water 26%Bare ground 2%Built-up 1%95%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km100%
  • 1–3 km94%
  • 3–6 km84%
  • 6–10 km53%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees94%
  • Shrubland2%
  • Grassland3%
  • Water0%
  • Bare ground1%
  • 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

465 species recorded.

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

Adiantum reniforme
Adiantum reniformeAdiantum reniforme59 recordsJohan N · CC BY-SA 3.0
Sticky snakeroot
Sticky snakerootAgeratina adenophora50 recordsIxitixel · CC BY-SA 3.0
Rooting chainfernVU
Rooting chainfernWoodwardia radicans49 recordsIxitixel · CC BY-SA 3.0
Toothed-leaved Clubmoss
Toothed-leaved ClubmossSelaginella denticulata45 recordsTigerente · CC BY-SA 3.0
Spreading snakeroot
Spreading snakerootAgeratina riparia39 recordsFrank Vincentz · CC BY-SA 3.0
Castor oil plant
Castor oil plantRicinus communis33 recordsNolege · CC BY-SA 3.0
Arabian pea
Arabian peaBituminaria bituminosa32 recordsnnogue · CC BY-SA 3.0
Tree Heath
Tree HeathErica arborea28 recordsJean-Pol GRANDMONT · CC BY 3.0
Hairy beggarticks
Hairy beggarticksBidens pilosa28 recordsWiki Farazi · CC0
Asplenium hemionitis
Asplenium hemionitisAsplenium hemionitis27 recordsIxitixel · CC BY-SA 3.0
Black maidenhair
Black maidenhairAdiantum capillus-veneris26 recordsBalles2601 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Small-leaf spiderwort
Small-leaf spiderwortTradescantia fluminensis25 recordsEnrique Dans from Madrid, Spain · CC BY 2.0

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

In numbers

The forest, measured.

85out of 100

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

  • 95%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 99%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 465Speciesrecorded more than once within 5 km
  • 1,358 mAltitudeabove the sea

When to walk

Best for walking from January to May.

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

  1. Jan19°18°34 mm
  2. Feb19°18°41 mm
  3. Mar19°18°27 mm
  4. Apr19°18°20 mm
  5. May20°19°9 mm
  6. Jun21°21°4 mm
  7. Jul22°22°2 mm
  8. Aug23°23°6 mm
  9. Sep24°23°14 mm
  10. Oct23°22°34 mm
  11. Nov22°21°53 mm
  12. Dec20°20°55 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Las Nieves Natural Park.

Natural park in Spain

Las Nieves Natural Park is a forest in Spain, 1,358 m above the sea.

Seen from space, 95% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 99% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

465 species have been recorded around it: 304 plants, 114 fungi, 42 birds and 5 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: Adiantum reniforme, Sticky snakeroot and Rooting chainfern.

The best time to walk is from January to May.

Parque Natural de Los Tilos
Olisacu · CC BY-SA 4.0

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.

Las Nieves Natural Park 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

  • 25marked trails within 5 kmBarranco de la Madera, El Bastón, Cubo de la Galga and 22 more
  • 4picnic sites within 4 kmLos Tilos and 3 more
  • 9shelters and huts within 6 kmCasa del Monte, Casa Forestal, Refugio de Gallegos and 6 more
  • 20viewpoints within 5 kmEspigón Atravesado, Mirador Somada Alta, Mirador Jardín de las Hespérides and 17 more
  • 3visitor centres within 6 kmPunto de Información Ambiental Los Tilos, Punto de Informatión Ambiental - Cubo de la Galga
  • 3car parks within 3 km
  • 7campsites within 10 kmEmbalse de la Laguna, Nice place for pitch the tent, Camping Caldera de Taburiente and 4 more
  • 24places to stay within 10 kmChamiquela, Residencia El Drago, Hostal Bubango and 21 more
  • named and notable trees 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 Las Nieves Natural Park.

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.

Peakyas35 mountains within 25 km
Roque de los Muchachos2,426 m · 7.3 kmLa Caldereta382 m · volcano · 9.9 kmMontaña Quemada1,362 m · volcano · 15 kmTajogaite volcano17 kmPico Birigoyo1,807 m · volcano · 17 kmVolcano of San Juan1,809 m · volcano · 18 kmVolcán de la Deseada1,944 m · volcano · 21 kmCumbre Vieja1,944 m · volcano · 21 km
Islandyasthe island
La Palma708 km²
Coastya4 beaches within 10 km
Playa de Nogales6.9 kmPlaya Puerto Espindola7.6 kmCaleta de la Sancha8.0 kmPlaya de Santa Cruz de La Palma9.2 km
Darkskyas2 dark-sky places within 30 km
Jacobus Kapteyn TelescopeBortle 2 · 6.6 kmRoque de los Muchachos ObservatoryBortle 2 · 8.3 km
Viewyas10 viewpoints within 15 kmComing soon
Mirador Jardín de Las Hespérides4.7 kmRoque de los Muchachos2,426 m · 7.2 kmMirador Barranco de Los Gomeros7.9 kmMirador de La Tosca8.0 kmMirador Barranco del Carmen8.3 kmMirador de Carretera Timibucar8.8 kmMirador del Risco Alto13 kmTanausú Viewpoint15 km
Cavernyas1 caves within 20 km
Cueva Bonita18 km
Cascadyas1 waterfalls within 15 km
Cascada de los Tilos3.9 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.

Forest Los Tilos La Palma
Unknown author · CC BY-SA 3.0
Interior del Parque Natural de Los Tilos
Olisacu · CC BY-SA 4.0

Other forests nearby.

Las Nieves Natural Park

Spain

  • 85Forestyas Score
  • 95%Trees
  • 99%Wild
  • 465Species

Macizo de Anaga Biosphere Reserve

Spain · 152 km

  • 77Forestyas Score
  • 70%Trees
  • 90%Wild
  • 748Species

See the guide

Drago de Icod de los Vinos

Spain · 115 km

  • 57Forestyas Score
  • 37%Trees
  • 97%Wild
  • 135Species

See the guide

Jardín Botánico Canario Viera y Clavijo

Spain · 242 km

  • 55Forestyas Score
  • 36%Trees
  • 83%Wild
  • 167Species

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q21031193) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species6,989 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, Darkskyas, Viewyas, Cavernyas, 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