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Lill-Jansskogen

Holger Ellgaard · CC BY-SA 3.0

29% trees around it and 2,319 species recorded.

55Forestyas Score

ForestFungiBirdsWildlife

  • trees within 3 km29%
  • wild within 10 km76%
  • species recorded2,319

The forest around

29% 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 51%Grassland 5%Water 2%Built-up 42%Trees 26%Grassland 8%Wetland 0%Water 27%Built-up 39%Trees 44%Grassland 5%Water 24%Bare ground 0%Built-up 26%Trees 54%Grassland 7%Water 19%Bare ground 0%Built-up 20%29%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km51%
  • 1–3 km26%
  • 3–6 km44%
  • 6–10 km54%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees26%
  • Grassland8%
  • Water27%
  • Bare ground0%
  • Built-up39%

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

2,319 species recorded.

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

Pedunculate Oak
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur3,054 recordsAlgirdas at Lithuanian Wikipedia · Public domain
AshNT
AshFraxinus excelsior731 recordsWillow · CC BY 2.5
Garlic Mustard
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata683 recordsO. Pichard · CC BY-SA 3.0
Norway maple
Norway mapleAcer platanoides563 recordsMartin Bobka (= Martin120 ) · CC BY-SA 2.5
White Dead-nettle
White Dead-nettleLamium album524 recordsJohann Georg Sturm (Painter: Jacob Sturm ) · Public domain
Wych Elm
Wych ElmUlmus glabra516 recordsMeneerke bloem · CC BY-SA 3.0
Greater Celandine
Greater CelandineChelidonium majus484 recordsUnknown author · CC BY-SA 3.0
Wood Anemone
Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa473 recordsEpgrande · CC BY 4.0
Scots Pine
Scots PinePinus sylvestris473 recordsHello, I am Bruce on Flickr · CC BY-SA 2.0
Turkish wartycabbage
Turkish wartycabbageBunias orientalis456 recordsZeynel Cebeci · CC BY-SA 4.0
European bird cherry
European bird cherryPrunus padus434 recordsИгоревич · Public domain
Hedgerow Crane's-bill
Hedgerow Crane's-billGeranium pyrenaicum428 recordsKurt Stüber [1] · 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.

55out of 100

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

  • 29%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 76%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 2,319Speciesrecorded more than once within 5 km

When to walk

Best for walking in June.

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

  1. Jan-1°-5°46 mm
  2. Feb0°-5°40 mm
  3. Mar3°-3°39 mm
  4. Apr9°1°37 mm
  5. May15°6°50 mm
  6. Jun19°11°78 mm
  7. Jul23°14°70 mm
  8. Aug22°13°72 mm
  9. Sep16°9°55 mm
  10. Oct10°4°63 mm
  11. Nov4°1°61 mm
  12. Dec1°-3°54 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Lill-Jansskogen.

Urban wild in northern Stockholm, Sweden

Lill-Jansskogen is a forest in Sweden.

Seen from space, 29% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 76% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

2,319 species have been recorded around it: 1,000 plants, 1,000 fungi, 284 birds and 35 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: Pedunculate Oak, Ash and Garlic Mustard.

The best time to walk is in June.

Djurgarden Lilljan 4a
Holger Ellgaard · 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.

Lill-Jansskogen 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

  • 38marked trails within 5 kmLidingöloppet 30 km, Lidingöloppet 15 km, Dalkarlsvägen etapp 12 2012 and 35 more
  • 11named and notable trees within 6 kmPrins Eugens Ek, Äppelträd i Skogaholms köksträdgård, Birger jarls ek and 8 more
  • 362picnic sites within 4 km
  • 88shelters and huts within 6 kmKoltorp and 87 more
  • 128viewpoints within 5 kmFatburen and 127 more
  • 12visitor centres within 6 kmKTH Information center, City Sightseeing, Sjukhusinformation and 9 more
  • 452car parks within 3 km
  • 9campsites within 10 kmLångholmens husbilscamping, Tantolundens husbilscamping, Klubbensborgs camping and 6 more
  • 265places to stay within 10 kmLilla Rådmannen, Hotel Bentleys, City Backpackers and 262 more
  • 1,150restaurants 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 Lill-Jansskogen.

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.

Peakyas24 mountains within 25 km
Observatorielunden1.8 kmMariaberget3.6 kmHammarbytoppen6.1 kmMeditationslunden8.4 kmHökarängstoppen102 m · 11 kmVikingaberget14 kmTelegrafberget22 kmTornberget24 km
Coastya1 beaches within 10 km
Fågelöudde9.1 km
Lakeyas24 lakes within 15 km
Brunnsviken1.4 km² · 3.2 kmHammarby sjö0.3 km² · 5.0 kmJärlasjön0.7 km² · 6.5 kmKälltorpssjön0.7 km² · 8.1 kmÄltasjön0.7 km² · 11 kmLångsjön0.3 km² · 11 kmMagelungen2.1 km² · 14 kmÖringesjön0.3 km² · 15 km
Darkskyas3 dark-sky places within 30 km
Stockholm ObservatoryBortle 9 · 1.8 kmCosmonovaBortle 9 · 2.4 kmSaltsjöbaden ObservatoryBortle 6 · 16 km
Viewyas4 viewpoints within 15 kmComing soon
Makalös2.9 kmKaknästornet3.2 kmFåfängan4.3 kmGroggtornet12 km
Cavernyas1 caves within 20 km
Skarpnäcksgrottan11 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.

Djurgarden Lilljan 2
Holger Ellgaard · CC BY-SA 3.0
Lill-Jansskogen Stockholm 2022-09-20 01
Leonhard Lenz · CC0
Lill-Jansskogen Stockholm 2022-09-20 03
Leonhard Lenz · CC0

Other forests nearby.

Lill-Jansskogen

Sweden

  • 55Forestyas Score
  • 29%Trees
  • 76%Wild
  • 2,319Species

Bergian botanic garden

Sweden · 3 km

  • 67Forestyas Score
  • 49%Trees
  • 75%Wild
  • 1,858Species

See the guide

Haga park

Sweden · 3 km

  • 65Forestyas Score
  • 44%Trees
  • 74%Wild
  • 2,327Species

See the guide

Bellevue park

Sweden · 2 km

  • 62Forestyas Score
  • 36%Trees
  • 75%Wild
  • 2,326Species

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q6547932) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species1,044,502 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, Coastya, Lakeyas, Darkskyas, Viewyas, Cavernyas

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