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Marjan

DIREKTOR · CC BY-SA 3.0

12% trees around it and 465 species recorded.

47Forestyas Score

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  • trees within 3 km12%
  • wild within 10 km89%
  • species recorded465
  • Altitude122 m

The forest around

12% 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 59%Shrubland 3%Water 31%Bare ground 0%Built-up 7%Trees 6%Shrubland 0%Grassland 1%Water 81%Built-up 12%Trees 10%Shrubland 3%Grassland 1%Water 70%Bare ground 0%Built-up 16%Trees 25%Shrubland 11%Grassland 4%Water 50%Bare ground 1%Cropland 0%Built-up 9%12%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km59%
  • 1–3 km6%
  • 3–6 km10%
  • 6–10 km25%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees6%
  • Shrubland0%
  • Grassland1%
  • Water81%
  • Bare ground0%
  • Built-up12%

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.

Laurustinus
LaurustinusViburnum tinus87 recordsGiuseppe Frizzi · Public domain
Mastic tree
Mastic treePistacia lentiscus72 recordsFranz Eugen Köhler, Köhler's Medizinal-Pflanzen · Public domain
Century plant
Century plantAgave americana53 recordsKolforn ( Kolforn ) I'd appreciate if you could mail me (Kolforn@gmail.com) if you want to · CC BY-SA 4.0
Prickly-ivy
Prickly-ivySmilax aspera50 recordsUnknown author · CC BY-SA 3.0
Mediterranean Buckthorn
Mediterranean BuckthornRhamnus alaternus41 recordsGiuseppe Frizzi · Public domain
St. John's Bread
St. John's BreadCeratonia siliqua37 recordsUnknown author · CC BY-SA 3.0
Pallenis spinosa
Pallenis spinosaPallenis spinosa35 recordsRandi Hausken from Bærum, Norway · CC BY-SA 2.0
Olive tree
Olive treeOlea europaea35 recordsHans Hillewaert · CC BY-SA 3.0
Ephedra foeminea
Ephedra foemineaEphedra foeminea33 recordsGideon Pisanty ( Gidip ) · CC BY 3.0
Campanula pyramidalis
Campanula pyramidalisCampanula pyramidalis33 recordsH. Zell · CC BY-SA 3.0
Sweet bay
Sweet bayLaurus nobilis32 recordsUnknown author · CC BY-SA 3.0
Squirting Cucumber
Squirting CucumberEcballium elaterium31 recordsGiuseppe Frizzi · Public domain

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

In numbers

The forest, measured.

47out of 100

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

  • 12%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 89%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 465Speciesrecorded more than once within 5 km
  • 122 mAltitudeabove the sea

When to walk

Best for walking in May and in October.

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

  1. Jan9°5°91 mm
  2. Feb10°5°89 mm
  3. Mar13°7°78 mm
  4. Apr16°10°65 mm
  5. May20°14°57 mm
  6. Jun25°19°51 mm
  7. Jul29°21°29 mm
  8. Aug29°22°41 mm
  9. Sep24°17°90 mm
  10. Oct19°14°88 mm
  11. Nov15°10°126 mm
  12. Dec11°6°116 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Marjan.

Hill in Split, Croatia

Marjan is a forest in Croatia.

Seen from space, 12% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 89% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

465 species have been recorded around it: 333 plants, 2 fungi, 127 birds and 3 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: Laurustinus, Mastic tree and Century plant.

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

Marjan from the Riva
DIREKTOR · 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.

Marjan 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

  • 2marked trails within 5 kmSplit Basic Walking Tour, Camino Central Dalmatia
  • 7named and notable trees within 6 kmČempresi, Čempres dr. Šimuna Tudora, Stara Maslina and 4 more
  • 22picnic sites within 4 km
  • 11shelters and huts within 6 km
  • 23viewpoints within 5 kmPrva vidilica, Vidilica, Kaštelanska vidilica and 20 more
  • 4visitor centres within 6 kmTuristički informativni centar Riva, Turistički informativni centar Peristil, Daluma travel and 1 more
  • 130car parks within 3 km
  • 3campsites within 10 kmCamp u Dragana, Camping Stobreč Split
  • 267places to stay within 10 kmVilla Matejuška, Bruno, Hotel Adriana and 264 more
  • 283restaurants 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 Marjan.

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.

Peakyas37 mountains within 25 km
Marjan178 m · 0.3 kmMali Kozjak779 m · 7.0 kmOpor647 m · 12 kmPometano Brdo15 kmVela straža237 m · 17 kmVeliki Kabal1,339 m · 18 kmVeliki Jelinak20 kmVelika Vrljica24 km
Coastya3 beaches within 10 km
Kasjuni Beach0.8 kmUvala Bačvice3.4 kmUvala Supaval4.3 km
Cavernyas1 caves within 20 km
Keva's pit cave13 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.

Bicycle Path Marjan
Zvone00 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Cross on Marjan hill, Split
Bernard Gagnon · CC BY-SA 4.0
Kašteli - view from Marjan - panoramio
dominkod · CC BY 3.0

Other forests nearby.

Marjan

Croatia

  • 47Forestyas Score
  • 12%Trees
  • 89%Wild
  • 465Species

Janj

Bosnia and Herzegovina · 98 km

  • 69Forestyas Score
  • 96%Trees
  • 100%Wild
  • 1Species

See the guide

Ravna Vala

Bosnia and Herzegovina · 152 km

  • 78Forestyas Score
  • 82%Trees
  • 98%Wild
  • 102Species

See the guide

Ambassadors' Alley

Bosnia and Herzegovina · 168 km

  • 74Forestyas Score
  • 62%Trees
  • 88%Wild
  • 380Species

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q1789113) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species7,946 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, 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