Portugal forest
Monsanto Forest Park
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40% trees around it and 1,370 species recorded.
- trees within 3 km40%
- wild within 10 km57%
- species recorded1,370
- Altitude207 m
The forest around
40% 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, ring by ring
- 0–1 km76%
- 1–3 km36%
- 3–6 km16%
- 6–10 km17%
What covers the land (1–3 km)
- Trees36%
- Shrubland0%
- Grassland8%
- Water0%
- Bare ground0%
- Cropland1%
- Built-up55%
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
1,370 species recorded.
The plants, fungi, birds and mammals people have recorded here most often.
NT
Open records within 5 km (GBIF, licensed for any use). Busy places are better recorded than remote ones.
In numbers
The forest, measured.
Our own rating, from open data only: tree cover (40 points), wildness (20), species recorded (30) and protection or heritage (10).
- 40%Treesof the land within 3 km
- 57%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
- 1,370Speciesrecorded more than once within 5 km
- 207 mAltitudeabove the sea
When to walk
Best for walking in May.
How good each month is for a walk: mild days and little rain make the bar taller.
- Jan11°65 mm
- Feb11°51 mm
- Mar12°60 mm
- Apr13°54 mm
- May15°31 mm
- Jun17°11 mm
- Jul18°3 mm
- Aug18°6 mm
- Sep18°25 mm
- Oct17°79 mm
- Nov14°92 mm
- Dec12°64 mm
- Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
- Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Monsanto Forest Park.
Protected forest in Lisbon, Portugal
Monsanto Forest Park is a forest in Portugal, 207 m above the sea.
Seen from space, 40% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 57% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.
1,370 species have been recorded around it: 898 plants, 251 fungi, 211 birds and 10 mammals.
The most recorded plants are: Phillyrea latifolia, Bermuda buttercup and Olive tree.
The best time to walk is in May.
Get there and walk
- Official informationAccess, hours and rules from those who manage the place.Official site↗
- Lisboa Campingcampsite · 1.2 km · 6 within 10 km
- Hotel Ibis Lisboa José Malhoaplace to stay · 2.8 km · 843 within 10 km
- Buracanearest town · 0.7 km in a straight line
- Lisbon Humberto Delgado Airport (LIS)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 8 km in a straight lineCar hire at LIS airport (Lisbon)Discover Cars · sponsored link↗
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.
Around, in OpenStreetMap
- 16marked trails within 5 kmRota da Biodiversidade, Volta do Planalto, Rota da Água and 13 more
- 65named and notable trees within 6 kmCipreste-português, Plátano Oriental, Figueira-da-Austrália and 62 more
- 114picnic sites within 4 kmParque de Merendas do Miradouro da Escarpa, Altinho and 112 more
- 175shelters and huts within 6 kmRua Joaquim António de Aguiar, Areeiro, Sul e Sueste and 172 more
- 68viewpoints within 5 kmMiradouro de São Pedro de Alcântara, Alto da Serafina, Miradouro da Escarpa and 65 more
- 24visitor centres within 6 kmAsk me Lisboa, Posto de Turismo de Cacilhas, Metro Sul do Tejo and 21 more
- 838car parks within 3 km
- 6campsites within 10 kmLisboa Camping, Fábrica do Braço de Prata, Parque de Campismo INATEL da Caparica and 3 more
- 843places to stay within 10 kmHotel Ibis Lisboa José Malhoa, SANA Malhoa Hotel, Real Residência and 840 more
- 813restaurants 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 Monsanto Forest 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 kmSuimo10 kmPinheiro da Cruz13 kmAlto da Toupeira16 kmMonfirre16 kmCruz Alta18 kmServes20 kmTrês Cabeços22 kmCabeço do Soiza24 km
Coastya12 beaches within 10 kmPraia de Algés5.0 km↗Praia da Cruz Quebrada6.1 kmPraia da Trafaria7.1 km↗Praia de Caxias8.2 km↗Praia de Santo António9.5 kmPraia de São João9.6 kmPraia de Paço de Arcos9.9 kmPraia do Norte9.9 km
Darkskyas2 dark-sky places within 30 kmAstronomical Observatory of LisbonBortle 9 · 2.2 km↗Planetário de MarinhaBortle 9 · 3.8 km
Viewyas5 viewpoints within 15 kmComing soonJardim de São Pedro de Alcântara4.6 km↗Miradouro de Santa Catarina4.6 km↗Miradouro da Senhora do Monte5.5 km↗Miradouro da Graça5.6 km↗Miradouro de Santa Luzia5.9 km↗
Birdyas3 birding sites within 25 kmEstuário do Tejo282 species · 21 km↗Lagoa Pequena264 species · 23 km↗Tagus Estuary Special Protection Area24 km
Cavernyas2 caves within 20 kmCave of Salemas16 km↗Gruta do Poço Velho20 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.
Other forests nearby.
Monsanto Forest Park
Portugal
- 52Forestyas Score
- 40%Trees
- 57%Wild
- 1,370Species
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q14040866) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Land cover | ESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0 |
| Species | 289,726 open records within 5 km (GBIF, CC0 and CC BY 4.0 only) |
| See these records | gbif.org |
| Names and photos | Wikidata (CC0); GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Altitude | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Temperature and rain | NASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2) |
| What is around | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Sister atlases | Peakyas, Coastya, Darkskyas, Viewyas, Birdyas, Canyonyas, Cavernyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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