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Petka

Panek · CC BY-SA 4.0

11% trees around it and 459 species recorded.

50Forestyas Score

ForestFungiBirds

  • trees within 3 km11%
  • wild within 10 km97%
  • species recorded459
  • Altitude94 m

The forest around

11% 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 28%Shrubland 4%Water 50%Built-up 19%Trees 9%Shrubland 8%Grassland 1%Water 71%Bare ground 0%Built-up 11%Trees 19%Shrubland 16%Grassland 1%Water 60%Built-up 3%Trees 17%Shrubland 22%Grassland 4%Water 55%Bare ground 0%Built-up 1%11%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km28%
  • 1–3 km9%
  • 3–6 km19%
  • 6–10 km17%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees9%
  • Shrubland8%
  • Grassland1%
  • Water71%
  • Bare ground0%
  • Built-up11%

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

459 species recorded.

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

St. John's Bread
St. John's BreadCeratonia siliqua60 recordsUnknown author · CC BY-SA 3.0
Mastic tree
Mastic treePistacia lentiscus45 recordsFranz Eugen Köhler, Köhler's Medizinal-Pflanzen · Public domain
Oleander
OleanderNerium oleander44 recordsUnknown author · CC BY 2.5
Shrubby Jerusalem sage
Shrubby Jerusalem sagePhlomis fruticosa43 recordsJean-Pol GRANDMONT · CC BY-SA 3.0
Myrtle
MyrtleMyrtus communis36 recordsJúlio Reis ( Tintazul ) · CC BY-SA 2.5
Fig
FigFicus carica35 recordsSilverije · CC BY-SA 4.0
Strawberry-tree
Strawberry-treeArbutus unedo32 recordsDidier Descouens · CC BY-SA 4.0
Holm Oak
Holm OakQuercus ilex30 recordsFritz Geller-Grimm · CC BY-SA 3.0
Laurustinus
LaurustinusViburnum tinus29 recordsGiuseppe Frizzi · Public domain
Olive tree
Olive treeOlea europaea27 recordsHans Hillewaert · CC BY-SA 3.0
Silver Ragwort
Silver RagwortJacobaea maritima26 recordsDenis Barthel ( talk ) · CC BY-SA 3.0
Pomegranate
PomegranatePunica granatum26 recordsH. Zell · 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.

50out of 100

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

  • 11%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 97%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 459Speciesrecorded more than once within 5 km
  • 94 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.

  1. Jan11°8°143 mm
  2. Feb11°8°142 mm
  3. Mar13°10°123 mm
  4. Apr16°13°91 mm
  5. May20°17°75 mm
  6. Jun24°21°58 mm
  7. Jul28°23°35 mm
  8. Aug28°24°38 mm
  9. Sep24°20°103 mm
  10. Oct20°17°123 mm
  11. Nov16°13°161 mm
  12. Dec12°9°159 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Petka.

Group of hills in Croatia

Petka is a forest in Croatia.

Seen from space, 11% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 97% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

459 species have been recorded around it: 272 plants, 42 fungi, 143 birds and 2 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: St. John's Bread, Mastic tree and Oleander.

The best time to walk is in May.

Velika i mala petka ścieżka
Panek · 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.

Petka 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 kmDiscovery Path, 2. Mokošica – Orašac, 1. Dubrovnik – Mokošica and 1 more
  • 6picnic sites within 4 km
  • 4shelters and huts within 6 km
  • 72viewpoints within 5 kmsunset view and 71 more
  • 6visitor centres within 6 kmTourist information, Turistički informativni ured, Tourist Center and 3 more
  • 112car parks within 3 km
  • 5campsites within 10 kmCamping Solitudo, Camping Pod Maslinom, Camping Trsteno and 2 more
  • 178places to stay within 10 kmHotel Sumratin, hotel zagreb, Dubrovnik Backpackers Club and 175 more
  • 115restaurants and cafés within 3 km
  • named and notable trees 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 Petka.

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.

Peakyas93 mountains within 25 km
Bjelasnica1,396 m · 20 kmSredomir902 m · 21 kmRunjova Glavica938 m · 22 kmVosnik1,041 m · 22 kmPrnjevca1,007 m · 23 kmPerine Glavica1,128 m · 24 kmKurijela1,088 m · 24 kmPopov Las905 m · 24 km
Coastya14 beaches within 10 km
Uvala Sumartin0.3 kmUvala Lozica1.7 kmUvala Pile3.3 kmBanje Beach4.1 kmUvala Spila Rafona4.6 kmUvala Sapluni4.8 kmPortoć5.7 kmUvala Orsan6.1 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.

Velika i Mala Petka, Park šuma br.Reg 367 -02
Druid3x · CC BY-SA 4.0
Grebeni przylądek petka
Panek · CC BY-SA 4.0
Velika i Mala Petka, Park šuma br.Reg 367 - 01
Druid3x · CC BY-SA 4.0

Other forests nearby.

Petka

Croatia

  • 50Forestyas Score
  • 11%Trees
  • 97%Wild
  • 459Species

Trsteno Arboretum

Croatia · 10 km

  • 48Forestyas Score
  • 21%Trees
  • 99%Wild
  • 45Species

See the guide

Biogradska Gora

Montenegro · 128 km

  • 80Forestyas Score
  • 84%Trees
  • 99%Wild
  • 165Species

See the guide

Ravna Vala

Bosnia and Herzegovina · 120 km

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

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q11941348) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species13,680 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

Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.

The family

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