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Pilliga forest

MargaretRDonald · CC BY-SA 4.0

89% trees around it and 266 species recorded.

83Forestyas Score

ForestDense canopyWild

  • trees within 3 km89%
  • wild within 10 km100%
  • species recorded266
  • Altitude341 m

The forest around

89% 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 85%Shrubland 14%Grassland 0%Trees 90%Shrubland 8%Grassland 2%Trees 95%Shrubland 2%Grassland 3%Trees 98%Shrubland 0%Grassland 2%89%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km85%
  • 1–3 km90%
  • 3–6 km95%
  • 6–10 km98%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees90%
  • Shrubland8%
  • Grassland2%

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

266 species recorded.

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

Corymbia trachyphloia
Corymbia trachyphloiaCorymbia trachyphloia26 recordsMark Marathon · CC BY-SA 4.0
Acacia mariae
Acacia mariaeAcacia mariae25 recordsMargaret Donald · CC BY-SA 2.0
Cassinia sifton
Cassinia siftonCassinia sifton21 recordspatrickkavanagh · CC BY 2.0
Pomax umbellata
Pomax umbellataPomax umbellata19 recordsMark Marathon · CC BY-SA 4.0
Grevillea floribunda
Grevillea floribundaGrevillea floribunda19 recordsGeoff Derrin · CC BY-SA 4.0
Eucalyptus fibrosa
Eucalyptus fibrosaEucalyptus fibrosa18 recordsMark Marathon · CC BY-SA 3.0
Homoranthus flavescens
Homoranthus flavescensHomoranthus flavescens18 recordsNo machine-readable author provided. PDH assumed (based on copyright claims). · CC BY-SA 3.0
Black Cypress-pine
Black Cypress-pineCallitris endlicheri17 recordsJohn Tann from Sydney, Australia · CC BY 2.0
Calytrix tetragona
Calytrix tetragonaCalytrix tetragona17 recordsPoyt448 Peter Woodard · CC0
Hibbertia obtusifolia
Hibbertia obtusifoliaHibbertia obtusifolia17 recordsTim Hammer · CC BY 4.0
Dianella revoluta
Dianella revolutaDianella revoluta16 recordsSam Genas · CC BY-SA 3.0
Lomandra filiformis
Lomandra filiformisLomandra filiformis14 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.

83out of 100

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

  • 89%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 100%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 266Speciesrecorded more than once within 5 km
  • 341 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. Jan34°19°64 mm
  2. Feb32°18°68 mm
  3. Mar29°16°60 mm
  4. Apr25°12°31 mm
  5. May19°7°26 mm
  6. Jun16°5°46 mm
  7. Jul15°3°33 mm
  8. Aug17°4°28 mm
  9. Sep22°8°34 mm
  10. Oct26°11°45 mm
  11. Nov30°15°65 mm
  12. Dec32°17°83 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Pilliga forest.

Woodland in New South Wales, Australia

Pilliga forest is a forest in Australia, 341 m above the sea.

Seen from space, 89% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 100% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

266 species have been recorded around it: 136 plants, 3 fungi, 114 birds and 13 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: Corymbia trachyphloia, Acacia mariae and Cassinia sifton.

The best time to walk is in May.

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MargaretRDonald · 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.

Pilliga forest 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

  • 1picnic sites within 4 kmSalt Caves Picnic Area
  • 3shelters and huts within 6 km
  • 1viewpoints within 5 kmPilliga Forest Lookout Tower
  • 1car parks within 3 km
  • 1campsites within 10 kmSalt Caves Campground
  • marked trails within 5 km
  • named and notable trees within 6 km
  • visitor centres within 6 km
  • places to stay within 10 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.

Photographs

The forest, as people saw it.

A tank wetland in Pilliga National Park -3
Stitchingbushwalker · CC BY-SA 4.0
Intermittent wetland in Pilliga National Park -2
Stitchingbushwalker · CC BY-SA 4.0
Salt Cave, Pilliga Scrub
JulieMay54 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Other forests nearby.

Pilliga forest

Australia

  • 83Forestyas Score
  • 89%Trees
  • 100%Wild
  • 266Species

Gondwana Rainforests of Australia

Australia · 132 km

  • 36Forestyas Score
  • 16%Trees
  • 28%Wild
  • 216Species

See the guide

Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney

Australia · 389 km

  • 43Forestyas Score
  • 14%Trees
  • 60%Wild
  • 1,213Species

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q7194173) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species3,303 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

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

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