Germany protected forest
Ruinenberg
DerFotogfraf · CC BY-SA 4.0
51% trees around it and 1,365 species recorded.
- trees within 3 km51%
- wild within 10 km83%
- species recorded1,365
- Altitude79 m
The forest around
51% 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 km59%
- 1–3 km50%
- 3–6 km58%
- 6–10 km56%
What covers the land (1–3 km)
- Trees50%
- Grassland12%
- Wetland0%
- Water9%
- Bare ground0%
- Cropland7%
- Built-up22%
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
1,365 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).
- 51%Treesof the land within 3 km
- 83%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
- 1,365Speciesrecorded more than once within 5 km
- 79 mAltitudeabove the sea
When to walk
Best for walking in May and in September.
How good each month is for a walk: mild days and little rain make the bar taller.
- Jan-3°54 mm
- Feb-3°38 mm
- Mar-1°40 mm
- Apr4°28 mm
- May8°53 mm
- Jun13°57 mm
- Jul15°81 mm
- Aug14°58 mm
- Sep10°49 mm
- Oct5°49 mm
- Nov2°49 mm
- Dec-1°48 mm
- Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
- Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Ruinenberg.
Hill between Potsdam-Bornstedt and Potsdamer Jägervorstadt
Ruinenberg is a protected forest in Germany.
Seen from space, 51% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 83% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.
1,365 species have been recorded around it: 801 plants, 350 fungi, 192 birds and 22 mammals.
The most recorded plants are: European Beech, Sessile Oak and Pedunculate Oak.
The best time to walk is in May and in September.
Get there and walk
- Natur- und Kulturcamp Treibgutcampsite · 4.1 km · 18 within 10 km
- Pension Weller am Krongutplace to stay · 0.7 km · 188 within 10 km
- Potsdamnearest town · 2.2 km in a straight line
- Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 32 km in a straight lineCar hire at BER airport (Berlin)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
- 31marked trails within 5 kmEuropäischer Fernwanderweg E10, Deutschland, Brandenburg, Fontaneweg F4, Pirschheide - Baumgartenbrück and 28 more
- 91named and notable trees within 6 km"Tausendjährige" Eiche, Hegemeisterbuche, City Tour Potsdam and 88 more
- 40picnic sites within 4 km
- 246shelters and huts within 6 kmGroßer Stern, Chinesisches Parasol and 244 more
- 61viewpoints within 5 kmVictoriahöhe, Generalseichen, Luisenhöhe and 58 more
- 7visitor centres within 6 kmBesucherzentrum, Information Buga Park, Vertriebscontainer Fontane Gärten and 4 more
- 686car parks within 3 km
- 18campsites within 10 kmNatur- und Kulturcamp Treibgut, Campingpark Sanssouci, DCC-Campingplatz Kladow and 15 more
- 188places to stay within 10 kmPension Weller am Krongut, Pension Remise Blumberg, Pension Sanssouci Holidays and 185 more
- 231restaurants 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 Ruinenberg.
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.
Peakyas135 mountains within 25 kmRuinenberg74 m · this placePfingstberg76 m · 1.7 kmTelegrafenberg94 m · 3.6 kmKleiner Ravensberg114 m · 5.8 kmDrachenberg99 m · 18 kmGötzer-Berg109 m · 21 kmVorderer Löwendorfer Berg103 m · 24 kmKreuzberg66 m · 25 km
Lakeyas17 lakes within 15 kmTempliner See4.8 km² · 4.6 km↗Griebnitzsee0.4 km² · 6.0 km↗Sacrower See0.9 km² · 6.2 km↗Groß Glienicker See0.5 km² · 7.7 kmGroßer Wannsee16 km² · 9.1 km↗Großer Plessower See2.6 km² · 10 kmLake Schwielowsee6.9 km² · 10 km↗Krumme Lanke0.3 km² · 13 km↗
Darkskyas4 dark-sky places within 30 kmEinstein TowerBortle 7 · 3.8 km↗Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics PotsdamBortle 6 · 4.5 km↗Planetarium am InsulanerBortle 9 · 22 kmBerlin ObservatoryBortle 9 · 26 km↗
Viewyas5 viewpoints within 15 kmComing soonNorman Towerthis placeHavelblick2.9 kmFlatow Tower3.3 km↗tower building Klein-Glienicke Castle3.9 kmFinkenberg Observation Tower9.0 km
Birdyas7 birding sites within 25 kmWestlicher Düppeler Forst187 species · 6.1 km↗U. Rhinluch/Dreetzer See, Havell. Luch und Belziger Landschaftsw.6.5 kmDöberitzer Heide10 kmSPA Grunewald199 species · 17 kmMittlere Havelniederung18 kmSpandauer Forst182 species · 21 kmRietzer See24 km
Cavernyas2 caves within 20 kmNeptune Grotto0.8 km↗Muschelgrotte im Neuen Garten2.5 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.
Ruinenberg
Germany
- 71Forestyas Score
- 51%Trees
- 83%Wild
- 1,365Species
Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin
Germany · 19 km
- 64Forestyas Score
- 61%Trees
- 62%Wild
- 712Species
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q895622) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Land cover | ESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0 |
| Species | 79,698 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, Lakeyas, Darkskyas, Viewyas, Birdyas, Cavernyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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