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Siuslaw National Forest

Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data), CC BY 4.0, with relief shading from Copernicus WorldDEM-30

99% trees around it and 61 species recorded.

81Forestyas Score

ForestNational forestDense canopyWild

  • trees within 3 km99%
  • wild within 10 km100%
  • species recorded61
  • Altitude367 m

The forest around

99% 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 98%Grassland 2%Trees 100%Grassland 0%Trees 99%Grassland 1%Trees 96%Grassland 3%Water 0%99%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km98%
  • 1–3 km100%
  • 3–6 km99%
  • 6–10 km96%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees100%
  • Grassland0%
  • Water0%

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

61 species recorded.

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

Wilson's Warbler
Wilson's WarblerCardellina pusilla75 recordsDawn Beattie from Morro Bay, CA, USA · CC BY 2.0
Swainson's Thrush
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatus62 recordsCephas · CC BY-SA 4.0
Steller's Jay
Steller's JayCyanocitta stelleri54 recordsVJAnderson · CC BY-SA 4.0
American Robin
American RobinTurdus migratorius45 recordsRhododendrites · CC BY-SA 4.0
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Chestnut-backed ChickadeePoecile rufescens43 recordsMinette Layne · CC BY-SA 2.0
Black-headed Grosbeak
Black-headed GrosbeakPheucticus melanocephalus37 recordsAlan Vernon · CC BY 2.0
Hermit Warbler
Hermit WarblerSetophaga occidentalis37 recordshttps://www.flickr.com/photos/37699157@N00 · CC BY 2.0
Evening GrosbeakVU
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertina34 recordsNo machine-readable author provided. Mdf assumed (based on copyright claims). · CC BY-SA 3.0
Band-tailed Pigeon
Band-tailed PigeonPatagioenas fasciata34 recordsaroid from San Luis Obispo, CA, USA · CC BY 2.0
Varied Thrush
Varied ThrushIxoreus naevius32 recordsRhododendrites · CC BY-SA 4.0
Warbling Vireo
Warbling VireoVireo gilvus28 recordsRhododendrites · CC BY-SA 4.0
Song Sparrow
Song SparrowMelospiza melodia27 recordsRhododendrites · CC BY-SA 4.0

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

In numbers

The forest, measured.

81out of 100

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

  • 99%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 100%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 61Speciesrecorded more than once within 5 km
  • 367 mAltitudeabove the sea

When to walk

Best for walking from June to September.

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

  1. Jan8°3°223 mm
  2. Feb9°2°151 mm
  3. Mar10°4°179 mm
  4. Apr12°5°119 mm
  5. May16°7°69 mm
  6. Jun18°9°46 mm
  7. Jul21°11°10 mm
  8. Aug21°11°16 mm
  9. Sep19°9°53 mm
  10. Oct15°7°125 mm
  11. Nov11°4°215 mm
  12. Dec8°3°267 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Siuslaw National Forest.

Federally managed forest tract in Oregon, USA

Siuslaw National Forest is a national forest in United States, 367 m above the sea.

Seen from space, 99% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 100% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

61 species have been recorded around it: 0 plants, 0 fungi, 61 birds and 0 mammals.

The best time to walk is from June to September.

Siuslaw National Forest seen from above (Sentinel-2)
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data), CC BY 4.0, with relief shading from Copernicus WorldDEM-30

Get there and walk

Plan the visit

A guided walk, a bed nearby, a car.

Guided forest walks and tours near Siuslaw National ForestGetYourGuideSee prices Cabins and stays near Siuslaw National ForestBooking.comSee prices Car hire at EUG airport (Eugene)Discover CarsSee prices 

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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.

Siuslaw National 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

  • 2shelters and huts within 6 km
  • 8campsites within 10 kmCanal Creek Group Campground - Canal Creek Site, Canal Creek Group Campground, Canal Creek Group Campground - Alsea Site and 5 more
  • marked trails within 5 km
  • named and notable trees within 6 km
  • picnic sites within 4 km
  • viewpoints within 5 km
  • visitor centres within 6 km
  • car parks within 3 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.

In our other atlases

Around Siuslaw National Forest.

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.

Peakyas27 mountains within 25 km
Kerby Mountain9.2 kmGreen Mountain11 kmMount Eckman11 kmBlodgett Peak11 kmFairview Mountain18 kmGrass Mountain1,099 m · 22 kmRocky Knoll22 kmHerman Peak24 km
Cascadyas1 waterfalls within 15 km
Cascade Falls5.6 km

Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.

Other forests nearby.

Siuslaw National Forest

United States

  • 81Forestyas Score
  • 99%Trees
  • 100%Wild
  • 61Species

Willamette National Forest

United States · 140 km

  • 85Forestyas Score
  • 99%Trees
  • 100%Wild
  • 173Species

See the guide

Umpqua National Forest

United States · 182 km

  • 84Forestyas Score
  • 99%Trees
  • 100%Wild
  • 115Species

See the guide

Deschutes National Forest

United States · 196 km

  • 85Forestyas Score
  • 93%Trees
  • 100%Wild
  • 157Species

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q1165341) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species1,114 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, Cascadyas

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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