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Staatswald Galm

Hadi · CC0

42% trees around it and 2,015 species recorded.

54Forestyas Score

ForestFungiBirdsWildlife

  • trees within 3 km42%
  • wild within 10 km59%
  • species recorded2,015
  • Altitude581 m

The forest around

42% 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 78%Grassland 15%Cropland 7%Built-up 0%Trees 38%Grassland 26%Cropland 32%Built-up 5%Trees 27%Grassland 22%Water 8%Cropland 36%Built-up 8%Trees 26%Grassland 23%Water 10%Cropland 36%Built-up 5%42%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km78%
  • 1–3 km38%
  • 3–6 km27%
  • 6–10 km26%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees38%
  • Grassland26%
  • Water0%
  • Cropland32%
  • Built-up5%

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

2,015 species recorded.

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

Official burnet
Official burnetSanguisorba officinalis670 recordsCarl Axel Magnus Lindman · Public domain
Narrow-leaved ragwort
Narrow-leaved ragwortSenecio inaequidens495 recordsPieter Pelser · CC BY 3.0
Spreading cotoneaster
Spreading cotoneasterCotoneaster divaricatus302 recordsOriginal uploader was Sten Porse at da.wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0
False Oat-grass
False Oat-grassArrhenatherum elatius174 recordsForest & Kim Starr · CC BY 3.0
Ribwort plantain
Ribwort plantainPlantago lanceolata169 recordssannse · CC BY-SA 3.0
Cock's-foot
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata151 recordsAnRo0002 · CC0
AshNT
AshFraxinus excelsior142 recordsWillow · CC BY 2.5
Eastern daisy fleabane
Eastern daisy fleabaneErigeron annuus141 recordsW. Bulach · CC BY-SA 4.0
Ground-ivy
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea140 recordsAnRo0002 · CC0
Common Sorrel
Common SorrelRumex acetosa132 recordsAnRo0002 · CC0
Common Reed
Common ReedPhragmites australis131 recordsEpgrande · CC BY 4.0
Military orchid
Military orchidOrchis militaris130 recordsKristian Pikner · 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.

54out of 100

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

  • 42%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 59%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 2,015Speciesrecorded more than once within 5 km
  • 581 mAltitudeabove the sea

When to walk

Best for walking in June and in September.

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

  1. Jan2°-4°85 mm
  2. Feb3°-4°66 mm
  3. Mar7°-1°86 mm
  4. Apr12°3°83 mm
  5. May16°7°124 mm
  6. Jun20°12°112 mm
  7. Jul22°13°113 mm
  8. Aug22°13°118 mm
  9. Sep18°9°83 mm
  10. Oct13°5°100 mm
  11. Nov7°0°85 mm
  12. Dec2°-3°96 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Staatswald Galm.

State forest in the canton of Fribourg, Switzerland

Staatswald Galm is a forest in Switzerland, 581 m above the sea.

Seen from space, 42% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 59% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

2,015 species have been recorded around it: 854 plants, 936 fungi, 172 birds and 53 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: Official burnet, Narrow-leaved ragwort and Spreading cotoneaster.

The best time to walk is in June and in September.

Galmwald beim Galmguet
Hadi · CC0

Get there and walk

  • Official informationAccess, hours and rules from those who manage the place.Official site
  • Camping Munteliercampsite · 4.3 km · 7 within 10 km
  • Schloss Münchenwilerplace to stay · 3.7 km · 36 within 10 km
  • Ferenbalmnearest town · 4.5 km in a straight line
  • Bern Airport (BRN)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 25 km in a straight lineCar hire at BRN airport (Bern)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.

Staatswald Galm 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

  • 73marked trails within 5 kmChemin des Trois-Lacs, Felliwil - Schlattli, Schlattli - Schiffenen / Camping and 70 more
  • 1named and notable trees within 6 km
  • 31picnic sites within 4 kmFeuerstelle - Ferenbalm and 30 more
  • 40shelters and huts within 6 kmMurten holz hütte, Austerlitz, Trafalgar and 37 more
  • 11viewpoints within 5 kmPoint de vue sur le lac de Morat and 10 more
  • 1visitor centres within 6 kmVully Tourisme
  • 75car parks within 3 km
  • 7campsites within 10 kmCamping Muntelier, Seepark Schiffenen, Praz Novy and 4 more
  • 36places to stay within 10 kmSchloss Münchenwiler, Hotel Murten, Adler and 33 more
  • 11restaurants 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 Staatswald Galm.

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.

Peakyas29 mountains within 25 km
Guggershorn1,283 m · 20 kmGurten858 m · 20 kmChaumont1,180 m · 21 kmSchwendelberg1,285 m · 21 kmLe Grand Chaumont1,270 m · 22 kmPfyffe1,666 m · 25 kmPfeife1,318 m · 25 kmMont Sujet1,382 m · 25 km
Lakeyas3 lakes within 15 km
Lac de Schiffenen3.0 km² · 5.7 kmLake Murten22 km² · 7.8 kmLake Wohlen1.9 km² · 10 km
Darkskyas4 dark-sky places within 30 km
Épendes ObservatoryBortle 5 · 17 kmCantonal observatory of NeuchâtelBortle 5 · 19 kmUecht ObservatoryBortle 4 · 22 kmZimmerwald ObservatoryBortle 4 · 22 km
Birdyas2 birding sites within 25 km
Niederriedsee185 species · 10 kmLe Fanel280 species · 12 km
Canyonyas1 canyons within 20 km
Twannbachschlucht17 km
Cavernyas1 caves within 20 km
Lobsigen sandstone caves15 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.

Galmguet vor dem Galmwald
Hadi · CC0

Other forests nearby.

Staatswald Galm

Switzerland

  • 54Forestyas Score
  • 42%Trees
  • 59%Wild
  • 2,015Species

Risoux

Switzerland · 89 km

  • 89Forestyas Score
  • 86%Trees
  • 98%Wild
  • 1,173Species

See the guide

Forest of Chailluz

France · 94 km

  • 83Forestyas Score
  • 89%Trees
  • 81%Wild
  • 1,397Species

See the guide

Cave Birseck hermitage, Palaeolithic residential cave / cult place / neolithic burial

Switzerland · 72 km

  • 74Forestyas Score
  • 65%Trees
  • 73%Wild
  • 1,564Species

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q389212) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species55,251 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, Lakeyas, Darkskyas, Birdyas, Canyonyas, Cavernyas

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

The family

Do you prefer beaches, lakes, mountains, waterfalls, islands, rivers, canyons, caves, dark skies, viewpoints, birdwatching or forests?

Same idea, other landscapes: field atlases built on open data, in seven languages.

beachesCoastyaFind your beach: sea temperature, sun and swimming month by month.Visit lakesLakeyasEvery lake on Earth: water temperature, ice, depth and the shore.Visit mountainsPeakyasEvery summit in 3D: summit weather, the 0 °C line, huts and trails.Visit waterfallsCascadyasEvery waterfall: height, flow month by month and when it roars.Visit islandsIslandyasEvery island from the sea up: size, sea temperature, ferries and 3D.Visit riversRiveryasEvery river from source to sea: the journey, the flow and the basin in numbers.Visit canyonsCanyonyasEvery canyon cut to scale: depth to the floor, rim and floor temperatures, trails and viewpoints.Visit cavesCavernyasEvery cave with its real depth and length: the rock above, the temperature inside all year, and how to visit.Visit dark skiesDarkskyasWhere the night is still dark: the sky of every place, the Milky Way month by month, the Moon, eclipses and auroras.Visit
viewpointsViewyasEvery viewpoint with its real 360° panorama: the peaks you can name, how far you see and where the sun sets.Coming soonVisit
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