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Tahoe National Forest

Pacific Southwest Region 5 · Public domain

98% trees around it and 223 species recorded.

86Forestyas Score

ForestNational forestDense canopyWildMountain forest

  • trees within 3 km98%
  • wild within 10 km100%
  • species recorded223
  • Altitude1,910 m

The forest around

98% 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 96%Grassland 4%Bare ground 0%Trees 93%Grassland 4%Water 2%Bare ground 1%98%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km100%
  • 1–3 km98%
  • 3–6 km96%
  • 6–10 km93%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees98%
  • Grassland2%
  • Water0%
  • Bare ground0%

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

223 species recorded.

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

Tall white bog orchid
Tall white bog orchidPlatanthera dilatata14 recordsBill Bouton from San Luis Obispo, CA, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0
Mountain misery
Mountain miseryChamaebatia foliolosa11 recordsStan Shebs · CC BY-SA 3.0
Western azalea
Western azaleaRhododendron occidentale10 recordsEric Hunt · CC BY 2.5
Pacific onion
Pacific onionAllium validum7 recordsBob Moseley. USDA NRCS. 1992. Western wetland flora: Field office guide to plant species. · Public domain
Wavyleaf soap plant
Wavyleaf soap plantChlorogalum pomeridianum6 recordstomhilton · CC BY 2.0
Eaton's fleabane
Eaton's fleabaneErigeron eatonii6 recordsUnknown author · Public domain
Bigleaf Maple
Bigleaf MapleAcer macrophyllum6 recordsAngilbas at English Wikipedia · Public domain
Washington lily
Washington lilyLilium washingtonianum5 recordsThe original uploader was David barts at English Wikipedia . · CC BY 2.5
Giant Rattlesnake-plantain
Giant Rattlesnake-plantainGoodyera oblongifolia5 recordsStan Shebs · CC BY-SA 3.0
Kellogg oak
Kellogg oakQuercus kelloggii5 recordsPatrick Cox · CC BY 4.0
Canyon live oak
Canyon live oakQuercus chrysolepis5 recordsDoug Beckers on Flickr · CC BY-SA 2.0
Indian rhubarb
Indian rhubarbDarmera peltata5 recordsWouter Hagens · Public domain

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

In numbers

The forest, measured.

86out of 100

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

  • 98%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 100%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 223Speciesrecorded more than once within 5 km
  • 1,910 mAltitudeabove the sea

When to walk

Best for walking in May and in October.

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

  1. Jan5°-4°146 mm
  2. Feb6°-4°162 mm
  3. Mar8°-2°158 mm
  4. Apr12°0°85 mm
  5. May17°4°50 mm
  6. Jun24°8°14 mm
  7. Jul30°13°3 mm
  8. Aug29°12°4 mm
  9. Sep25°8°11 mm
  10. Oct18°3°57 mm
  11. Nov10°-1°110 mm
  12. Dec4°-4°204 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Tahoe National Forest.

U.S. National Forest in California

Tahoe National Forest is a national forest in United States, 1,910 m above the sea.

Seen from space, 98% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 100% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

223 species have been recorded around it: 101 plants, 11 fungi, 109 birds and 2 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: Tall white bog orchid, Mountain misery and Western azalea.

The best time to walk is in May and in October.

170227-FS-Tahoe-MatthewRhodes (36435719891)
Pacific Southwest Region 5 · Public domain

Get there and walk

  • Official informationAccess, hours and rules from those who manage the place.Official site
  • Wild Plum Campgroundcampsite · 3.4 km · 20 within 10 km
  • Yuba River Innplace to stay · 5.6 km · 8 within 10 km
  • Downievillenearest town · 23 km in a straight line
  • Truckee Tahoe Airport (TKF)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 45 km in a straight lineCar hire at RNO airport (Reno)Discover Cars · sponsored link

Plan the visit

A guided walk, a bed nearby, a car.

Car hire at RNO airport (Reno)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.

Tahoe 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

  • 2marked trails within 5 kmPCT - California Section L, PCT - California Section M
  • 20campsites within 10 kmWild Plum Campground, Sierra Skies RV Park, Aspen Group Campground and 17 more
  • 8places to stay within 10 kmYuba River Inn, Buttes Resort, Sierra City Hotel and 5 more
  • named and notable trees within 6 km
  • picnic sites within 4 km
  • shelters and huts within 6 km
  • viewpoints within 5 km
  • visitor centres within 6 km
  • car parks within 3 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 Tahoe 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.

Peakyas49 mountains within 25 km
Schroeder Mountain2,116 m · 7.8 kmSierra Buttes2,618 m · 8.2 kmEnglish Mountain2,553 m · 13 kmAmerican Hill19 kmMount Elwell2,383 m · 20 kmMount Lola2,788 m · 22 kmBald Mountain24 kmEureka Peak25 km
Lakeyas4 lakes within 15 km
Jackson Meadows Reservoir3.8 km² · 6.8 kmBowman Lake2.9 km² · 14 kmMcMurray Lake0.3 km² · 14 kmSawmill Lake0.3 km² · 14 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.

Snowy hillside in Tahoe National Forest
Wouter Kiel · CC BY 2.0
Castle Valley near Lake Tahoe on Lake Tahoe National Forest (26255950620)
U.S. Department of Agriculture · CC BY 2.0
160000-FS-Tahoe-MR-001 (32665645761)
Pacific Southwest Region 5 · Public domain

Other forests nearby.

Tahoe National Forest

United States

  • 86Forestyas Score
  • 98%Trees
  • 100%Wild
  • 223Species

Eldorado National Forest

United States · 92 km

  • 84Forestyas Score
  • 96%Trees
  • 100%Wild
  • 134Species

See the guide

Lassen National Forest

United States · 111 km

  • 83Forestyas Score
  • 84%Trees
  • 100%Wild
  • 114Species

See the guide

Pioneer Cabin Tree

United States · 144 km

  • 83Forestyas Score
  • 96%Trees
  • 100%Wild
  • 256Species

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q3079156) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species3,931 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

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

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