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Templer's Park

Patrice78500 · Public domain

86% trees around it and 350 species recorded.

77Forestyas Score

ForestDense canopyBirdsWildlife

  • trees within 3 km86%
  • wild within 10 km82%
  • species recorded350
  • Altitude83 m

The forest around

86% 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 8%Bare ground 0%Built-up 13%Trees 87%Grassland 4%Water 0%Bare ground 1%Built-up 7%Trees 87%Grassland 2%Water 0%Bare ground 1%Built-up 10%Trees 67%Grassland 4%Water 2%Bare ground 3%Cropland 0%Built-up 23%86%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km78%
  • 1–3 km87%
  • 3–6 km87%
  • 6–10 km67%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees87%
  • Grassland4%
  • Water0%
  • Bare ground1%
  • Cropland0%
  • Built-up7%

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

350 species recorded.

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

Mangostan
MangostanGarcinia mangostana8 recordsasano · CC BY-SA 3.0
Borneo camphorVU
Borneo camphorDryobalanops aromatica4 recordsPatrice78500 · Public domain
Littlebell
LittlebellIpomoea triloba3 recordsstekkelpak · CC0
Kopsia griffithiiKopsia griffithii13 records
Vitex siamicaVitex siamica7 records
Buxus malayanaBuxus malayana7 records
Goniothalamus curtisiiGoniothalamus curtisii6 records
Gomphandra quadrifidaGomphandra quadrifida6 records
Dendrocalamus pendulusDendrocalamus pendulus4 records
Alsophila latebrosaAlsophila latebrosa4 records
Selaginella mayeriSelaginella mayeri4 records
Sphaerostephanos heterocarposSphaerostephanos heterocarpos3 records

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

In numbers

The forest, measured.

77out of 100

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

  • 86%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 82%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 350Speciesrecorded more than once within 5 km
  • 83 mAltitudeabove the sea

When to walk

Best for walking from January to February and from May to July.

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

  1. Jan27°20°229 mm
  2. Feb28°20°159 mm
  3. Mar29°21°194 mm
  4. Apr29°22°244 mm
  5. May28°22°170 mm
  6. Jun28°22°142 mm
  7. Jul28°22°156 mm
  8. Aug28°21°173 mm
  9. Sep28°21°200 mm
  10. Oct28°21°278 mm
  11. Nov27°22°322 mm
  12. Dec27°21°290 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Templer's Park.

Forest reserve in Rawang, Malaysia

Templer's Park is a forest in Malaysia.

Seen from space, 86% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 82% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

350 species have been recorded around it: 76 plants, 34 fungi, 197 birds and 43 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: Mangostan, Borneo camphor and Littlebell.

The best time to walk is from January to February and from May to July.

Templer Park
Patrice78500 · Public domain

Get there and walk

Plan the visit

A guided walk, a bed nearby, a car.

Guided forest walks and tours near Templer's ParkGetYourGuideSee prices Cabins and stays near Templer's ParkBooking.comSee prices Car hire at KUL airport (Sepang)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.

Templer's Park 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

  • 8picnic sites within 4 kmAir Terjun Kanching Paras 4, Air Terjun Kanching Paras 3, Air Terjun Kanching Paras 2 and 5 more
  • 29shelters and huts within 6 km
  • 3viewpoints within 5 kmRawang Bypass Viewpoint
  • 11car parks within 3 km
  • 9campsites within 10 kmTaman Eko-Rimba Komanwel, GG Buragas, Perah Camp Site and 6 more
  • 32places to stay within 10 kmAl-Firdaus Homestay, Mercure Hotel, Sekeping Serendah and 29 more
  • 3restaurants and cafés within 3 km
  • marked trails within 5 km
  • named and notable trees within 6 km
  • visitor centres within 6 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 Templer's Park.

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.

Peakyas40 mountains within 25 km
Bukit Panah Kubu368 m · 1.9 kmBukit Lotong Barau372 m · 3.1 kmBukit Pana Kati405 m · 4.0 kmBukit Lapo535 m · 5.6 kmBukit Madei518 m · 9.9 kmBukit Munchong12 kmBukit Lanchang Sebarau20 kmGenting Highlands1,800 m · 24 km
Islandyasthe island
Sumatra473,481 km²
Lakeyas1 lakes within 15 km
Tasik Biru Seri Kundang0.3 km² · 12 km
Darkskyas1 dark-sky places within 30 km
Planetarium NegaraBortle 9 · 19 km
Cavernyas1 caves within 20 km
Batu Caves9.9 km
Cascadyas1 waterfalls within 15 km
Kanching Falls0.6 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.

Templer Park, cascades
Patrice78500 · Public domain
Templer Park 1986
Ulli 2mecs · CC BY-SA 4.0
Morning at templer park
Lokmanahari12 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Other forests nearby.

Templer's Park

Malaysia

  • 77Forestyas Score
  • 86%Trees
  • 82%Wild
  • 350Species

Putrajaya Botanical Garden

Malaysia · 40 km

  • 49Forestyas Score
  • 47%Trees
  • 63%Wild
  • 83Species

See the guide

Penang Botanic Gardens

Malaysia · 280 km

  • 72Forestyas Score
  • 69%Trees
  • 87%Wild
  • 165Species

See the guide

Singapore Botanic Gardens

Singapore · 329 km

  • 58Forestyas Score
  • 45%Trees
  • 59%Wild
  • 394Species

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q3517720) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species6,361 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, Islandyas, Lakeyas, Darkskyas, Cavernyas, Cascadyas

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.Coming soonVisit
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.Visit birdwatchingBirdyasEvery bird sanctuary and wetland with the species recorded month by month: who is resident, who comes for the summer, who only passes through.Visit
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