Skip to content
forestyas
EN

Togo Togo forest

Togodo Forest Reserve

Zoubinnaba · CC BY-SA 4.0

41% trees around it and 7 species recorded.

47Forestyas Score

Forest

  • trees within 3 km41%
  • wild within 10 km96%
  • species recorded7
  • Altitude107 m

The forest around

41% 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 44%Shrubland 41%Grassland 14%Trees 41%Shrubland 43%Grassland 16%Trees 40%Shrubland 43%Grassland 16%Cropland 0%Trees 47%Shrubland 30%Grassland 18%Cropland 5%Built-up 0%41%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km44%
  • 1–3 km41%
  • 3–6 km40%
  • 6–10 km47%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees41%
  • Shrubland43%
  • Grassland16%
  • Cropland0%

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

7 species recorded.

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

Lizard Buzzard
Lizard BuzzardKaupifalco monogrammicus2 recordsGabrielBuissart · CC BY 2.5
Pin-tailed Whydah
Pin-tailed WhydahVidua macroura2 recordsCharles J. Sharp · CC BY-SA 4.0
Common Bulbul
Common BulbulPycnonotus barbatus2 recordsUlas koksal1 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Village Weaver
Village WeaverPloceus cucullatus2 recordsCharles J. Sharp · CC BY-SA 4.0
Senegal Coucal
Senegal CoucalCentropus senegalensis2 recordsOriginal uploader was ThomHasi at en.wikipedia . Photo taken by myself on 13 January 2007 · CC BY 2.5
Laughing Dove
Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis2 recordsGiles Laurent · CC BY-SA 4.0
Bronze MuniaLonchura cucullata3 records

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

In numbers

The forest, measured.

47out of 100

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

  • 41%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 96%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 7Speciesrecorded more than once within 5 km
  • 107 mAltitudeabove the sea

When to walk

Best for walking from November to February.

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

  1. Jan33°20°15 mm
  2. Feb34°23°30 mm
  3. Mar33°24°72 mm
  4. Apr32°24°104 mm
  5. May31°23°143 mm
  6. Jun29°22°177 mm
  7. Jul28°21°189 mm
  8. Aug29°21°144 mm
  9. Sep29°22°214 mm
  10. Oct29°22°148 mm
  11. Nov30°22°32 mm
  12. Dec32°21°14 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Togodo Forest Reserve.

Forest reserve in Maritime Region, Togo

Togodo Forest Reserve is a forest in Togo.

Seen from space, 41% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 96% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

7 species have been recorded around it: 0 plants, 0 fungi, 7 birds and 0 mammals.

The best time to walk is from November to February.

Flore du complex forestier de Togodo 20
Zoubinnaba · CC BY-SA 4.0

Get there and walk

Plan the visit

A guided walk, a bed nearby, a car.

Car hire at LFW airport (Lomé)Discover CarsSee prices 

Some links above are affiliate links: if you book through them we may earn a commission, at no extra cost to you. It never changes what the data on this page says.

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.

Togodo Forest Reserve 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

    • marked trails within 5 km
    • 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
    • campsites within 10 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.

    Photographs

    The forest, as people saw it.

    Arrow-root de Tahiti dans le parc national de Togodo 01
    Baname LARE · CC BY-SA 4.0
    Arrow-root de Tahiti dans le parc national de Togodo 02
    Baname LARE · CC BY-SA 4.0
    Borassus flabellifer dans le complexe forestier de Togodo au Togo 02
    AMETOVENA Kodjo Elom Ezéchiel · CC BY-SA 4.0

    Other forests nearby.

    Togodo Forest Reserve

    Togo

    • 47Forestyas Score
    • 41%Trees
    • 96%Wild
    • 7Species

    Forêt de Missahoé

    Togo · 100 km

    • 84Forestyas Score
    • 97%Trees
    • 95%Wild
    • 523Species

    See the guide

    Aburi Botanical Gardens

    Ghana · 216 km

    • 78Forestyas Score
    • 84%Trees
    • 90%Wild
    • 107Species

    See the guide

    Atewa Range

    Ghana · 244 km

    • 86Forestyas Score
    • 93%Trees
    • 97%Wild
    • 562Species

    See the guide

    Where these figures come from

    Name and typeWikidata (Q120835874) · CC0
    Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
    Species52 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

    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
    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
    forestsForestyasEvery forest with its land-cover rings, what grows and lives in it, and the best months to walk it.You are here