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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.

Guided forest walks and tours near Togodo Forest ReserveGetYourGuideSee prices Cabins and stays near Togodo Forest ReserveBooking.comSee prices Car hire at LFW airport (Lomé)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.

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.

    Borassus flabellifer dans le complexe forestier de Togodo au Togo 02
    AMETOVENA Kodjo Elom Ezéchiel · CC BY-SA 4.0
    Faune de complex forestier de Togodo caca d'hippopotame 01
    Zoubinnaba · CC BY-SA 4.0
    Feuille du complexe forestier de togodo 01
    Hermannkass · CC BY-SA 4.0

    Other forests nearby.

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

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    Togo · 100 km

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

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    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

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    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.

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