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Tuskegee National Forest

US Forest Service - Southern Region · CC BY-SA 2.0

87% trees around it and 206 species recorded.

86Forestyas Score

ForestNational forestDense canopyBirds

  • trees within 3 km87%
  • wild within 10 km98%
  • species recorded206
  • Altitude122 m

The forest around

87% 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 93%Grassland 6%Built-up 0%Trees 86%Grassland 11%Water 0%Cropland 0%Built-up 2%Trees 86%Grassland 12%Water 0%Cropland 1%Built-up 1%Trees 80%Grassland 16%Water 1%Bare ground 0%Cropland 2%Built-up 1%87%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km93%
  • 1–3 km86%
  • 3–6 km86%
  • 6–10 km80%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees86%
  • Grassland11%
  • Water0%
  • Cropland0%
  • Built-up2%

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

206 species recorded.

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

Florida Pine
Florida PinePinus palustris4 recordsChuck Bargeron, University of Georgia · CC BY 3.0 us
Dwarf violet iris
Dwarf violet irisIris verna4 recordsBob Gutowski · CC BY 2.0
Birdfoot violet
Birdfoot violetViola pedata4 recordsEric in SF · CC BY-SA 3.0
Eastern sweetshrub
Eastern sweetshrubCalycanthus floridus3 recordsDidier Descouens · CC BY-SA 4.0
Yellow poplar
Yellow poplarLiriodendron tulipifera3 recordsJean-Pol GRANDMONT · CC BY 3.0
Bracken
BrackenPteridium aquilinum3 recordsStefan.lefnaer · CC BY-SA 4.0
Shortleaf Pine
Shortleaf PinePinus echinata3 recordsChris M · CC BY 2.0
Needle palm
Needle palmRhapidophyllum hystrix3 recordsUnknown author · Public domain
Highbush blueberry
Highbush blueberryVaccinium corymbosum2 recordsThe original Uploader was Oven Fresh at English Wikipedia · Public domain
Spurred butterfly pea
Spurred butterfly peaCentrosema virginianum2 recordsSmokemob · CC BY 3.0
Kudzu
KudzuPueraria montana2 recordsPhoto by Peggy Greb. · Public domain
American cancer-root
American cancer-rootConopholis americana2 recordsThis image was created by user Dan Molter (shroomydan) at Mushroom Observer , a source for · CC BY-SA 3.0

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).

  • 87%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 98%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 206Speciesrecorded more than once within 5 km
  • 122 mAltitudeabove the sea

When to walk

Best for walking in November.

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

  1. Jan13°1°105 mm
  2. Feb15°3°121 mm
  3. Mar20°7°124 mm
  4. Apr24°11°115 mm
  5. May28°16°103 mm
  6. Jun32°20°108 mm
  7. Jul33°22°122 mm
  8. Aug33°21°116 mm
  9. Sep31°18°86 mm
  10. Oct26°12°72 mm
  11. Nov19°6°96 mm
  12. Dec14°3°138 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Tuskegee National Forest.

Forest in Alabama, United States

Tuskegee National Forest is a national forest in United States.

Seen from space, 87% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 98% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

206 species have been recorded around it: 24 plants, 2 fungi, 180 birds and 0 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: Florida Pine, Dwarf violet iris and Birdfoot violet.

The best time to walk is in November.

Tuskegee NF (19324730755)
US Forest Service - Southern Region · CC BY-SA 2.0

Get there and walk

  • Official informationAccess, hours and rules from those who manage the place.Official site
  • Leisure Time Campgroundcampsite · 12 km · 1 within 10 km
  • Hampton Inn Auburnplace to stay · 13 km · 9 within 10 km
  • Tuskegeenearest town · 9.8 km in a straight line
  • Columbus Airport (CSG)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 63 km in a straight lineCar hire in MontgomeryDiscover 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.

Tuskegee 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

  • 1marked trails within 5 kmBartram National Recreational Trail
  • 1picnic sites within 4 kmTaska Recreation Area
  • 3car parks within 3 km
  • 1campsites within 10 kmLeisure Time Campground
  • 9places to stay within 10 kmHampton Inn Auburn, Courtyard Auburn, Tru by Hilton Auburn and 6 more
  • named and notable trees within 6 km
  • shelters and huts within 6 km
  • viewpoints within 5 km
  • visitor centres within 6 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 Tuskegee 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.

Peakyas1 mountains within 25 km
Baxley Hill20 km
Lakeyas1 lakes within 15 km
City Lake0.3 km² · 8.6 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.

20200222 01 Tuskegee, Alabama
davidwilson1949 · CC BY 2.0
Tuskegee Airman Double V- Fighting for victory at home and abroad (b8c5d221-1dd8-b71b-0b03-0c3c33e0a583)
NPS Photo · Public domain
Tuskegee Airmen NHS Hangar 2
Pwsuddes · CC BY-SA 4.0

Other forests nearby.

Tuskegee National Forest

United States

  • 86Forestyas Score
  • 87%Trees
  • 98%Wild
  • 206Species

Talladega National Forest

United States · 113 km

  • 74Forestyas Score
  • 66%Trees
  • 97%Wild
  • 108Species

See the guide

William B. Bankhead National Forest

United States · 252 km

  • 83Forestyas Score
  • 93%Trees
  • 100%Wild
  • 103Species

See the guide

Apalachicola National Forest

United States · 270 km

  • 85Forestyas Score
  • 94%Trees
  • 100%Wild
  • 172Species

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q3079161) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species15,339 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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