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Uncompahgre National Forest

Reinhard Schön · CC BY-SA 3.0

12% trees around it and 267 species recorded.

53Forestyas Score

ForestNational forestWildMountain forest

  • trees within 3 km12%
  • wild within 10 km100%
  • species recorded267
  • Altitude3,739 m

The forest around

12% 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 2%Grassland 26%Moss and lichen 26%Bare ground 47%Trees 14%Grassland 14%Moss and lichen 13%Water 0%Bare ground 59%Trees 48%Grassland 8%Moss and lichen 7%Water 0%Bare ground 36%Built-up 1%Trees 58%Grassland 15%Moss and lichen 6%Bare ground 20%Built-up 0%12%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km2%
  • 1–3 km14%
  • 3–6 km48%
  • 6–10 km58%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees14%
  • Grassland14%
  • Moss and lichen13%
  • Water0%
  • Bare ground59%
  • Built-up0%

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

267 species recorded.

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

Splitleaf Indian paintbrush
Splitleaf Indian paintbrushCastilleja rhexiifolia27 recordsJ Schmidt · Public domain
Whipple's penstemon
Whipple's penstemonPenstemon whippleanus14 recordsScott Loarie · CC BY 2.0
Colorado blue columbine
Colorado blue columbineAquilegia coerulea13 recordsEjohnsonboulder · Public domain
Geyer's onion
Geyer's onionAllium geyeri12 recordsScott Zona · CC BY 2.0
Snakeweed
SnakeweedBistorta bistortoides12 recordsWalter Siegmund · CC BY-SA 3.0
Alpine sorrel
Alpine sorrelOxyria digyna11 recordsVictor M. Vicente Selvas · CC BY-SA 3.0
Anticlea elegans
Anticlea elegansAnticlea elegans11 recordsAdam Humphreys · CC BY-SA 3.0
Subalpine larkspur
Subalpine larkspurDelphinium barbeyi10 recordsDave Powell, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org · Public domain
Bromus richardsonii
Bromus richardsoniiBromus richardsonii10 recordsInternet Archive Book Images · Public domain
Western Indian paintbrush
Western Indian paintbrushCastilleja occidentalis9 recordsJay Sturner from USA · CC BY 2.0
Richardson's geranium
Richardson's geraniumGeranium richardsonii8 recordsJohnIngraham · CC BY-SA 3.0
Ledge stonecrop
Ledge stonecropRhodiola integrifolia8 recordsJerryFriedman · 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.

53out of 100

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

  • 12%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 100%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 267Speciesrecorded more than once within 5 km
  • 3,739 mAltitudeabove the sea

When to walk

Best for walking in June.

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

  1. Jan-5°-17°45 mm
  2. Feb-5°-17°46 mm
  3. Mar0°-13°40 mm
  4. Apr5°-7°45 mm
  5. May11°-3°40 mm
  6. Jun19°2°20 mm
  7. Jul21°6°56 mm
  8. Aug19°5°55 mm
  9. Sep16°1°55 mm
  10. Oct8°-5°45 mm
  11. Nov1°-10°43 mm
  12. Dec-5°-16°53 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Uncompahgre National Forest.

National forest in Colorado, United States

Uncompahgre National Forest is a national forest in United States, 3,739 m above the sea.

Seen from space, 12% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 100% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

267 species have been recorded around it: 146 plants, 1 fungi, 117 birds and 3 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: Splitleaf Indian paintbrush, Whipple's penstemon and Colorado blue columbine.

The best time to walk is in June.

Million Dollar Highway 10 2006 09 13
Reinhard Schön · CC BY-SA 3.0

Get there and walk

  • Official informationAccess, hours and rules from those who manage the place.Official site
  • Mill Creek Basin Backcountry Campcampsite · 2.6 km · 24 within 10 km
  • New Sheridan Hotelplace to stay · 5.7 km · 51 within 10 km
  • Telluridenearest town · 5.7 km in a straight line
  • Telluride Regional Airport (TEX)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 12 km in a straight lineCar hire at TEX airport (Telluride)Discover Cars · sponsored link

Plan the visit

A guided walk, a bed nearby, a car.

Car hire at TEX airport (Telluride)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.

Uncompahgre 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 kmJud Wiebe Memorial Loop, Blue Lakes
  • 1picnic sites within 4 km
  • 4shelters and huts within 6 kmBlue Lakes Backcountry Hiking Hut, Dolly Parton Tent and 2 more
  • 6viewpoints within 5 kmPoser Rock Viewpoint and 5 more
  • 1visitor centres within 6 kmVisitors Center
  • 5car parks within 3 km
  • 24campsites within 10 kmMill Creek Basin Backcountry Camp, Four J Campground, Million Dollar Highway Free Campsite and 21 more
  • 51places to stay within 10 kmNew Sheridan Hotel, The Hotel Telluride, Wildwood Canyon Inn and 48 more
  • named and notable trees 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 Uncompahgre 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.

Peakyas124 mountains within 25 km
Mount Sneffels4,312 m · 2.5 kmTeakettle Mountain4,214 m · 2.6 kmDallas Peak4,211 m · 3.7 kmVermilion Peak4,237 m · 21 kmGladstone Peak4,243 m · 23 kmNiagara Peak4,210 m · 24 kmMount Wilson4,344 m · 24 kmJones Mountain4,226 m · 24 km
Darkskyas1 dark-sky places within 30 km
Box CanyonBortle 1 · 9.9 km
Canyonyas1 canyons within 20 km
Box Canyon11 km
Cascadyas3 waterfalls within 15 km
Bridal Veil Falls7.2 kmRalston Creek Falls11 kmBear Creek Falls11 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.

CFLRP (Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Program) (20190408-FS-Uncompahgre-001)
Forest Service Photography · Public domain
Wetterhorn peak
Unknown author Unknown author · CC BY-SA 3.0
Chimney Rock Cimarron range
daveynin · CC BY 2.0

Other forests nearby.

Uncompahgre National Forest

United States

  • 53Forestyas Score
  • 12%Trees
  • 100%Wild
  • 267Species

San Juan National Forest

United States · 49 km

  • 67Forestyas Score
  • 51%Trees
  • 100%Wild
  • 94Species

See the guide

Rio Grande National Forest

United States · 87 km

  • 67Forestyas Score
  • 48%Trees
  • 100%Wild
  • 139Species

See the guide

Gunnison National Forest

United States · 94 km

  • 62Forestyas Score
  • 51%Trees
  • 100%Wild
  • 33Species

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q2492646) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species7,644 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, Darkskyas, Canyonyas, Cascadyas

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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