Germany / France forest
Warndt
Kapipelmo · Public domain
92% trees around it and 362 species recorded.
- trees within 3 km92%
- wild within 10 km77%
- species recorded362
- Altitude263 m
The forest around
92% 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, ring by ring
- 0–1 km100%
- 1–3 km91%
- 3–6 km73%
- 6–10 km60%
What covers the land (1–3 km)
- Trees91%
- Grassland4%
- Water0%
- Bare ground0%
- Cropland2%
- 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
362 species recorded.
The plants, fungi, birds and mammals people have recorded here most often.
NT
Open records within 5 km (GBIF, licensed for any use). Busy places are better recorded than remote ones.
In numbers
The forest, measured.
Our own rating, from open data only: tree cover (40 points), wildness (20), species recorded (30) and protection or heritage (10).
- 92%Treesof the land within 3 km
- 77%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
- 362Speciesrecorded more than once within 5 km
- 263 mAltitudeabove the sea
When to walk
Best for walking in May.
How good each month is for a walk: mild days and little rain make the bar taller.
- Jan-2°65 mm
- Feb-2°54 mm
- Mar0°57 mm
- Apr4°45 mm
- May8°73 mm
- Jun12°66 mm
- Jul14°65 mm
- Aug13°71 mm
- Sep9°55 mm
- Oct6°66 mm
- Nov2°66 mm
- Dec-1°79 mm
- Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
- Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Warndt.
Forest region at the border between Germany and France near Saarbrücken
Warndt is a forest in Germany, 263 m above the sea.
Seen from space, 92% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 77% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.
362 species have been recorded around it: 221 plants, 1 fungi, 121 birds and 19 mammals.
The most recorded plants are: Garlic Mustard, European Beech and Periwinkle.
The best time to walk is in May.
Get there and walk
- Wohnmobil-Stellplatz Glashüttenplatz Lauterbachcampsite · 2.2 km · 7 within 10 km
- Asterplace to stay · 5.8 km · 78 within 10 km
- Ludweiler-Warndtnearest town · 4.2 km in a straight line
- Saarbrücken Airport (SCN)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 25 km in a straight lineCar hire at ETZ airport (Goin)Discover 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.
Around, in OpenStreetMap
- 11marked trails within 5 kmFranziskusweg, Werbelner Geschichte-Weg, Saarwanderweg / Sentier de la Sarre and 8 more
- 22named and notable trees within 6 kmChêne des Sorcières and 21 more
- 8picnic sites within 4 km
- 22shelters and huts within 6 kmDiehls Hütte, Schutzhütte and 20 more
- 8viewpoints within 5 kmPlateforme panoramique carrière Barrois, Belvédère de L'Hôpital, Terril de Sainte-Fontaine and 5 more
- 21car parks within 3 km
- 7campsites within 10 kmWohnmobil-Stellplatz Glashüttenplatz Lauterbach, Campingplatz Überherrn, Völklinger Hütte, Stellplatz für Wohnmobile and 4 more
- 78places to stay within 10 kmAster, hotelF1, Hôtel Première Classe and 75 more
- 5restaurants and cafés within 3 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 Warndt.
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.
Peakyas97 mountains within 25 km
Viewyas1 viewpoints within 15 kmComing soon
Birdyas6 birding sites within 25 kmFigures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Photographs
The forest, as people saw it.
Other forests nearby.
Warndt
Germany
- 76Forestyas Score
- 92%Trees
- 77%Wild
- 362Species
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q896866) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Land cover | ESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0 |
| Species | 12,568 open records within 5 km (GBIF, CC0 and CC BY 4.0 only) |
| See these records | gbif.org |
| Names and photos | Wikidata (CC0); GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Altitude | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Temperature and rain | NASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2) |
| What is around | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Sister atlases | Peakyas, Viewyas, Birdyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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