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Yubu Island

663highland · CC BY 2.5

36% trees around it and 204 species recorded.

62Forestyas Score

ArboretumWild

  • trees within 3 km36%
  • wild within 10 km99%
  • species recorded204

The forest around

36% 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 11%Mangroves 8%Grassland 6%Water 68%Cropland 5%Built-up 1%Trees 39%Mangroves 2%Grassland 2%Water 56%Cropland 1%Built-up 0%Trees 33%Mangroves 2%Grassland 2%Water 62%Cropland 1%Built-up 0%Trees 26%Mangroves 1%Grassland 1%Water 71%Cropland 0%Built-up 0%36%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km11%
  • 1–3 km39%
  • 3–6 km33%
  • 6–10 km26%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees39%
  • Mangroves2%
  • Grassland2%
  • Water56%
  • Cropland1%
  • 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

204 species recorded.

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

Laurel-leaf snailseed
Laurel-leaf snailseedCocculus laurifolius8 recordsJúlio Reis · CC BY-SA 3.0
Asplenium setoi
Asplenium setoiAsplenium setoi8 recordsself · CC BY-SA 3.0
Longstem adderstongue
Longstem adderstongueOphioglossum petiolatum7 recordsInternet Archive Book Images · Public domain
Syzygium buxifolium
Syzygium buxifoliumSyzygium buxifolium6 recordsShih-Shiuan Kao · CC BY-SA 2.0
Fraxinus griffithii
Fraxinus griffithiiFraxinus griffithii6 recordsKENPEI · CC BY-SA 3.0
Japanese Climbing Fern
Japanese Climbing FernLygodium japonicum5 recordsharum.koh from Kobe city, Japan · CC BY-SA 2.0
Zollinger's indigo
Zollinger's indigoIndigofera zollingeriana5 recordsM108t · CC BY 4.0
Camellia
CamelliaCamellia japonica5 recordsQwert1234 · CC BY-SA 3.0
Pteris semipinnata
Pteris semipinnataPteris semipinnata5 recordsDaderot · Public domain
Psychotria asiatica
Psychotria asiaticaPsychotria asiatica4 recordsKeisotyo · CC BY-SA 4.0
Bay Biscayne creeping-oxeye
Bay Biscayne creeping-oxeyeSphagneticola trilobata4 recordsAris riyanto · CC BY-SA 4.0
Artemisia capillaris
Artemisia capillarisArtemisia capillaris4 recordsQwert1234 · CC BY-SA 3.0

Open records within 2 km (GBIF, licensed for any use). Busy places are better recorded than remote ones.

In numbers

The forest, measured.

62out of 100

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

  • 36%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 99%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 204Speciesrecorded more than once within 2 km

When to walk

Best for walking from January to February.

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

  1. Jan21°19°66 mm
  2. Feb21°20°59 mm
  3. Mar22°20°76 mm
  4. Apr24°23°98 mm
  5. May27°25°152 mm
  6. Jun28°28°164 mm
  7. Jul30°29°118 mm
  8. Aug30°29°187 mm
  9. Sep29°28°194 mm
  10. Oct27°26°110 mm
  11. Nov25°24°95 mm
  12. Dec22°21°75 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Yubu Island.

Island

Yubu Island is an arboretum in Japan.

Seen from space, 36% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 99% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

204 species have been recorded around it: 173 plants, 0 fungi, 31 birds and 0 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: Laurel-leaf snailseed, Asplenium setoi and Longstem adderstongue.

The best time to walk is from January to February.

Yubu Island Okinawa Pref Japan21s3s4350
663highland · CC BY 2.5

Get there and walk

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.

Yubu Island 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

  • 1picnic sites within 4 km
  • 1shelters and huts within 6 km
  • 6car parks within 3 km
  • 18places to stay within 10 kmEco Village, 西表島ジャングルホテル パイヌマヤ, はいむるぶし and 15 more
  • 3restaurants and cafés within 3 km
  • marked trails within 5 km
  • named and notable trees within 6 km
  • viewpoints within 5 km
  • visitor centres within 6 km
  • campsites within 10 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 Yubu Island.

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.

Peakyas7 mountains within 25 km
Ufudaki99 m · 4.4 kmMount Komi470 m · 4.8 kmTedō-yama12 kmGoza-take13 kmYarabu-dake216 m · 19 kmMount Buzama321 m · 23 kmBanna Dake23 km
Islandyasthe island
Iriomote Island289 km²
Darkskyas3 dark-sky places within 30 km
Iriomote-Ishigaki National ParkBortle 2 · 6.1 kmIriomote IslandBortle 2 · 13 kmIshigakijima Astronomical ObservatoryBortle 4 · 21 km
Birdyas1 birding sites within 25 km
Nagura Anparu192 species · 22 km
Cascadyas4 waterfalls within 15 km
Mayagusuku Falls10 kmPinaisāra Falls55 m · 12 kmKanpirē Falls13 kmMariyudu Falls20 m · 13 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.

Yubu Island Okinawa Pref Japan24n4200
663highland · CC BY 2.5
Yuhujima 200708
Uryah · CC BY 3.0
Ticket office at Yubu Island
ブルーノ・プラス · CC BY 4.0

Other forests nearby.

Yubu Island

Japan

  • 62Forestyas Score
  • 36%Trees
  • 99%Wild
  • 204Species

Qilan National Forest Recreation Area

Taiwan · 249 km

  • 83Forestyas Score
  • 88%Trees
  • 99%Wild
  • 257Species

See the guide

Wuling National Forest Recreation Area

Taiwan · 267 km

  • 86Forestyas Score
  • 96%Trees
  • 99%Wild
  • 618Species

See the guide

Fuyuan National Forest Recreation Area

Taiwan · 274 km

  • 82Forestyas Score
  • 83%Trees
  • 96%Wild
  • 346Species

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q700908) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species829 open records within 2 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, Islandyas, Darkskyas, Birdyas, Cascadyas

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