When to go
The best forests in August
120 forests where August is among the best months to walk.
97%trees92forestRainforests of the Atsinanana
Madagascar617 species recorded · Best month
97%trees90forestHoh Rainforest
United States328 species recorded · Best month
96%trees88forestAmani Nature Reserve
Tanzania1,042 species recorded · Best month
94%trees88forestDaintree Rainforest
Australia982 species recorded · Best month
92%trees88forestDarß Forest
Germany841 species recorded · Best month
97%trees87arboretumRoyal Botanical Garden
Bhutan376 species recorded · Best month
99%trees87forestBudongo Forest
Uganda783 species recorded · Best month
90%trees87forestQueen Elizabeth Forest Park
United Kingdom709 species recorded · Best month
91%trees86forestØstmarka
Norway1,402 species recorded · Best month
84%trees86forestTiveden
Sweden668 species recorded · Best month
93%trees86forestAtewa Range
Ghana562 species recorded · Best month
87%trees85forestTijuca Forest
Brazil1,485 species recorded · Best month
91%trees85forestVestmarkaNorway1,941 species recorded · Best month
99%trees85arboretumJardim Botânico do Bom Sucesso
Sao Tome and Principe208 species recorded · Best month
88%trees85arboretumRoyal Botanic Gardens, Peradeniya
Sri Lanka295 species recorded · Best month
99%trees84forestThree Parallel Rivers National Park
China91 species recorded · Best month
98%trees84forestVanuatu rain forests
Vanuatu357 species recorded · Best month
75%trees84forestGrizedale ForestUnited Kingdom1,093 species recorded · Best month
78%trees84forestKrokskogenNorway650 species recorded · Best month
85%trees83forestRio Preto National ForestBrazil382 species recorded · Best month
74%trees83forestGribskov
Denmark1,880 species recorded · Best month
94%trees82forestForêt Montmorency
Canada240 species recorded · Best month
90%trees82forestLillomarkaNorway2,126 species recorded · Best month
76%trees81forestScandinavian coastal conifer forestsNorway523 species recorded · Best month
99%trees81national forestSiuslaw National ForestUnited States61 species recorded · Best month
89%trees80forestFinnskogenNorway130 species recorded · Best month
70%trees79forestStore DyrehaveDenmark1,559 species recorded · Best month
67%trees79arboretumVictoria Botanical Gardens
Seychelles383 species recorded · Best month
87%trees78notable treeRumskulla oakSweden86 species recorded · Best month
84%trees78arboretumAburi Botanical GardensGhana107 species recorded · Best month
100%trees78forestIwokrama Forest
Guyana76 species recorded · Best month
76%trees78forestSão Francisco de Paula National ForestBrazil602 species recorded · Best month
71%trees77arboretumBali Botanic Garden
Indonesia193 species recorded · Best month
65%trees77arboretumUniversity of Oulu Botanical Gardens
Finland684 species recorded · Best month
72%trees77arboretumKebun Raya CibodasIndonesia584 species recorded · Best month
70%trees77arboretumJardín Botanico
Colombia268 species recorded · Best month
61%trees76forestKolmårdenSweden1,611 species recorded · Best month
69%trees75arboretumSítio Roberto Burle MarxBrazil60 species recorded · Best month
95%trees75forestBorneo lowland rain forests
Brunei37 species recorded · Best month
73%trees75forestWyre ForestUnited Kingdom1,920 species recorded · Best month
91%trees74forestBugoma Central Forest reserveUganda94 species recorded · Best month
100%trees74forestCentral Suriname Nature Reserve
Suriname6 species recorded · Best month
61%trees73forestSacred Mijikenda Kaya Forests
Kenya141 species recorded · Best month
60%trees73forestGlaskogenSweden433 species recorded · Best month
65%trees73arboretumRio de Janeiro Botanical GardenBrazil852 species recorded · Best month
63%trees73forestRum JungleAustralia291 species recorded · Best month
60%trees72national forestTongass National ForestUnited States119 species recorded · Best month
60%trees72forestRude SkovDenmark1,811 species recorded · Best month
75%trees72forestDalby ForestUnited Kingdom1,180 species recorded · Best month
50%trees71forestCaledonian ForestUnited Kingdom769 species recorded · Best month
48%trees71forestGlentress ForestUnited Kingdom913 species recorded · Best month
80%trees70arboretumRold SkovDenmark329 species recorded · Best month
90%trees69forestAlberta-British Columbia foothills forestsCanada9 species recorded · Best month
48%trees69arboretumUniversity Museum of BergenNorway800 species recorded · Best month
81%trees69arboretumAnja's ParkFinland14 species recorded · Best month
56%trees69national forestCuster National ForestUnited States96 species recorded · Best month
94%trees69forestSandarmokh
Russia8 species recorded · Best month
63%trees69forestGjelleråsenNorway2,077 species recorded · Best month
43%trees68arboretumEden ProjectUnited Kingdom1,208 species recorded · Best month
50%trees67forestWentwoodUnited Kingdom1,163 species recorded · Best month
50%trees67arboretumGothenburg Botanical GardenSweden2,248 species recorded · Best month
45%trees67forestFolehaveskovenDenmark1,318 species recorded · Best month
100%trees67forestIturi rainforest
DR Congo4 species recorded · Best month
48%trees66arboretumLae Botanic Gardens
Papua New Guinea192 species recorded · Best month
59%trees66forestHareskovenDenmark1,777 species recorded · Best month
45%trees65forestTefé National ForestBrazil358 species recorded · Best month
38%trees65forestForêt du Tapcal
France756 species recorded · Best month
49%trees64forestAlberta Mountain forestsCanada159 species recorded · Best month
49%trees63forestDelamere ForestUnited Kingdom1,108 species recorded · Best month
100%trees63forestMikea ForestMadagascar1 species recorded · Best month
39%trees63notable treeKongebjørkaNorway386 species recorded · Best month
100%trees63forestNational Forest TapajósBrazil1 species recorded · Best month
71%trees63forestAlmindingenDenmark1,105 species recorded · Best month
29%trees62forestTollymore Forest ParkUnited Kingdom1,330 species recorded · Best month
36%trees62forestShai Hills Resource ReserveGhana506 species recorded · Best month
42%trees61forestNgezi Forest ReserveTanzania183 species recorded · Best month
69%trees61forestKarura ForestKenya707 species recorded · Best month
47%trees61forestFraser Plateau and Basin complexCanada91 species recorded · Best month
26%trees61arboretumTynwald National Park and Arboretum
Isle of Man529 species recorded · Best month
30%trees61forestGlenariff Forest ParkUnited Kingdom657 species recorded · Best month
50%trees60forestTrandumskogenNorway1,051 species recorded · Best month
46%trees60notable treeStorkeegenDenmark566 species recorded · Best month
64%trees60arboretumCurepipe Botanic Gardens
Mauritius31 species recorded · Best month
91%trees60forestAmapá National ForestBrazilBest month
23%trees60forestExmoorUnited Kingdom1,146 species recorded · Best month
47%trees60arboretumBotanical garden of Portoviejo
Ecuador101 species recorded · Best month
49%trees59forestParadisbakkerneDenmark1,111 species recorded · Best month
64%trees59forestKrasny Bor Forest, KareliaRussia7 species recorded · Best month
30%trees58arboretumOslo Botanical GardenNorway1,719 species recorded · Best month
41%trees58forestValby HegnDenmark1,003 species recorded · Best month
41%trees58notable treeKongeegenDenmark541 species recorded · Best month
23%trees58forestAchnashellach ForestUnited Kingdom651 species recorded · Best month
34%trees56forestMarselisborg ForestsDenmark1,735 species recorded · Best month
56%trees56notable treeTamme-Lauri oak
Estonia69 species recorded · Best month
23%trees55arboretumLost Gardens of HeliganUnited Kingdom700 species recorded · Best month
24%trees55forestHallormsstaðaskógur
Iceland321 species recorded · Best month
32%trees55forestWirral PeninsulaUnited Kingdom1,600 species recorded · Best month
49%trees55forestChernyayevsky ForestRussia544 species recorded · Best month
50%trees54forestSherwood ForestUnited Kingdom1,154 species recorded · Best month
25%trees54arboretumRoyal Botanic Garden EdinburghUnited Kingdom1,235 species recorded · Best month
35%trees54notable treeSnoegenDenmark539 species recorded · Best month
11%trees53protected forestDark HedgesUnited Kingdom431 species recorded · Best month
51%trees52notable treeMajor OakUnited Kingdom571 species recorded · Best month
40%trees52protected forestShuvalovsky ParkRussia343 species recorded · Best month
14%trees52arboretumUniversity of Helsinki Botanical GardenFinland1,923 species recorded · Best month
5%trees51forestWistman's WoodUnited Kingdom1,110 species recorded · Best month
25%trees51arboretumBotanic GardensUnited Kingdom590 species recorded · Best month
44%trees49forestEu ForestFrance1,036 species recorded · Best month
24%trees49arboretumLinnaean GardenSweden2,240 species recorded · Best month
30%trees48arboretumGlasgow Botanic GardensUnited Kingdom807 species recorded · Best month
22%trees48arboretumDurban Botanic Gardens
South Africa498 species recorded · Best month
16%trees47forestGreen MountainUnited Kingdom113 species recorded · Best month
20%trees47forestLouisenlundDenmark1,022 species recorded · Best month
19%trees46forestHestehave ForestDenmark974 species recorded · Best month
33%trees46forestThe WrekinUnited Kingdom1,580 species recorded · Best month
24%trees46arboretum'Ene'io Botanical Garden
Tonga15 species recorded · Best month
54%trees46forestWest Siberian PlainRussiaBest month
24%trees45arboretumBogor Botanical GardensIndonesia1,131 species recorded · Best month
10%trees44forestBallykeeffe Wood
Ireland201 species recorded · Best month
39%trees44arboretumAlmaty Botanical Garden
Kazakhstan123 species recorded · Best monthBest months by mild temperature and little rain (NASA). In autumn, deciduous forests change colour.
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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.
beaches
Find your beach: sea temperature, sun and swimming month by month.Visit 
lakes
Every lake on Earth: water temperature, ice, depth and the shore.Visit 
mountains
Every summit in 3D: summit weather, the 0 °C line, huts and trails.Visit 
waterfalls
Every waterfall: height, flow month by month and when it roars.Visit 
islands
Every island from the sea up: size, sea temperature, ferries and 3D.Visit 
rivers
Every river from source to sea: the journey, the flow and the basin in numbers.Visit 
canyons
Every canyon cut to scale: depth to the floor, rim and floor temperatures, trails and viewpoints.Visit 
caves
Every cave with its real depth and length: the rock above, the temperature inside all year, and how to visit.Visit 
dark skies
Where the night is still dark: the sky of every place, the Milky Way month by month, the Moon, eclipses and auroras.Visit 
viewpoints
Every viewpoint with its real 360° panorama: the peaks you can name, how far you see and where the sun sets.Coming soonVisit 
birdwatching
Every bird sanctuary and wetland with the species recorded month by month: who is resident, who comes for the summer, who only passes through.Visit 
forests
Every forest with its land-cover rings, what grows and lives in it, and the best months to walk it.You are here