Protected natural areas
Monumento Natural del Monte Santiago
Monumento Natural del Monte Santiago has 8 km² of forest, mostly beech (81.1% of the tree cover), between 654 and 985 m above sea level. All of it lies in the sub-humid bioclimatic zone. In the latest run, scoring best here: Funeral bell, Fly agaric and Panther cap.
Also in: Araba/Álava
Elevation
887 m
654–985 m
Wooded ground
8 km²
Beech · 81.1%
Climate
Sub-humid
100% of the area
What comes up here
Ordered by the area's mean index on the last day computed. The mean says whether the drive is worth it; the peak says whether some corner of it is.
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as of 15 October 2026The bar is the area's mean index; the tick is the highest it reaches in any corner of it.
- mean 10.7 · peak 22.5
- mean 10.5 · peak 21.8
- mean 10.5 · peak 21.8
- mean 10.3 · peak 21.8
- mean 10.3 · peak 21.8
- mean 10.3 · peak 21.8
- mean 10.2 · peak 21.5
- mean 10.2 · peak 21.5
- mean 10.2 · peak 21.5
- mean 10 · peak 20.2
- mean 9.7 · peak 19.7
- mean 9.4 · peak 18.4
- mean 9.1 · peak 19
- mean 6.4 · peak 13.2
- mean 6.3 · peak 14
- mean 5 · peak 10.3
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- mean 2.2 · peak 5.1
- mean 1.9 · peak 4.7
- mean 1.5 · peak 3.9
- mean 1.3 · peak 4
- mean 1.3 · peak 3.4
- mean 1.2 · peak 3.4
- mean 1.1 · peak 3.1
- mean 1.1 · peak 2.9
- mean 0.9 · peak 2.7
- mean 0.8 · peak 2.1
- mean 0.7 · peak 1.6
- mean 0.4 · peak 1
- mean 0.3 · peak 0.6
- mean 0.2 · peak 0.8
Forest
8 km² of forest
- BeechFagus sylvatica81.1% · 76% canopy
- Scots pinePinus sylvestris12.7% · 54% canopy
- Portuguese oakQuercus faginea5.5% · 78% canopy
- Common hawthornCrataegus monogyna0.4% · 40% canopy
- Monterey pinePinus radiata0.3% · 20% canopy
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