Natural and national parks
Picos de Europa National Park
Picos de Europa National Park has 244 km² of forest, mostly beech (71.7% of the tree cover), between 176 and 2,401 m above sea level. Most of it (99%) lies in the humid bioclimatic zone. In the latest run, scoring best here: Summer cep, Scarletina bolete and Chanterelle.
Elevation
1,201 m
176–2,401 m
Wooded ground
244 km²
Beech · 71.7%
Climate
Humid
99% of the area
Sub-humid1%Humid99%
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 11.1 · peak 42.4
- mean 10.7 · peak 40.9
- mean 10.3 · peak 42.4
- mean 10.2 · peak 41
- mean 10.1 · peak 42.4
- mean 9.9 · peak 41.9
- mean 9.3 · peak 42.4
- mean 8.6 · peak 35.5
- mean 8.1 · peak 40.7
- mean 8.1 · peak 38.3
- mean 8 · peak 42.3
- mean 7.8 · peak 36.6
- mean 7.4 · peak 38.3
- mean 7.4 · peak 35.1
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- mean 4.5 · peak 37
- mean 4.4 · peak 25.5
- mean 4.1 · peak 24.4
- mean 3.3 · peak 29.9
- mean 3.3 · peak 22.6
- mean 2.9 · peak 22.6
- mean 0.6 · peak 5.2
- mean 0.3 · peak 1.6
- mean 0.2 · peak 1.4
- mean 0.2 · peak 1.9
- mean 0.1 · peak 0.6
- mean 0 · peak 0.1
- mean 0 · peak 0.1
- mean 0 · peak 0.1
- mean 0 · peak 0
- mean 0 · peak 0
- mean 0 · peak 0
- mean 0 · peak 0
Forest
244 km² of forest
- BeechFagus sylvatica71.7% · 72% canopy
- Sessile oakQuercus petraea10.4% · 64% canopy
- Pyrenean oakQuercus pyrenaica6% · 76% canopy
- HazelCorylus avellana2.2% · 67% canopy
- Pedunculate oakQuercus robur2.1% · 73% canopy
- Holm oakQuercus ilex2% · 65% canopy
- Sweet chestnutCastanea sativa1.6% · 78% canopy
- Portuguese oakQuercus faginea1.2% · 62% canopy
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