Natural and national parks
Parque Natural de la Sierra de Guadarrama Norte
Parque Natural de la Sierra de Guadarrama Norte has 512 km² of forest, mostly pine (66.4% of the tree cover), between 960 and 2,179 m above sea level. Most of it (88%) lies in the sub-humid bioclimatic zone. In the latest run, no species here scores above “very weak”.
Elevation
1,320 m
960–2,179 m
Wooded ground
512 km²
Pine · 66.4%
Climate
Sub-humid
88% of the area
Dry3%Sub-humid88%Humid10%
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 3.1 · peak 14.9
- mean 2.6 · peak 14.6
- mean 2.4 · peak 13
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- mean 2.4 · peak 13.3
- mean 2.4 · peak 12.2
- mean 2.3 · peak 12
- mean 2 · peak 9.9
- mean 1.9 · peak 11.7
- mean 1.7 · peak 11.6
- mean 1.6 · peak 10.2
- mean 1.6 · peak 7.2
- mean 1.3 · peak 6.1
- mean 1.2 · peak 8.9
- mean 1.1 · peak 6.4
- mean 1.1 · peak 5.2
- mean 0.8 · peak 5.4
- mean 0.6 · peak 3.8
- mean 0.5 · peak 4.9
- mean 0.4 · peak 4.4
- mean 0.4 · peak 4.4
- mean 0.4 · peak 4.8
- mean 0.3 · peak 3.8
- mean 0.3 · peak 3.7
- mean 0.3 · peak 4.4
- mean 0.3 · peak 2.4
- mean 0.2 · peak 1.9
- mean 0.1 · peak 1.5
- mean 0.1 · peak 0.7
- mean 0.1 · peak 0.6
- mean 0 · peak 0.3
- mean 0 · peak 0.3
- mean 0 · peak 0.1
Forest
512 km² of forest
- Scots pinePinus sylvestris65.1% · 66% canopy
- Pyrenean oakQuercus pyrenaica11.3% · 53% canopy
- Holm oakQuercus ilex10.5% · 41% canopy
- Spanish juniperJuniperus thurifera7.7% · 46% canopy
- Narrow-leaved ashFraxinus angustifolia2.2% · 52% canopy
- Maritime pinePinus pinaster1.3% · 64% canopy
- Hybrid poplarPopulus x canadensis0.6% · 54% canopy
- WillowsSalix spp.0.4% · 62% canopy
Reading about this area
- Weekend 17–18 October: good-condition area up for all five leading species
State of the forest
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