Natural and national parks
Parque Natural Montaña Palentina
Parque Natural Montaña Palentina has 302 km² of forest, mostly oak (60.2% of the tree cover), between 1,012 and 2,245 m above sea level. Most of it (90%) lies in the sub-humid bioclimatic zone. In the latest run, scoring best here: Scarletina bolete, Panther cap and Fly agaric.
Elevation
1,374 m
1,012–2,245 m
Wooded ground
302 km²
Oak · 60.2%
Climate
Sub-humid
90% of the area
Sub-humid90%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 18.2 · peak 85.3
- mean 17 · peak 87
- mean 15.6 · peak 85.4
- mean 14.9 · peak 82
- mean 14.1 · peak 87
- mean 14.1 · peak 80
- mean 13 · peak 84.4
- mean 12.6 · peak 76.7
- mean 11.5 · peak 77.7
- mean 11.4 · peak 69.3
- mean 11.1 · peak 85.3
- mean 11 · peak 62.8
- mean 10.3 · peak 87
- mean 10.2 · peak 84.3
- mean 9.9 · peak 77.2
- mean 9 · peak 60.4
- mean 9 · peak 71.2
- mean 8.1 · peak 49.4
- mean 8 · peak 78.1
- mean 8 · peak 48.6
- mean 7.5 · peak 42.7
- mean 7.5 · peak 63.6
- mean 6.7 · peak 48.2
- mean 6 · peak 74.1
- mean 6 · peak 36
Show the other 7
- mean 4.1 · peak 26.1
- mean 3.6 · peak 23.4
- mean 0.8 · peak 4.7
- mean 0.7 · peak 6.7
- mean 0.2 · peak 1.9
- mean 0.1 · peak 0.4
- mean 0.1 · peak 0.6
Forest
302 km² of forest
- Pyrenean oakQuercus pyrenaica41.5% · 63% canopy
- Sessile oakQuercus petraea18.7% · 72% canopy
- BeechFagus sylvatica17.9% · 82% canopy
- Scots pinePinus sylvestris17.3% · 66% canopy
- Holm oakQuercus ilex2.4% · 51% canopy
- Mountain pinePinus uncinata0.3% · 79% canopy
- Spanish juniperJuniperus thurifera0.3% · 28% canopy
- WillowsSalix spp.0.3% · 63% canopy
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