Protected natural areas
Reserva de la Biosfera Real Sitio de San Ildefonso - El Espinar
Reserva de la Biosfera Real Sitio de San Ildefonso - El Espinar has 224 km² of forest, mostly pine (82.4% of the tree cover), between 1,083 and 2,272 m above sea level. Most of it (72%) lies in the sub-humid bioclimatic zone. In the latest run, scoring best here: Slippery jack.
Elevation
1,437 m
1,083–2,272 m
Wooded ground
224 km²
Pine · 82.4%
Climate
Sub-humid
72% of the area
Sub-humid72%Humid28%
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 5 · peak 14.9
- mean 4.4 · peak 14.6
- mean 4.1 · peak 13
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- mean 3.9 · peak 13.3
- mean 3.8 · peak 12.2
- mean 3.6 · peak 12
- mean 3.3 · peak 11.7
- mean 3.3 · peak 10.6
- mean 3.1 · peak 11.6
- mean 2.8 · peak 10.2
- mean 2.3 · peak 7.5
- mean 2.2 · peak 8.9
- mean 2 · peak 6.3
- mean 1.8 · peak 5.6
- mean 1.7 · peak 6.4
- mean 1.4 · peak 5.4
- mean 1 · peak 3.8
- mean 0.8 · peak 4.9
- mean 0.6 · peak 4.4
- mean 0.6 · peak 4.4
- mean 0.6 · peak 4.8
- mean 0.6 · peak 3.8
- mean 0.5 · peak 3.7
- mean 0.4 · peak 4.4
- mean 0.4 · peak 2.4
- mean 0.3 · peak 2.2
- mean 0.2 · peak 1.1
- mean 0.1 · peak 0.6
- mean 0.1 · peak 0.5
- mean 0 · peak 0.2
- mean 0 · peak 0
- mean 0 · peak 0
Forest
224 km² of forest
- Scots pinePinus sylvestris82.3% · 69% canopy
- Pyrenean oakQuercus pyrenaica10.3% · 54% canopy
- Holm oakQuercus ilex6.1% · 43% canopy
- Narrow-leaved ashFraxinus angustifolia0.6% · 67% canopy
- WillowsSalix spp.0.5% · 71% canopy
- Black alderAlnus glutinosa0.1% · 80% canopy
- Maritime pinePinus pinaster0.1% · 36% canopy
- Black pinePinus nigra0% · 70% canopy
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