Luxembourg arboretum
Arboretum Kirchberg
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64% trees around it and 722 species recorded.
- trees within 3 km64%
- wild within 10 km74%
- species recorded722
- Altitude356 m
The forest around
64% trees.
Read like the rings of a cut trunk: from the centre out, the land within 1, 3, 6 and 10 km, coloured by what covers it.
Trees, ring by ring
- 0–1 km36%
- 1–3 km68%
- 3–6 km58%
- 6–10 km47%
What covers the land (1–3 km)
- Trees68%
- Grassland6%
- Bare ground0%
- Cropland4%
- Built-up22%
ESA WorldCover 2021 (10 m, from Sentinel satellites), sampled every 120 m. A clearing, a road or a lake counts as what it is.
Who lives here
722 species recorded.
The plants, fungi, birds and mammals people have recorded here most often.
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Open records within 2 km (GBIF, licensed for any use). Busy places are better recorded than remote ones.
In numbers
The forest, measured.
Our own rating, from open data only: tree cover (40 points), wildness (20), species recorded (30) and protection or heritage (10).
- 64%Treesof the land within 3 km
- 74%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
- 722Speciesrecorded more than once within 2 km
- 356 mAltitudeabove the sea
When to walk
Best for walking in May and in September.
How good each month is for a walk: mild days and little rain make the bar taller.
- Jan-2°67 mm
- Feb-2°57 mm
- Mar0°57 mm
- Apr4°46 mm
- May8°70 mm
- Jun12°68 mm
- Jul14°65 mm
- Aug13°72 mm
- Sep9°56 mm
- Oct6°65 mm
- Nov2°68 mm
- Dec-1°79 mm
- Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
- Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Arboretum Kirchberg.
Arboretum Kirchberg is an arboretum in Luxembourg, 356 m above the sea.
Seen from space, 64% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 74% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.
722 species have been recorded around it: 570 plants, 43 fungi, 90 birds and 19 mammals.
The most recorded plants are: European Beech, Sycamore and Ash.
The best time to walk is in May and in September.
Get there and walk
- Official informationAccess, hours and rules from those who manage the place.Official site↗
- Centre de Formation et d'Animation Neihaischencampsite · 6.1 km · 4 within 10 km
- Mercure Luxembourgplace to stay · 0.9 km · 96 within 10 km
- Neudorf-Weimershofnearest town · 0.7 km in a straight line
- Luxembourg-Findel International Airport (LUX)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 4 km in a straight lineCar hire at LUX airport (Luxembourg)Discover Cars · sponsored link↗
Plan the visit
A guided walk, a bed nearby, a car.
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From above
The forest and its surroundings.
The satellite image of the 6 × 6 km around the place, with the trails, notable trees, picnic sites and huts that OpenStreetMap shows.
Around, in OpenStreetMap
- 44marked trails within 5 kmCity Promenade, Circuit Vauban, Jakobsweg Luxemburg and 41 more
- 55named and notable trees within 6 kmGinkgo op der Eecherplaz, Sequoia am Amaliepark, Käschtebam um Square Robert Brasseur and 52 more
- 120picnic sites within 4 km
- 207shelters and huts within 6 kmRameldange, Beim Bësch and 206 more
- 68viewpoints within 5 kmBock, Hammer Dällchen, Ravelin Pâté and 65 more
- 7visitor centres within 6 kmVisitor Entrance, Besucher Zentrum, City Shopping info point and 4 more
- 785car parks within 3 km
- 4campsites within 10 kmCentre de Formation et d'Animation Neihaischen, Camping Bon Accueil Alzingen, Kockelscheuer and 1 more
- 96places to stay within 10 kmMercure Luxembourg, Il Piccolo Mondo, Hôtel Domus and 93 more
- 340restaurants and cafés within 3 km
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.
In our other atlases
Around Arboretum Kirchberg.
The mountains, lakes, rivers, waterfalls and canyons around this forest, the viewpoints above it, the birds and the night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas18 mountains within 25 kmWiddebierg386 m · 12 kmMont St. Jean410 m · 17 km↗Tattebierg316 m · 18 kmZolwerknapp422 m · 20 kmGaalgebierg401 m · 20 kmJokesbierg, Bech359 m · 21 kmRenglisch-Berg408 m · 24 kmTitelberg397 m · 24 km
Viewyas2 viewpoints within 15 kmComing soonPfaffenthal Panoramic Elevator2.8 km↗Reiterlee293 m · 12 km
Birdyas4 birding sites within 25 kmMoselaue bei Nennig19 kmSaargau Bilzingen/Fisch23 kmHammelsberg u. Atzbüsch bei Perl24 kmRenglischberg25 km
Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Photographs
The forest, as people saw it.
Other forests nearby.
Arboretum Kirchberg
Luxembourg
- 70Forestyas Score
- 64%Trees
- 74%Wild
- 722Species
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q630419) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Land cover | ESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0 |
| Species | 22,196 open records within 2 km (GBIF, CC0 and CC BY 4.0 only) |
| See these records | gbif.org |
| Names and photos | Wikidata (CC0); GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Altitude | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Temperature and rain | NASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2) |
| What is around | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Sister atlases | Peakyas, Viewyas, Birdyas, Cavernyas, Riveryas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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