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Atatürk Arboretum

CeeGee · CC BY-SA 4.0

97% trees around it and 262 species recorded.

  • trees within 3 km97%
  • wild within 10 km87%
  • species recorded262
  • Altitude121 m

The forest around

97% 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 89%Grassland 1%Cropland 0%Built-up 10%Trees 98%Grassland 1%Water 1%Built-up 0%Trees 82%Grassland 4%Water 2%Bare ground 2%Cropland 0%Built-up 10%Trees 60%Grassland 7%Water 16%Bare ground 1%Cropland 1%Built-up 16%97%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km89%
  • 1–3 km98%
  • 3–6 km82%
  • 6–10 km60%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees98%
  • Grassland1%
  • Water1%
  • Bare ground0%
  • Cropland0%
  • Built-up0%

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

262 species recorded.

The plants, fungi, birds and mammals people have recorded here most often.

Ruscus aculeatus
Ruscus aculeatusRuscus aculeatus23 recordsNo machine-readable author provided. Vista~commonswiki assumed (based on copyright claims) · CC BY-SA 3.0
Crocus pulchellus
Crocus pulchellusCrocus pulchellus19 recordsMeneerke bloem · CC BY-SA 3.0
Cherry laurel
Cherry laurelPrunus laurocerasus14 recordsKarduelis · Public domain
Salvia cistus
Salvia cistusCistus salviifolius8 recordsW. Bulach · CC BY-SA 4.0
European Beech
European BeechFagus sylvatica8 recordsMalene Thyssen · CC BY-SA 3.0
Strawberry-tree
Strawberry-treeArbutus unedo7 recordsDidier Descouens · CC BY-SA 4.0
Tree Heath
Tree HeathErica arborea6 recordsJean-Pol GRANDMONT · CC BY 3.0
Common Ivy
Common IvyHedera helix6 recordskallerna · CC BY-SA 4.0
Pampas grass
Pampas grassCortaderia selloana4 recordsUnknown author · CC BY-SA 2.0
Toothwort
ToothwortLathraea squamaria4 recordsJörg Hempel · CC BY-SA 2.0 de
Shining geranium
Shining geraniumGeranium lucidum3 recordsNo machine-readable author provided. Aroche assumed (based on copyright claims). · CC BY-SA 2.5
Sweet mock orange
Sweet mock orangePhiladelphus coronarius3 recordsMatasg · CC BY-SA 3.0

Open records within 2 km (GBIF, licensed for any use). Busy places are better recorded than remote ones.

In numbers

The forest, measured.

81out of 100

Our own rating, from open data only: tree cover (40 points), wildness (20), species recorded (30) and protection or heritage (10).

  • 97%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 87%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 262Speciesrecorded more than once within 2 km
  • 121 mAltitudeabove the sea

When to walk

Best for walking in May and in October.

How good each month is for a walk: mild days and little rain make the bar taller.

  1. Jan8°4°79 mm
  2. Feb9°4°68 mm
  3. Mar12°5°53 mm
  4. Apr16°8°42 mm
  5. May21°14°35 mm
  6. Jun26°19°36 mm
  7. Jul29°21°20 mm
  8. Aug29°22°22 mm
  9. Sep25°19°54 mm
  10. Oct20°14°70 mm
  11. Nov15°10°63 mm
  12. Dec10°6°82 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Atatürk Arboretum.

Atatürk Arboretum is an arboretum in Turkey.

Seen from space, 97% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 87% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

262 species have been recorded around it: 34 plants, 92 fungi, 135 birds and 1 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: Ruscus aculeatus, Crocus pulchellus and Cherry laurel.

The best time to walk is in May and in October.

AtatürkArboretum (2)
CeeGee · CC BY-SA 4.0

Get there and walk

  • VisitingHours in OpenStreetMap: Tu-Su 08:30-17:00Official site
  • Eyüpsultan Belediyesi Göktürk Gençlik Kampıcampsite · 9.0 km · 7 within 10 km
  • Sarıyer Belediyesi Tahsin Salihoğlu Kız Konukeviplace to stay · 0.6 km · 24 within 10 km
  • Bahçeköynearest town · 0.6 km in a straight line
  • İstanbul Airport (IST)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 24 km in a straight lineCar hire at ISL airport (Istanbul)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.

Atatürk Arboretum seen from above (Sentinel-2)
Seen from above: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 (EOX, CC BY 4.0), 6 × 6 km, north up. Points © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Around, in OpenStreetMap

  • 1named and notable trees within 6 kmYatık Çınar
  • 6picnic sites within 4 kmKirazlıbent Piknik Alanı, Aziz Paşa Mesire alanı, Çatalçeşme Mesire Alanı and 3 more
  • 5shelters and huts within 6 km
  • 8viewpoints within 5 km
  • 3visitor centres within 6 kmAylinnn Vize Danışmanlık Hizmetleri, Ziyaretçi Eğitim ve Tanıtım Merkezi, Eyüpsultan Belediyesi İşletme Müdürlüğü Kurtkemeri Şefliği
  • 15car parks within 3 km
  • 7campsites within 10 kmEyüpsultan Belediyesi Göktürk Gençlik Kampı, Giritli Çiftlik Kamp Alanı, Marmaracık Gençlik Kampı and 4 more
  • 24places to stay within 10 kmSarıyer Belediyesi Tahsin Salihoğlu Kız Konukevi, Fuat Paşa Oteli, Mydome and 21 more
  • 22restaurants and cafés within 3 km
  • marked trails within 5 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 Atatürk Arboretum.

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.

Peakyas8 mountains within 25 km
Joshua's Hill201 m · 8.5 kmGöztepe Hill14 kmÇıplak Hill14 kmPierre Loti Hill14 kmAlem Dağı17 kmBüyük Çamlıca Hill268 m · 18 kmKüçük Çamlıca Hill18 kmAlemdağ22 km
Coastya2 beaches within 10 km
Kısırka Village8.6 kmİstinye Koyu9.5 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.

AtatürkArboretum (13)
CeeGee · CC BY-SA 4.0
A tree at Atatürk Arboretum
Maurice Flesier · CC BY-SA 4.0
Arboretum Girişi... - panoramio
Sinan Şahin · CC BY 3.0

Other forests nearby.

Atatürk Arboretum

Turkey

  • 81Forestyas Score
  • 97%Trees
  • 87%Wild
  • 262Species

Belgrad Forest

Turkey · 3 km

  • 81Forestyas Score
  • 99%Trees
  • 92%Wild
  • 327Species

See the guide

Acarlar Floodplain Forest

Turkey · 124 km

  • 55Forestyas Score
  • 48%Trees
  • 92%Wild
  • 40Species

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Dadia Forest

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  • 71Forestyas Score
  • 74%Trees
  • 79%Wild
  • 357Species

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Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q24192239) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species13,541 open records within 2 km (GBIF, CC0 and CC BY 4.0 only)
See these recordsgbif.org
Names and photosWikidata (CC0); GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons
AltitudeCopernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA
Temperature and rainNASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2)
What is around© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
ImagesEOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons
Sister atlasesPeakyas, Coastya, Darkskyas

Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.

The family

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