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Bath Botanical Gardens

Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data), CC BY 4.0, with relief shading from Copernicus WorldDEM-30

90% trees around it and 49 species recorded.

79Forestyas Score

ArboretumDense canopyWild

  • trees within 3 km90%
  • wild within 10 km98%
  • species recorded49

The forest around

90% 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 78%Grassland 20%Built-up 2%Trees 92%Grassland 7%Cropland 0%Trees 94%Grassland 6%Cropland 0%Built-up 0%Trees 81%Mangroves 0%Grassland 9%Water 8%Cropland 0%Built-up 2%90%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km78%
  • 1–3 km92%
  • 3–6 km94%
  • 6–10 km81%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees92%
  • Grassland7%
  • Water0%
  • 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

49 species recorded.

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

Passiflora oblongata
Passiflora oblongataPassiflora oblongata3 recordsDescourtilz, J. Theodore.; Descourtilz, M. E.; Pichard. · Public domain
Shoestring fern
Shoestring fernVittaria lineata2 recordsRiverbanks Outdoor Store from New Port Richey, FL, United States · CC BY 2.0
Glossy maidenhair
Glossy maidenhairAdiantum pulverulentum2 recordsDaderot · Public domain
Goatsfoot
GoatsfootPassiflora sexflora2 recordsDick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada · CC BY 2.0
Didymoglossum membranaceum
Didymoglossum membranaceumDidymoglossum membranaceum2 recordsDenis.prévôt · CC BY-SA 3.0
Kunth's Maiden FernPelazoneuron kunthii3 records
Selaginella tenuissimaSelaginella tenuissima3 records
Alsophila grevilleanaAlsophila grevilleana3 records
Goniopteris pellitaGoniopteris pellita3 records
Lygodium volubileLygodium volubile2 records
VU
Cinnamodendron corticosumCinnamodendron corticosum2 records
Pteris hexagonaPteris hexagona2 records

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

In numbers

The forest, measured.

79out of 100

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

  • 90%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 98%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 49Speciesrecorded more than once within 2 km

When to walk

Best for walking in February.

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

  1. Jan27°25°35 mm
  2. Feb26°25°18 mm
  3. Mar27°25°27 mm
  4. Apr27°26°40 mm
  5. May28°27°117 mm
  6. Jun28°27°101 mm
  7. Jul29°28°75 mm
  8. Aug29°28°111 mm
  9. Sep29°28°131 mm
  10. Oct29°28°180 mm
  11. Nov28°27°94 mm
  12. Dec27°26°51 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Bath Botanical Gardens.

Botanical garden in Bath, Jamaica

Bath Botanical Gardens is an arboretum in Jamaica.

Seen from space, 90% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 98% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

49 species have been recorded around it: 13 plants, 5 fungi, 31 birds and 0 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: Passiflora oblongata, Shoestring fern and Glossy maidenhair.

The best time to walk is in February.

Bath Botanical Gardens seen from above (Sentinel-2)
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data), CC BY 4.0, with relief shading from Copernicus WorldDEM-30

Get there and walk

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.

Bath Botanical Gardens 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

  • 8places to stay within 10 kmGolden Shore Resort, Brown's Guest House, Drakes Cove and 5 more
  • marked trails within 5 km
  • named and notable trees within 6 km
  • picnic sites within 4 km
  • shelters and huts within 6 km
  • viewpoints within 5 km
  • visitor centres within 6 km
  • car parks within 3 km
  • campsites within 10 km
  • restaurants 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 Bath Botanical Gardens.

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.

Peakyas16 mountains within 25 km
Dinner Time12 kmSweetwood Ridge13 kmCowards Ridge21 kmCastle Mountain21 kmCandle Fly Peak22 kmStoddards Peak22 kmAlbion Mountain25 kmTwo Claw Peak25 km
Islandyasthe island
Jamaica11,190 km²
Coastya2 beaches within 10 km
Sankena Bay9.2 kmSwimmers Bay9.7 km

Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.

Other forests nearby.

Bath Botanical Gardens

Jamaica

  • 79Forestyas Score
  • 90%Trees
  • 98%Wild
  • 49Species

Hope Botanical Gardens

Jamaica · 43 km

  • 67Forestyas Score
  • 64%Trees
  • 77%Wild
  • 211Species

See the guide

National Heroes Park

Jamaica · 47 km

  • 30Forestyas Score
  • 7%Trees
  • 73%Wild
  • 32Species

See the guide

Cupaynicú

Cuba · 261 km

  • 72Forestyas Score
  • 72%Trees
  • 89%Wild
  • 96Species

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q810774) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species231 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, Islandyas, Coastya

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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