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Boston Public Garden

Christian David · CC BY-SA 4.0

8% trees around it and 409 species recorded.

33Forestyas Score

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  • trees within 3 km8%
  • wild within 10 km54%
  • species recorded409

The forest around

8% 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 16%Grassland 1%Wetland 0%Water 11%Bare ground 0%Built-up 70%Trees 7%Grassland 2%Water 16%Bare ground 1%Built-up 74%Trees 17%Grassland 5%Wetland 0%Water 19%Bare ground 1%Built-up 57%Trees 31%Grassland 6%Wetland 2%Water 25%Bare ground 0%Built-up 36%8%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km16%
  • 1–3 km7%
  • 3–6 km17%
  • 6–10 km31%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees7%
  • Grassland2%
  • Wetland0%
  • Water16%
  • Bare ground1%
  • Built-up74%

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

409 species recorded.

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

Verdolaga
VerdolagaPortulaca oleracea8 recordsZooFari · CC BY-SA 3.0
Lesser pond sedge
Lesser pond sedgeCarex acutiformis7 recordsThis photography was created by Artem Topchiy (user Art-top ). Other photos see here This · CC BY-SA 3.0
Tree of heaven
Tree of heavenAilanthus altissima6 recordsDarkone ( talk · contribs ) · CC BY-SA 2.5
Chinese dogwood
Chinese dogwoodCornus kousa5 recordsHarvey Barrison from Massapequa, NY, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0
Purple-loosestrife
Purple-loosestrifeLythrum salicaria5 recordsGeorge Chernilevsky · CC BY 4.0
Greater Plantain
Greater PlantainPlantago major5 recordsEpgrande · CC BY 4.0
Sweetfern
SweetfernComptonia peregrina5 recordsJomegat · CC BY-SA 3.0
Common dayflower
Common dayflowerCommelina communis4 recordsErmell · CC BY-SA 4.0
Hairy bittercress
Hairy bittercressCardamine hirsuta4 recordsKevin Thiele from Perth, Australia · CC BY 2.0
Wild bergamot
Wild bergamotMonarda fistulosa4 recordsHardyplants at English Wikipedia · Public domain
American white waterlily
American white waterlilyNymphaea odorata3 recordsIvanTortuga · CC BY-SA 3.0
Japanese Creeper
Japanese CreeperParthenocissus tricuspidata3 recordsJacek Halicki · CC BY-SA 4.0

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

In numbers

The forest, measured.

33out of 100

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

  • 8%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 54%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 409Speciesrecorded more than once within 2 km

When to walk

Best for walking in May.

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

  1. Jan0°-8°80 mm
  2. Feb2°-7°86 mm
  3. Mar6°-3°110 mm
  4. Apr13°2°106 mm
  5. May19°8°95 mm
  6. Jun24°14°113 mm
  7. Jul28°17°94 mm
  8. Aug27°17°93 mm
  9. Sep24°13°92 mm
  10. Oct16°7°123 mm
  11. Nov10°1°98 mm
  12. Dec4°-4°116 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Boston Public Garden.

Botanical garden in Boston, MA

Boston Public Garden is an arboretum in United States.

Seen from space, 8% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 54% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

409 species have been recorded around it: 71 plants, 73 fungi, 260 birds and 5 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: Verdolaga, Lesser pond sedge and Tree of heaven.

The best time to walk is in May.

Boston Public Garden lagoon and 200 Clarendon, Boston, Massachusetts
Christian David · CC BY-SA 4.0

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.

Boston Public Garden 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

  • 11marked trails within 5 kmFreedom Trail, Harborwalk Charlestown, Boston HarborWalk and 8 more
  • 8named and notable trees within 6 kmWashington Elm, Cedar of Lebanon, Dawn Redwood and 5 more
  • 390picnic sites within 4 km
  • 189shelters and huts within 6 kmHarvard Sq @ Garden St - Dawes Island and 188 more
  • 23viewpoints within 5 kmSkywalk Observatory, North End Parks, Harborwalk Lookout and 20 more
  • 11visitor centres within 6 kmStart Boston Freedom Trail, Visitor Information Center at Boston Common, Passenger Service Center and 8 more
  • 1,115car parks within 3 km
  • 192places to stay within 10 kmHampshire House, Revere Hotel Boston Common, Found Hotel Boston Common and 189 more
  • 966restaurants and cafés within 3 km
  • campsites within 10 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 Boston Public Garden.

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.

Peakyas177 mountains within 25 km
Breed's Hill2.6 kmWaitt's Mountain66 m · 8.8 kmPine Banks9.9 kmBellevue Hill, Boston100 m · 11 kmGreat Blue Hill183 m · 16 kmHuckleberry Hill54 m · 19 kmSignal Hill20 kmMount Misery24 km
Coastya13 beaches within 10 km
Magazine Beach3.5 kmCarson Beach3.7 kmSavin Hill Beach5.4 kmOrient Heights Beach5.9 kmYirrell Beach8.3 kmWinthrop Beach8.5 kmWollaston Beach9.5 kmHarvey Beach9.9 km
Lakeyas9 lakes within 15 km
Jamaica Pond0.2 km² · 5.9 kmFresh Pond (Cambridge, Massachusetts)0.6 km² · 7.5 kmChestnut Hill Reservoir0.3 km² · 7.5 kmSpy Pond0.3 km² · 9.2 kmSouth Reservoir0.4 km² · 11 kmMystic Lakes0.8 km² · 11 kmSpot Pond1.1 km² · 12 kmHorn Pond0.4 km² · 15 km
Darkskyas4 dark-sky places within 30 km
Judson B. Coit ObservatoryBortle 9 · 2.9 kmHarvard College ObservatoryBortle 9 · 5.7 kmMIT Lincoln LaboratoryBortle 8 · 20 kmWhitin ObservatoryBortle 8 · 20 km
Viewyas1 viewpoints within 15 kmComing soon
Chickatawbut Observation Tower14 km
Riveryasthe river nearby
Charles River129 km · 9.0 m³/sChelsea Creek

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

Photographs

The forest, as people saw it.

Boston Public Garden IMG 20180301 101718164
NewtonCourt · CC BY-SA 4.0
Boston Public Garden (36008p)
Rhododendrites · CC BY-SA 4.0
2017 Boston Public Garden Lagoon Bridge from south
Beyond My Ken · CC BY-SA 4.0

Other forests nearby.

Boston Public Garden

United States

  • 33Forestyas Score
  • 8%Trees
  • 54%Wild
  • 409Species

Arnold Arboretum

United States · 8 km

  • 62Forestyas Score
  • 58%Trees
  • 65%Wild
  • 501Species

See the guide

Liberty Tree

United States · 1 km

  • 30Forestyas Score
  • 7%Trees
  • 56%Wild
  • 400Species

See the guide

White Mountain National Forest

United States · 196 km

  • 85Forestyas Score
  • 100%Trees
  • 100%Wild
  • 168Species

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q894579) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species118,333 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, Lakeyas, Darkskyas, Viewyas, Riveryas

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

The family

Do you prefer beaches, lakes, mountains, waterfalls, islands, rivers, canyons, caves, dark skies, viewpoints, birdwatching or forests?

Same idea, other landscapes: field atlases built on open data, in seven languages.

beachesCoastyaFind your beach: sea temperature, sun and swimming month by month.Visit lakesLakeyasEvery lake on Earth: water temperature, ice, depth and the shore.Visit mountainsPeakyasEvery summit in 3D: summit weather, the 0 °C line, huts and trails.Visit waterfallsCascadyasEvery waterfall: height, flow month by month and when it roars.Visit islandsIslandyasEvery island from the sea up: size, sea temperature, ferries and 3D.Visit riversRiveryasEvery river from source to sea: the journey, the flow and the basin in numbers.Visit canyonsCanyonyasEvery canyon cut to scale: depth to the floor, rim and floor temperatures, trails and viewpoints.Visit cavesCavernyasEvery cave with its real depth and length: the rock above, the temperature inside all year, and how to visit.Visit dark skiesDarkskyasWhere the night is still dark: the sky of every place, the Milky Way month by month, the Moon, eclipses and auroras.Visit
viewpointsViewyasEvery viewpoint with its real 360° panorama: the peaks you can name, how far you see and where the sun sets.Coming soonVisit
birdwatchingBirdyasEvery bird sanctuary and wetland with the species recorded month by month: who is resident, who comes for the summer, who only passes through.Visit
forestsForestyasEvery forest with its land-cover rings, what grows and lives in it, and the best months to walk it.You are here