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Botanic Garden of the Jagiellonian University

Iwona Grabska · CC BY 2.5

33% trees around it and 399 species recorded.

47Forestyas Score

Arboretum

  • trees within 3 km33%
  • wild within 10 km60%
  • species recorded399
  • Altitude210 m

The forest around

33% 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 21%Grassland 1%Bare ground 0%Built-up 77%Trees 34%Grassland 4%Water 4%Cropland 0%Built-up 57%Trees 40%Grassland 11%Water 1%Bare ground 1%Cropland 6%Built-up 41%Trees 45%Grassland 19%Water 1%Bare ground 0%Cropland 16%Built-up 18%33%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km21%
  • 1–3 km34%
  • 3–6 km40%
  • 6–10 km45%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees34%
  • Grassland4%
  • Water4%
  • Bare ground0%
  • Cropland0%
  • Built-up57%

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

399 species recorded.

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

Greater Celandine
Greater CelandineChelidonium majus28 recordsUnknown author · CC BY-SA 3.0
Ground-ivy
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea18 recordsAnRo0002 · CC0
Ramsons
RamsonsAllium ursinum11 recordsAgnes Monkelbaan · CC BY-SA 4.0
European Beech
European BeechFagus sylvatica11 recordsMalene Thyssen · CC BY-SA 3.0
Common hop
Common hopHumulus lupulus11 recordsNo machine-readable author provided. Rasbak assumed (based on copyright claims). · CC BY-SA 3.0
Lawn-daisy
Lawn-daisyBellis perennis11 recordsm.dolores paderne sa… · CC BY-SA 3.0
Sweet alyssum
Sweet alyssumLobularia maritima11 recordsJoanbanjo · CC BY-SA 4.0
Shepherd's purse
Shepherd's purseCapsella bursa-pastoris11 recordsEike Wulfmeyer · CC BY-SA 2.5
Common Ivy
Common IvyHedera helix11 recordskallerna · CC BY-SA 4.0
Slender speedwell
Slender speedwellVeronica filiformis10 recordsAnemoneProjectors · CC BY-SA 2.0
Garlic Mustard
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata10 recordsO. Pichard · CC BY-SA 3.0
Meadow Crane's-bill
Meadow Crane's-billGeranium pratense9 recordsW. Bulach · 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.

47out of 100

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

  • 33%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 60%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 399Speciesrecorded more than once within 2 km
  • 210 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.

  1. Jan0°-6°46 mm
  2. Feb2°-5°43 mm
  3. Mar7°-2°48 mm
  4. Apr14°3°53 mm
  5. May19°9°99 mm
  6. Jun23°13°96 mm
  7. Jul25°15°106 mm
  8. Aug25°14°76 mm
  9. Sep20°9°74 mm
  10. Oct14°4°58 mm
  11. Nov8°0°46 mm
  12. Dec2°-4°41 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Botanic Garden of the Jagiellonian University.

Botanic garden at Krakow, Poland

Botanic Garden of the Jagiellonian University is an arboretum in Poland, 210 m above the sea.

Seen from space, 33% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 60% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

399 species have been recorded around it: 288 plants, 5 fungi, 102 birds and 4 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: Greater Celandine, Ground-ivy and Ramsons.

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

Botanical garden Krakow (2006-05-13) 04
Iwona Grabska · CC BY 2.5

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.

Botanic Garden of the Jagiellonian University 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

  • 13marked trails within 5 kmSzlak Orlich Gniazd, Małopolska Droga św. Jakuba, Kryspinów - Kraków Salwator and 10 more
  • 265named and notable trees within 6 kmLipa ,,Maria'', Dąb ,,Franciszek'', Pomnik Przyrody - Dąb and 262 more
  • 153picnic sites within 4 km
  • 659shelters and huts within 6 kmBorsucza and 658 more
  • 33viewpoints within 5 kmKopiec Krakusa, Metrum and 31 more
  • 10visitor centres within 6 kmPunkt Informacji Miejskiej, Punkt Informacji Turystycznej, info Kraków and 7 more
  • 3,629car parks within 3 km
  • 5campsites within 10 kmClepardia, Adam, Krakowianka and 2 more
  • 533places to stay within 10 kmBrama, Tutti Frutti, Elektor and 530 more
  • 953restaurants 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 Botanic Garden of the Jagiellonian University.

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.

Peakyas21 mountains within 25 km
Wawel228 m · 1.8 kmSowiniec358 m · 8.0 kmGóra Borkowa368 m · 20 kmBycza Góra369 m · 21 kmBracianki437 m · 21 kmBarania Góra386 m · 21 kmŁyse Skały492 m · 23 kmWielka Góra386 m · 24 km
Lakeyas1 lakes within 15 km
Lake Kryspinów0.4 km² · 12 km
Darkskyas1 dark-sky places within 30 km
Astronomical Observatory of the Jagiellonian UniversityBortle 6 · 9.6 km
Viewyas1 viewpoints within 15 km
Wawel228 m · 1.9 km
Canyonyas1 canyons within 20 km
Kraków Gate14 km
Cavernyas15 caves within 20 km
Smocza Jama2.1 kmJasna Cave4.8 kmMaszycka Cave16 kmSchronisko przy Jaskini Mamutowej III4 m · 16 kmCiemna Cave17 kmLej na Łączkach7 m · 18 kmWladislaus I Cave18 kmNietoperzowa Cave20 km
Riveryasthe river nearbyComing soon
Vistula1,047 km · 1,080 m³/sPrądnik River34 kmDługaBugonarew

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

Photographs

The forest, as people saw it.

Kraków - ogród botaniczny UJ
Magdalia25 · CC BY-SA 3.0 pl
Ogród Botaniczny 002
Morneomorneo · CC BY-SA 3.0 pl
Botanical garden in Kraków kz02
Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz · CC BY-SA 4.0

Other forests nearby.

Botanic Garden of the Jagiellonian University

Poland

  • 47Forestyas Score
  • 33%Trees
  • 60%Wild
  • 399Species

Niepołomice Forest

Poland · 30 km

  • 72Forestyas Score
  • 91%Trees
  • 71%Wild
  • 305Species

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Bartek

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  • 65Forestyas Score
  • 77%Trees
  • 95%Wild
  • 10Species

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Sandomierz Wilderness

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  • 57Forestyas Score
  • 74%Trees
  • 93%Wild
  • 2Species

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Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q2619332) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species8,323 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, Lakeyas, Darkskyas, Viewyas, Canyonyas, Cavernyas, Riveryas

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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