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Botanical Garden of the University of Latvia

Rīgas pašvaldības aģentūra “Rīgas investīciju un tūrisma aģentūra” · CC BY 4.0

39% trees around it and 93 species recorded.

50Forestyas Score

Arboretum

  • trees within 3 km39%
  • wild within 10 km74%
  • species recorded93

The forest around

39% 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 52%Grassland 5%Built-up 43%Trees 37%Grassland 8%Water 10%Bare ground 0%Built-up 44%Trees 34%Grassland 25%Wetland 5%Water 6%Bare ground 0%Cropland 1%Built-up 29%Trees 47%Grassland 19%Wetland 4%Water 8%Bare ground 0%Cropland 2%Built-up 19%39%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km52%
  • 1–3 km37%
  • 3–6 km34%
  • 6–10 km47%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees37%
  • Grassland8%
  • Wetland0%
  • Water10%
  • Bare ground0%
  • Cropland0%
  • Built-up44%

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

93 species recorded.

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

Bouncingbet
BouncingbetSaponaria officinalis6 recordsImg · Public domain
Bishop's goutweed
Bishop's goutweedAegopodium podagraria5 recordsBeko · CC BY-SA 4.0
Hoary alison
Hoary alisonBerteroa incana5 recordsHardyplants at English Wikipedia · Public domain
Siberian bugseed
Siberian bugseedCorispermum pallasii4 recordsKrzysztof Ziarnek ( Kenraiz ) · CC BY-SA 3.0
Norway maple
Norway mapleAcer platanoides4 recordsMartin Bobka (= Martin120 ) · CC BY-SA 2.5
Shrubby Cinquefoil
Shrubby CinquefoilDasiphora fruticosa4 recordsWalter Siegmund · CC BY-SA 3.0
Crested latesummer mint
Crested latesummer mintElsholtzia ciliata3 recordsLeslie J. Mehrhoff, University of Connecticut, Bugwood.org · CC BY 3.0
Lacy phacelia
Lacy phaceliaPhacelia tanacetifolia3 recordsCopyright by Curtis Clark, licensed as noted · CC BY-SA 2.5
Japanese rose
Japanese roseRosa rugosa3 recordsVihljun · Public domain
Common Lime
Common LimeTilia × europaea3 recordsZolaria · CC BY-SA 3.0
Tatar Maple
Tatar MapleAcer tataricum3 recordsLe.Loup.Gris · CC BY-SA 3.0
Sycamore
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus3 recordsChristian Pirkl · CC BY-SA 3.0 at

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

In numbers

The forest, measured.

50out of 100

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

  • 39%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 74%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 93Speciesrecorded more than once within 2 km

When to walk

Best for walking in June.

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

  1. Jan-2°-6°52 mm
  2. Feb-2°-6°43 mm
  3. Mar2°-4°41 mm
  4. Apr9°1°43 mm
  5. May15°7°44 mm
  6. Jun19°12°69 mm
  7. Jul22°15°72 mm
  8. Aug21°14°73 mm
  9. Sep17°10°55 mm
  10. Oct10°5°71 mm
  11. Nov5°2°68 mm
  12. Dec1°-2°57 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Botanical Garden of the University of Latvia.

Botanical garden located in Riga, Latvia

Botanical Garden of the University of Latvia is an arboretum in Latvia.

Seen from space, 39% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 74% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

93 species have been recorded around it: 41 plants, 1 fungi, 51 birds and 0 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: Bouncingbet, Bishop's goutweed and Hoary alison.

The best time to walk is in June.

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Rīgas pašvaldības aģentūra “Rīgas investīciju un tūrisma aģentūra” · CC BY 4.0

Get there and walk

  • Official informationAccess, hours and rules from those who manage the place.Official site
  • Rīgas pilsētas kempingscampsite · 1.3 km · 6 within 10 km
  • Gutenbergsplace to stay · 2.6 km · 175 within 10 km
  • Vecrīganearest town · 2.7 km in a straight line
  • Riga International Airport (RIX)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 6 km in a straight lineCar hire at RIX airport (Riga)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.

Botanical Garden of the University of Latvia 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

  • 8marked trails within 5 kmE9 Section 24: Riga City Centre - Vecāķi, E9 Section 23: Bulduri - Riga City Centre, E11 section 01: Vecrīga - Baltezers and 5 more
  • 27named and notable trees within 6 kmĒbelmuižas ozols, Autoostas ozols, Šampētera dižozols and 24 more
  • 84picnic sites within 4 kmĶekava Grill Park and 83 more
  • 304shelters and huts within 6 kmEksportosta and 303 more
  • 10viewpoints within 5 kmRīgas panorāma and 9 more
  • 2visitor centres within 6 kmtūrisma informācija
  • 991car parks within 3 km
  • 6campsites within 10 kmRīgas pilsētas kempings, Riverside camping, Riverside kempings and 3 more
  • 175places to stay within 10 kmGutenbergs, Justus, Monika Centrum Hotel and 172 more
  • 227restaurants 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 Botanical Garden of the University of Latvia.

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.

Peakyas4 mountains within 25 km
Dzegužkalns1.4 kmSudrabkalniņš2.1 kmBumbu kalniņš15 m · 6.4 kmDreiliņkalns35 m · 9.1 km
Lakeyas5 lakes within 15 km
Stŭrišu Ezers0.3 km² · 9.7 kmĶīšezers16 km² · 11 kmBožu Ūdenskrātuve0.3 km² · 12 kmVecdaugava1.1 km² · 12 kmJugla Lake4.6 km² · 14 km
Darkskyas1 dark-sky places within 30 km
Baldone ObservatoryBortle 3 · 29 km
Riveryasthe river nearby
Daugava1,020 km · 678 m³/sMārupīte11 kmHapaka grāvis15 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.

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Rīgas pašvaldības aģentūra “Rīgas investīciju un tūrisma aģentūra” · CC BY 4.0
LU Botāniskais dārzs
Edgars Košovojs · CC BY-SA 3.0
University of Latvia Botanical garden - panoramio
Laima Gūtmane (simka… · CC BY-SA 3.0

Other forests nearby.

Botanical Garden of the University of Latvia

Latvia

  • 50Forestyas Score
  • 39%Trees
  • 74%Wild
  • 93Species

Šmerlis

Latvia · 11 km

  • 61Forestyas Score
  • 53%Trees
  • 81%Wild
  • 259Species

See the guide

National Botanic Garden of Latvia

Latvia · 20 km

  • 62Forestyas Score
  • 34%Trees
  • 91%Wild
  • 503Species

See the guide

Biķernieki Forest

Latvia · 9 km

  • 57Forestyas Score
  • 47%Trees
  • 79%Wild
  • 284Species

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q2917011) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species735 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, 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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Same idea, other landscapes: field atlases built on open data, in seven languages.

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viewpointsViewyasEvery viewpoint with its real 360° panorama: the peaks you can name, how far you see and where the sun sets.Coming soonVisit
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