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Botanical Gardens of Tirana

ErtonKashta · CC BY-SA 4.0

35% trees around it and 111 species recorded.

49Forestyas Score

Arboretum

  • trees within 3 km35%
  • wild within 10 km75%
  • species recorded111
  • Altitude123 m

The forest around

35% 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 29%Shrubland 1%Grassland 4%Water 5%Bare ground 2%Cropland 1%Built-up 57%Trees 35%Shrubland 3%Grassland 14%Water 1%Bare ground 1%Cropland 1%Built-up 45%Trees 25%Shrubland 4%Grassland 27%Water 2%Bare ground 1%Cropland 5%Built-up 36%Trees 56%Shrubland 6%Grassland 22%Water 1%Bare ground 1%Cropland 3%Built-up 12%35%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km29%
  • 1–3 km35%
  • 3–6 km25%
  • 6–10 km56%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees35%
  • Shrubland3%
  • Grassland14%
  • Water1%
  • Bare ground1%
  • Cropland1%
  • Built-up45%

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

111 species recorded.

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

Ruscus aculeatus
Ruscus aculeatusRuscus aculeatus5 recordsNo machine-readable author provided. Vista~commonswiki assumed (based on copyright claims) · CC BY-SA 3.0
Desert false indigo
Desert false indigoAmorpha fruticosa5 recordsDalgial · CC BY-SA 3.0
Shrubby germander
Shrubby germanderTeucrium fruticans4 recordsDidier Descouens · CC BY-SA 4.0
Verdolaga
VerdolagaPortulaca oleracea4 recordsZooFari · CC BY-SA 3.0
Horse-chestnutVU
Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum4 recordsStephan van Helden · CC BY-SA 4.0
Salvia cistus
Salvia cistusCistus salviifolius3 recordsW. Bulach · CC BY-SA 4.0
Broad Bean
Broad BeanVicia faba3 recordsStefan.lefnaer · CC BY-SA 4.0
Sun spurge
Sun spurgeEuphorbia helioscopia3 recordsHerbarium of the University of Coimbra (COI) · CC BY 4.0
Common beet
Common beetBeta vulgaris3 recordsWalther Otto Müller · Public domain
Sharp-leaved asparagus
Sharp-leaved asparagusAsparagus acutifolius2 recordsUnknown author · CC BY-SA 3.0
Cherry laurel
Cherry laurelPrunus laurocerasus2 recordsKarduelis · Public domain
Cherry plum
Cherry plumPrunus cerasifera2 records4028mdk09 · 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.

49out of 100

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

  • 35%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 75%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 111Speciesrecorded more than once within 2 km
  • 123 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. Jan6°-2°93 mm
  2. Feb7°-1°83 mm
  3. Mar11°2°77 mm
  4. Apr16°6°69 mm
  5. May20°10°64 mm
  6. Jun26°14°45 mm
  7. Jul30°17°29 mm
  8. Aug31°17°27 mm
  9. Sep24°13°74 mm
  10. Oct19°8°95 mm
  11. Nov13°4°109 mm
  12. Dec7°0°109 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Botanical Gardens of Tirana.

Botanical gardens located in southern Tirana, Albania

Botanical Gardens of Tirana is an arboretum in Albania.

Seen from space, 35% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 75% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

111 species have been recorded around it: 17 plants, 0 fungi, 94 birds and 0 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: Ruscus aculeatus, Desert false indigo and Shrubby germander.

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

Botanical garden Tirana - Kopshti botanik
ErtonKashta · CC BY-SA 4.0

Get there and walk

  • Visitingticket required
  • Campingplatz Tiranacampsite · 2.5 km · 6 within 10 km
  • Zigzag Hostelplace to stay · 1.6 km · 421 within 10 km
  • Tirananearest town · 2.2 km in a straight line
  • Tirana International Airport Mother Teresa (TIA)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 14 km in a straight lineCar hire at TIA airport (Rinas)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 Gardens of Tirana 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 kmKlinika Stomatologjike Diplomat
  • 9picnic sites within 4 km
  • 13shelters and huts within 6 kmChinese Square Pavilion and 12 more
  • 4viewpoints within 5 kmLake view and 3 more
  • 3visitor centres within 6 kmAlbania Turism, Tourist Information
  • 654car parks within 3 km
  • 6campsites within 10 kmCampingplatz Tirana, Parking Camper Family, Camping Dajti and 3 more
  • 421places to stay within 10 kmZigzag Hostel, Golden City Hotel, City Hotel Tirana and 418 more
  • 914restaurants 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 Botanical Gardens of Tirana.

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.

Peakyas108 mountains within 25 km
Mount Dajti1,613 m · 12 kmPriska1,365 m · 12 kmMali me Gropa1,848 m · 20 kmMaja e Majazit1,636 m · 20 kmMaja e Markut1,600 m · 23 kmMaja e Nenes1,585 m · 24 kmMaja e Perecanit1,548 m · 24 kmMaja e Mecekut te Shengjergjit1,468 m · 24 km
Lakeyas2 lakes within 15 km
Lake Farka0.6 km² · 4.5 kmUjembledhesi i Tapizes0.5 km² · 13 km
Viewyas1 viewpoints within 15 kmComing soon
Mount Dajti1,613 m · 12 km
Cavernyas1 caves within 20 km
Pellumbas Cave14 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.

ALB 20070713 img 1204
Dori · CC BY-SA 3.0
Kopshti Botanik Tirane
Teseo Iliriano · CC BY-SA 4.0
The Great Park, Tirana, Albania
DenisaRucaj · CC BY-SA 4.0

Other forests nearby.

Botanical Gardens of Tirana

Albania

  • 49Forestyas Score
  • 35%Trees
  • 75%Wild
  • 111Species

Stara Maslina

Montenegro · 102 km

  • 58Forestyas Score
  • 54%Trees
  • 96%Wild
  • 24Species

See the guide

Biogradska Gora

Montenegro · 177 km

  • 80Forestyas Score
  • 84%Trees
  • 99%Wild
  • 165Species

See the guide

Ohrid plane tree

North Macedonia · 86 km

  • 47Forestyas Score
  • 21%Trees
  • 90%Wild
  • 142Species

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q894658) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species2,051 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, Viewyas, Cavernyas

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
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
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