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Hungary Hungary arboretum

Budapest Zoo & Botanical Garden

Szilas · CC BY 4.0

24% trees around it and 192 species recorded.

38Forestyas Score

ArboretumBirds

  • trees within 3 km24%
  • wild within 10 km55%
  • species recorded192
  • Altitude111 m

The forest around

24% 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 27%Bare ground 1%Built-up 72%Trees 24%Grassland 2%Water 8%Bare ground 0%Cropland 0%Built-up 66%Trees 36%Grassland 4%Water 5%Bare ground 0%Cropland 0%Built-up 55%Trees 50%Grassland 10%Water 3%Bare ground 0%Cropland 5%Built-up 33%24%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km27%
  • 1–3 km24%
  • 3–6 km36%
  • 6–10 km50%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees24%
  • Grassland2%
  • Water8%
  • Bare ground0%
  • Cropland0%
  • Built-up66%

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

192 species recorded.

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

Shining Oregon-grape
Shining Oregon-grapeMahonia aquifolium15 recordsDidier Descouens · CC BY-SA 4.0
Wayfaring tree
Wayfaring treeViburnum lantana10 recordsOpioła Jerzy · CC BY 2.5
Greater Celandine
Greater CelandineChelidonium majus10 recordsUnknown author · CC BY-SA 3.0
European smoketree
European smoketreeCotinus coggygria8 recordsLIght Dim · CC0
Bishop's goutweed
Bishop's goutweedAegopodium podagraria7 recordsBeko · CC BY-SA 4.0
Sweet mock orange
Sweet mock orangePhiladelphus coronarius6 recordsMatasg · CC BY-SA 3.0
Garden cosmos
Garden cosmosCosmos bipinnatus6 recordsGeorge Chernilevsky · CC BY 4.0
Common Lilac
Common LilacSyringa vulgaris6 recordsArbres d'ornement-1 - ornamental trees in colour- Public domain book illustration (visual · CC0
Woodland sage
Woodland sageSalvia nemorosa5 recordsW. Bulach · CC BY-SA 4.0
European bird cherry
European bird cherryPrunus padus5 recordsИгоревич · Public domain
Periwinkle
PeriwinkleVinca minor5 recordsEpgrande · CC BY 4.0
Manna Ash
Manna AshFraxinus ornus5 recordsJean-Pol GRANDMONT · CC BY 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.

38out of 100

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

  • 24%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 55%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 192Speciesrecorded more than once within 2 km
  • 111 mAltitudeabove the sea

When to walk

Best for walking in April.

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

  1. Jan2°-5°38 mm
  2. Feb4°-4°42 mm
  3. Mar11°0°41 mm
  4. Apr18°6°38 mm
  5. May22°11°67 mm
  6. Jun27°15°76 mm
  7. Jul29°17°71 mm
  8. Aug29°16°64 mm
  9. Sep23°11°56 mm
  10. Oct16°6°52 mm
  11. Nov9°1°44 mm
  12. Dec2°-3°44 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Budapest Zoo & Botanical Garden.

Zoo in Hungary

Budapest Zoo & Botanical Garden is an arboretum in Hungary.

Seen from space, 24% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 55% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

192 species have been recorded around it: 70 plants, 2 fungi, 120 birds and 0 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: Shining Oregon-grape, Wayfaring tree and Greater Celandine.

The best time to walk is in April.

2026-04-20 Budapest Zoo 17
Szilas · CC BY 4.0

Get there and walk

  • VisitingHours in OpenStreetMap: Nov-Feb 09:00-16:00; Mar,Oct Mo-Fr 09:00-17:00; Mar,Oct Sa,Su 09:00-17Official site
  • Hawai Campingcampsite · 4.1 km · 5 within 10 km
  • Hotel Mirageplace to stay · 0.7 km · 532 within 10 km
  • Budapest XIII. kerületnearest town · 1.2 km in a straight line
  • Budapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport (BUD)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 17 km in a straight lineCar hire at BUD airport (Budapest)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.

Budapest Zoo & Botanical 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

  • 26marked trails within 5 kmZ▲ (Gellért-hegyi gerinc – Gellért-hegy, Citadella), Z, Budai Zöld (Szent Gellért tér – Nagykovácsi – Telki, Rákóczi Ferenc utca aut., Mária-út, M01-21 (Budapest, Szent Anna-rét – Vár – Rákosszentmihály) and 23 more
  • 225named and notable trees within 6 kmHét Vezér platán, Mártonfa utcai eperfa, Ráth György utcai platán and 222 more
  • 185picnic sites within 4 km
  • 629shelters and huts within 6 kmNépligeti sportközpont, József Attila tér, Oltalom Karitatív Egyesület and 626 more
  • 91viewpoints within 5 kmAlagút, keleti bejárat, Óbudai-sziget szigetcsúcs, József-hegyi kilátó and 88 more
  • 15visitor centres within 6 kmMÁV-Start ügyfélszolgálat, Országház Látogatóközpont, Budapest Card Centre and 12 more
  • 638car parks within 3 km
  • 5campsites within 10 kmHawai Camping, Haller Camping, Arena Camping Budapest and 2 more
  • 532places to stay within 10 kmHotel Mirage, Flandria hotel, Star Inn and 529 more
  • 1,332restaurants 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 Budapest Zoo & Botanical 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.

Peakyas45 mountains within 25 km
Gellért Hill235 m · 4.3 kmHármashatár-hegy495 m · 7.2 kmJános Hill527 m · 8.9 kmNagy-Kevély534 m · 14 kmNagy-Kopasz559 m · 16 kmKutya Hill559 m · 19 kmNagy-Csikóvár556 m · 19 kmPilis756 m · 25 km
Lakeyas1 lakes within 15 km
Házirét reservoir0.2 km² · 14 km
Darkskyas3 dark-sky places within 30 km
Kulin ObservatoryBortle 9 · 4.4 kmPlanetarium BudapestBortle 9 · 5.0 kmKonkoly ObservatoryBortle 7 · 8.9 km
Viewyas6 viewpoints within 15 kmComing soon
Budapest Eye3.1 kmGellért Hill235 m · 4.4 kmFairy Rock8.2 kmImre Makovecz observation tower362 m · 8.5 kmKároly Kaán observation tower454 m · 9.4 kmNagy-Kevély14 km
Cavernyas88 caves within 20 km
Molnár János Cave3.2 kmLabyrinth of Buda Castle3.9 kmSzemlő-hegy Cave4.1 kmPál-völgy Cave4.9 kmFerenc-hegyi Cave5.2 kmTábor-hegyi Cave6.1 kmKirálylaki Cave6.3 kmBátori Cave50 m · 9.3 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.

Elephant House, Budapest Zoo
József Rozsnyai · CC BY-SA 4.0
2026-04-20 Budapest Zoo 25
Szilas · CC BY 4.0
Budapest Zoo - panoramio
Georgina Szabo · CC BY 3.0

Other forests nearby.

Budapest Zoo & Botanical Garden

Hungary

  • 38Forestyas Score
  • 24%Trees
  • 55%Wild
  • 192Species

Vácrátót Botanical Garden

Hungary · 24 km

  • 44Forestyas Score
  • 33%Trees
  • 65%Wild
  • 112Species

See the guide

Bratislavský lesný park

Slovakia · 167 km

  • 76Forestyas Score
  • 98%Trees
  • 69%Wild
  • 840Species

See the guide

Gemenc

Hungary · 142 km

  • 54Forestyas Score
  • 80%Trees
  • 55%Wild
  • 37Species

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q922178) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species7,402 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, Cavernyas

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.

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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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