Switzerland arboretum
Geneva Botanic Garden
Tiia Monto · CC BY-SA 3.0
26% trees around it and 575 species recorded.
- trees within 3 km26%
- wild within 10 km61%
- species recorded575
- Altitude388 m
The forest around
26% 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, ring by ring
- 0–1 km38%
- 1–3 km25%
- 3–6 km38%
- 6–10 km35%
What covers the land (1–3 km)
- Trees25%
- Grassland4%
- Water36%
- Bare ground0%
- Cropland2%
- Built-up33%
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
575 species recorded.
The plants, fungi, birds and mammals people have recorded here most often.
VU
Open records within 2 km (GBIF, licensed for any use). Busy places are better recorded than remote ones.
In numbers
The forest, measured.
Our own rating, from open data only: tree cover (40 points), wildness (20), species recorded (30) and protection or heritage (10).
- 26%Treesof the land within 3 km
- 61%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
- 575Speciesrecorded more than once within 2 km
- 388 mAltitudeabove the sea
When to walk
Best for walking in September.
How good each month is for a walk: mild days and little rain make the bar taller.
- Jan-4°98 mm
- Feb-4°73 mm
- Mar0°90 mm
- Apr4°75 mm
- May8°111 mm
- Jun12°100 mm
- Jul14°93 mm
- Aug13°99 mm
- Sep9°76 mm
- Oct6°92 mm
- Nov1°96 mm
- Dec-3°106 mm
- Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
- Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Geneva Botanic Garden.
Botanical garden in Switzerland
Geneva Botanic Garden is an arboretum in Switzerland, 388 m above the sea.
Seen from space, 26% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 61% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.
575 species have been recorded around it: 345 plants, 33 fungi, 172 birds and 25 mammals.
The most recorded plants are: Tree of heaven, European Beech and Cherry laurel.
The best time to walk is in September.
Get there and walk
- Official informationAccess, hours and rules from those who manage the place.Official site↗
- TCS Camping Genève - Vésenazcampsite · 4.2 km · 7 within 10 km
- City Hostel Genevaplace to stay · 1.3 km · 202 within 10 km
- Le Grand-Saconnexnearest town · 2.0 km in a straight line
- Geneva International Airport (GVA)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 3 km in a straight lineCar hire at GVA airport (Geneva)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.
Around, in OpenStreetMap
- 24marked trails within 5 kmPont Bochet - Sierne Veyrier, Chougny - Chevrier, Cologny - Chougny and 21 more
- 6named and notable trees within 6 kmSéquoia foudroyé, bibacier ou bibassier ou néflier du Japon (Eriobotrya japonica), Marronnier Officiel and 3 more
- 138picnic sites within 4 km
- 92shelters and huts within 6 kmPlace Neuve and 91 more
- 23viewpoints within 5 kmLa pointe de la Jonction, Lake Geneva Overlook, Au dessus de l'eau and 20 more
- 5visitor centres within 6 kmTourist Information Centre, Visitor Centre, Centre Nature de la Pointe à la Bise and 2 more
- 587car parks within 3 km
- 7campsites within 10 kmTCS Camping Genève - Vésenaz, Camping du Bois-de-Bay, Gymnique Lumière and 4 more
- 202places to stay within 10 kmCity Hostel Geneva, Centre International John Knox, Hôtel Les Nations and 199 more
- 795restaurants 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 Geneva Botanic 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.
Peakyas38 mountains within 25 km
Lakeyas1 lakes within 15 km
Birdyas2 birding sites within 25 km
Cavernyas1 caves within 20 kmFigures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Photographs
The forest, as people saw it.
Other forests nearby.
Geneva Botanic Garden
Switzerland
- 46Forestyas Score
- 26%Trees
- 61%Wild
- 575Species
Geneva official chestnut tree
Switzerland · 3 km
- 49Forestyas Score
- 34%Trees
- 62%Wild
- 849Species
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q677516) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Land cover | ESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0 |
| Species | 23,261 open records within 2 km (GBIF, CC0 and CC BY 4.0 only) |
| See these records | gbif.org |
| Names and photos | Wikidata (CC0); GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Altitude | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Temperature and rain | NASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2) |
| What is around | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Sister atlases | Peakyas, Lakeyas, Darkskyas, Birdyas, Canyonyas, Cavernyas, Riveryas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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