China arboretum
Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens
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46% trees around it and 313 species recorded.
- trees within 3 km46%
- wild within 10 km80%
- species recorded313
- Altitude78 m
The forest around
46% 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 km44%
- 1–3 km46%
- 3–6 km24%
- 6–10 km30%
What covers the land (1–3 km)
- Trees46%
- Grassland0%
- Water29%
- Bare ground0%
- Built-up24%
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
313 species recorded.
The plants, fungi, birds and mammals people have recorded here most often.
CR
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).
- 46%Treesof the land within 3 km
- 80%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
- 313Speciesrecorded more than once within 2 km
- 78 mAltitudeabove the sea
When to walk
Best for walking from December to February.
How good each month is for a walk: mild days and little rain make the bar taller.
- Jan12°36 mm
- Feb14°29 mm
- Mar17°72 mm
- Apr20°104 mm
- May24°210 mm
- Jun26°282 mm
- Jul27°185 mm
- Aug27°218 mm
- Sep26°160 mm
- Oct22°49 mm
- Nov18°30 mm
- Dec13°25 mm
- Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
- Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens.
Zoological and botanical garden in Hong Kong
Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens is an arboretum in China.
Seen from space, 46% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 80% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.
313 species have been recorded around it: 115 plants, 8 fungi, 187 birds and 3 mammals.
The most recorded plants are: Madamfate, Black maidenhair and Rubus reflexus.
The best time to walk is from December to February.
Get there and walk
- VisitingHours in OpenStreetMap: 06:00-19:00 · free entryOfficial site↗
- 香港傷健協會賽馬會傷健營 Hong Kong PHAB Association Jockey Club PHAB Campcampsite · 2.6 km · 9 within 10 km
- 香港置地文華東方酒店 The Landmark Mandarin Oriental Hong Kongplace to stay · 0.4 km · 507 within 10 km
- Centralnearest town · 0.6 km in a straight line
- Hong Kong International Airport (HKG)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 25 km in a straight line
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
- 25marked trails within 5 km大潭郊遊徑 Tai Tam Country Trail, 南丫島家樂徑 Lamma Island Family Walk, Aberdeen Nature Trail and 22 more
- 257named and notable trees within 6 km白蘭樹, 歌聲樹 and 255 more
- 29picnic sites within 4 km薄扶林郊野公園郊遊區1號場 Pok Fu Lam Country Park Picnic Area Site No. 1, 香港仔水塘燒烤區2號場 Aberdeen Reservoir Barbecue Area Site 2, 香港仔水塘燒烤區3號場 Aberdeen Reservoir Barbecue Area Site 3 and 26 more
- 682shelters and huts within 6 km九號涼亭 Pavilion 9, 七號涼亭 Pavilion 7, 十三號涼亭 Pavilion 13 and 679 more
- 69viewpoints within 5 km司徒拔道眺望處 Stubbs Road Lookout, 西高山觀景台 Mt. High West Viewing Point, 天際100 Sky100 and 66 more
- 9visitor centres within 6 km香港旅遊發展局 Hong Kong Tourism Board, 香港仔樹木廊 Aberdeen Tree Centre, 香港酒店業協會 Hong Kong Hotels Association and 6 more
- 186car parks within 3 km
- 9campsites within 10 km香港傷健協會賽馬會傷健營 Hong Kong PHAB Association Jockey Club PHAB Camp, 香港女童軍新德倫山莊 Hong Kong Girl Guides Sandilands Centre, Govnari and 6 more
- 507places to stay within 10 km香港置地文華東方酒店 The Landmark Mandarin Oriental Hong Kong, 港島香格里拉大酒店 Island Shangri-La, Hong Kong, The Bauhinia Hotel and 504 more
- 1,506restaurants 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 Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens.
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.
Peakyas180 mountains within 25 km
Coastya7 beaches within 10 km
Viewyas9 viewpoints within 15 kmComing soonFigures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q220207) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Land cover | ESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0 |
| Species | 16,942 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, Islandyas, Coastya, Lakeyas, Darkskyas, Viewyas, Cavernyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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