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Hope Botanical Gardens

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64% trees around it and 211 species recorded.

67Forestyas Score

ArboretumBirds

  • trees within 3 km64%
  • wild within 10 km77%
  • species recorded211
  • Altitude204 m

The forest around

64% 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 42%Grassland 9%Water 0%Built-up 49%Trees 67%Grassland 4%Water 2%Bare ground 0%Built-up 27%Trees 67%Grassland 4%Built-up 29%Trees 60%Mangroves 0%Grassland 4%Water 16%Bare ground 0%Built-up 19%64%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km42%
  • 1–3 km67%
  • 3–6 km67%
  • 6–10 km60%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees67%
  • Grassland4%
  • Water2%
  • Bare ground0%
  • Built-up27%

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

211 species recorded.

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

Amphilophium crucigerum
Amphilophium crucigerumAmphilophium crucigerum7 recordsDick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada · CC BY 2.0
Cannonball tree
Cannonball treeCouroupita guianensis6 recordsRanjithsiji · CC BY-SA 3.0
Torenia crustacea
Torenia crustaceaTorenia crustacea5 recordsForest & Kim Starr · CC BY 3.0
Sourgrass
SourgrassDigitaria insularis5 recordsForest & Kim Starr · CC BY 3.0
Sabal maritima
Sabal maritimaSabal maritima4 recordsNo machine-readable author provided. Cookie assumed (based on copyright claims). · CC BY-SA 3.0
Lobsterclaw
LobsterclawHeliconia caribaea4 recordsPatrice78500 · CC BY-SA 3.0
Fringed passionflower
Fringed passionflowerPassiflora ciliata4 recordsW. Curtis · Public domain
Haitian catalpa
Haitian catalpaCatalpa longissima4 recordsScott Zona from Miami, Florida, USA · CC BY 2.0
Giant granadilla
Giant granadillaPassiflora quadrangularis3 recordsUnknown author · CC BY-SA 3.0
American black nightshade
American black nightshadeSolanum americanum3 recordsJuan Carlos Fonseca Mata · CC BY-SA 4.0
Mascarene Island leaf-flower
Mascarene Island leaf-flowerPhyllanthus tenellus3 recordsForest & Kim Starr · CC BY 3.0
Tabebuia angustataTabebuia angustata11 records

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

In numbers

The forest, measured.

67out of 100

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

  • 64%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 77%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 211Speciesrecorded more than once within 2 km
  • 204 mAltitudeabove the sea

When to walk

Best for walking from January to March.

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

  1. Jan27°24°33 mm
  2. Feb28°24°19 mm
  3. Mar28°24°29 mm
  4. Apr29°25°41 mm
  5. May29°26°111 mm
  6. Jun29°26°89 mm
  7. Jul29°26°69 mm
  8. Aug30°26°104 mm
  9. Sep30°26°127 mm
  10. Oct29°26°170 mm
  11. Nov28°25°87 mm
  12. Dec28°24°49 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Hope Botanical Gardens.

Botanical garden in Jamaica

Hope Botanical Gardens is an arboretum in Jamaica, 204 m above the sea.

Seen from space, 64% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 77% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

211 species have been recorded around it: 70 plants, 16 fungi, 124 birds and 1 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: Amphilophium crucigerum, Cannonball tree and Torenia crustacea.

The best time to walk is from January to March.

Hope Botanical Gardens, Jamaica
RoadTripWarrior · CC BY-SA 3.0

Get there and walk

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.

Hope Botanical Gardens 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

  • 1marked trails within 5 kmAugust Town Celebration Route
  • 1named and notable trees within 6 kmLignum Vitae Tree
  • 17shelters and huts within 6 kmGazebo and 16 more
  • 2viewpoints within 5 kmScenic view over Kingston
  • 1visitor centres within 6 kmInformation Centre
  • 49car parks within 3 km
  • 60places to stay within 10 kmUtech Commons, Skyview Mansion, Kingston Go876 and 57 more
  • 30restaurants and cafés within 3 km
  • picnic sites within 4 km
  • campsites within 10 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 Hope 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.

Peakyas28 mountains within 25 km
Long Mountain4.2 kmEasy Mind Mountain13 kmSir Johns Peak1,477 m · 14 kmMount Recovery17 kmQueensbury Ridge18 kmBlue Mountain Peak2,256 m · 18 kmAlbion Mountain20 kmCowards Ridge23 km
Islandyasthe island
Jamaica11,190 km²
Coastya2 beaches within 10 km
Gunboat Beach8.8 kmBuccaneer Beach8.8 km

Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.

Other forests nearby.

Hope Botanical Gardens

Jamaica

  • 67Forestyas Score
  • 64%Trees
  • 77%Wild
  • 211Species

Bath Botanical Gardens

Jamaica · 43 km

  • 79Forestyas Score
  • 90%Trees
  • 98%Wild
  • 49Species

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National Heroes Park

Jamaica · 6 km

  • 30Forestyas Score
  • 7%Trees
  • 73%Wild
  • 32Species

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Cupaynicú

Cuba · 252 km

  • 72Forestyas Score
  • 72%Trees
  • 89%Wild
  • 96Species

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Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q24236081) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species17,625 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, Islandyas, Coastya

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.

beachesCoastyaFind your beach: sea temperature, sun and swimming month by month.Visit lakesLakeyasEvery lake on Earth: water temperature, ice, depth and the shore.Visit mountainsPeakyasEvery summit in 3D: summit weather, the 0 °C line, huts and trails.Visit waterfallsCascadyasEvery waterfall: height, flow month by month and when it roars.Visit islandsIslandyasEvery island from the sea up: size, sea temperature, ferries and 3D.Visit riversRiveryasEvery river from source to sea: the journey, the flow and the basin in numbers.Visit canyonsCanyonyasEvery canyon cut to scale: depth to the floor, rim and floor temperatures, trails and viewpoints.Visit cavesCavernyasEvery cave with its real depth and length: the rock above, the temperature inside all year, and how to visit.Visit dark skiesDarkskyasWhere the night is still dark: the sky of every place, the Milky Way month by month, the Moon, eclipses and auroras.Visit
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
forestsForestyasEvery forest with its land-cover rings, what grows and lives in it, and the best months to walk it.You are here