Portugal arboretum
Jardim Botânico do Porto
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16% trees around it and 279 species recorded.
- trees within 3 km16%
- wild within 10 km59%
- species recorded279
- Altitude72 m
The forest around
16% 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 km16%
- 1–3 km16%
- 3–6 km15%
- 6–10 km20%
What covers the land (1–3 km)
- Trees16%
- Grassland6%
- Water10%
- Bare ground2%
- 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
279 species recorded.
The plants, fungi, birds and mammals people have recorded here most often.
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).
- 16%Treesof the land within 3 km
- 59%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
- 279Speciesrecorded more than once within 2 km
- 72 mAltitudeabove the sea
When to walk
Best for walking in May.
How good each month is for a walk: mild days and little rain make the bar taller.
- Jan8°138 mm
- Feb8°97 mm
- Mar9°112 mm
- Apr10°91 mm
- May12°60 mm
- Jun15°32 mm
- Jul16°13 mm
- Aug16°22 mm
- Sep15°49 mm
- Oct14°137 mm
- Nov11°137 mm
- Dec8°122 mm
- Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
- Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Jardim Botânico do Porto.
Garden in Porto, Portugal
Jardim Botânico do Porto is an arboretum in Portugal.
Seen from space, 16% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 59% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.
279 species have been recorded around it: 117 plants, 24 fungi, 137 birds and 1 mammals.
The most recorded plants are: Bermuda buttercup, Australian cheesewood and Licorice-plant.
The best time to walk is in May.
Get there and walk
- Orbitur Canidelocampsite · 3.7 km · 8 within 10 km
- Residencial Brasíliaplace to stay · 2.3 km · 674 within 10 km
- Lordelo do Ouronearest town · 0.5 km in a straight line
- Francisco de Sá Carneiro Airport (OPO)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 11 km in a straight lineCar hire at OPO airport (Porto)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
- 9marked trails within 5 kmCaminho Português da Costa, Caminho Português por Braga, Caminho Português da Costa - Via Aeroporto and 6 more
- 41named and notable trees within 6 kmJacarandá, Capela Incomum, Teixo and 38 more
- 50picnic sites within 4 km
- 75shelters and huts within 6 kmpraça de taxís do Hospital São João and 74 more
- 100viewpoints within 5 kmMiradouro do Largo de Aviz, Miradouro da Escarpa, Miradouro da Rua das Aldas and 97 more
- 9visitor centres within 6 kmPosto de Informação Turística Oficial do Porto (Aliados), Porto Welcome Center, Posto de Turismo da Sé and 6 more
- 1,405car parks within 3 km
- 8campsites within 10 kmOrbitur Canidelo, Parque de Campismo de Salgueiros, Parque de Campismo Marisol and 5 more
- 674places to stay within 10 kmResidencial Brasília, Hospedaria das Taipas, Yellow House and 671 more
- 1,272restaurants 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 Jardim Botânico do Porto.
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.
Peakyas10 mountains within 25 km
Coastya35 beaches within 10 km
Darkskyas1 dark-sky places within 30 km
Viewyas1 viewpoints within 15 kmComing soonFigures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Other forests nearby.
Jardim Botânico do Porto
Portugal
- 37Forestyas Score
- 16%Trees
- 59%Wild
- 279Species
Botanical Garden of the University of Coimbra
Portugal · 107 km
- 69Forestyas Score
- 42%Trees
- 81%Wild
- 851Species
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q10305543) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Land cover | ESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0 |
| Species | 23,812 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, Coastya, Darkskyas, Viewyas, Riveryas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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