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Cuba Cuba arboretum

Jardín botánico Nacional de Cuba

Guillaume Baviere from Uppsala, Sweden · CC BY 2.0

53% trees around it and 443 species recorded.

65Forestyas Score

ArboretumBirds

  • trees within 3 km53%
  • wild within 10 km79%
  • species recorded443
  • Altitude101 m

The forest around

53% 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 47%Grassland 38%Cropland 4%Built-up 11%Trees 53%Grassland 40%Cropland 4%Built-up 3%Trees 55%Grassland 22%Wetland 0%Water 3%Cropland 6%Built-up 13%Trees 51%Grassland 25%Water 0%Cropland 5%Built-up 18%53%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km47%
  • 1–3 km53%
  • 3–6 km55%
  • 6–10 km51%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees53%
  • Grassland40%
  • Water0%
  • Cropland4%
  • Built-up3%

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

443 species recorded.

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

Sicklebush
SicklebushDichrostachys cinerea14 recordsLalithamba from India · CC BY 2.0
Mammillaria longimammaVU
Mammillaria longimammaMammillaria longimamma8 recordsSuccu · CC BY 3.0
Rose Cactus
Rose CactusLeuenbergeria bleo7 recordsagonzalo · CC BY 4.0
West Indies JuniperVU
West Indies JuniperJuniperus barbadensis7 recordsLounsberry, Alice.; Rowan, Marian Ellis Ryan · Public domain
Copernicia glabrescens
Copernicia glabrescensCopernicia glabrescens7 recordsMmcknight4 · Public domain
Coccothrinax miraguama
Coccothrinax miraguamaCoccothrinax miraguama6 recordsGuettarda · CC BY-SA 3.0
Cuban Royal Palm
Cuban Royal PalmRoystonea regia5 recordsUnknown author · Public domain
Copernicia hospita
Copernicia hospitaCopernicia hospita5 recordsUser:Carstor · CC BY-SA 3.0
Silk cottontree
Silk cottontreeCochlospermum vitifolium5 recordsUnknown author · CC BY-SA 3.0
Beach sheoak
Beach sheoakCasuarina equisetifolia5 recordsEric Guinther · CC BY-SA 3.0
Yellow Trumpetbush
Yellow TrumpetbushTecoma stans5 recordsFilo gèn' · CC BY-SA 4.0
Nandi Flame
Nandi FlameSpathodea campanulata5 recordsSteven Haw · CC BY 2.0

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

In numbers

The forest, measured.

65out of 100

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

  • 53%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 79%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 443Speciesrecorded more than once within 2 km
  • 101 mAltitudeabove the sea

When to walk

Best for walking from December to January.

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

  1. Jan26°18°30 mm
  2. Feb28°19°29 mm
  3. Mar29°20°23 mm
  4. Apr31°22°33 mm
  5. May32°24°64 mm
  6. Jun32°25°108 mm
  7. Jul33°25°83 mm
  8. Aug33°26°108 mm
  9. Sep32°25°102 mm
  10. Oct30°24°87 mm
  11. Nov28°21°45 mm
  12. Dec27°20°30 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Jardín botánico Nacional de Cuba.

Botanical garden in Cuba

Jardín botánico Nacional de Cuba is an arboretum in Cuba.

Seen from space, 53% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 79% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

443 species have been recorded around it: 302 plants, 1 fungi, 140 birds and 0 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: Sicklebush, Mammillaria longimamma and Rose Cactus.

The best time to walk is from December to January.

Cuba 2013-01-25 (8528102651)
Guillaume Baviere from Uppsala, Sweden · CC BY 2.0

Get there and walk

  • Official informationAccess, hours and rules from those who manage the place.Official site
  • Sierra Maestracampsite · 2.0 km · 13 within 10 km
  • Motel Rodeo Nacionalplace to stay · 3.2 km · 266 within 10 km
  • Santiago de las Vegasnearest town · 5.4 km in a straight line
  • José Martí International Airport (HAV)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 7 km in a straight lineCar hire at EYW airport (Key West)Discover Cars · sponsored link

Plan the visit

A guided walk, a bed nearby, a car.

Car hire at EYW airport (Key West)Discover CarsSee prices 

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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.

Jardín botánico Nacional de Cuba 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

  • 3picnic sites within 4 kmZona de Picnic
  • 2shelters and huts within 6 km
  • 3viewpoints within 5 kmFINCA DEL ICRT.
  • 1visitor centres within 6 kmTerminal 2
  • 18car parks within 3 km
  • 13campsites within 10 kmSierra Maestra, Finca el rocio, Finca america and 10 more
  • 266places to stay within 10 kmMotel Rodeo Nacional, Villa Mary - Hospedaje, El Lirio and 263 more
  • 13restaurants and cafés within 3 km
  • marked trails within 5 km
  • named and notable trees within 6 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 Jardín botánico Nacional de Cuba.

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.

Peakyas24 mountains within 25 km
Lomas Tetas de Managua3.9 kmLoma Marrero6.1 kmLoma Santa Bárbara11 kmLoma de Negrín13 kmLomas el Plátano14 kmLomas Santa Inés14 kmLomas de Somorrostro16 kmLomas de Managuaco20 km
Islandyasthe island
Cuba105,806 km²
Lakeyas2 lakes within 15 km
Embalse Ejército Rebelde3.8 km² · 3.6 kmPresa las Palmas0.2 km² · 14 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.

Cuba 2013-01-25 (8528101519)
Guillaume Baviere from Uppsala, Sweden · CC BY 2.0
Jardón Botánico de La Habana 20240407 084203
Josefito123 · CC0
Jardón Botánico de La Habana 20240407 084159
Josefito123 · CC0

Other forests nearby.

Jardín botánico Nacional de Cuba

Cuba

  • 65Forestyas Score
  • 53%Trees
  • 79%Wild
  • 443Species

Jardín Botánico de Cienfuegos

Cuba · 228 km

  • 83Forestyas Score
  • 82%Trees
  • 96%Wild
  • 218Species

See the guide

Vizcaya Museum and Gardens

United States · 374 km

  • 36Forestyas Score
  • 12%Trees
  • 66%Wild
  • 165Species

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q5926782) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species15,607 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, Lakeyas

Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.

The family

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