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Korea National Arboretum

Ji Min Yoon · CC BY-SA 4.0

92% trees around it and 363 species recorded.

77Forestyas Score

ArboretumDense canopy

  • trees within 3 km92%
  • wild within 10 km73%
  • species recorded363
  • Altitude107 m

The forest around

92% 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 96%Grassland 0%Built-up 4%Trees 92%Grassland 1%Cropland 2%Built-up 5%Trees 68%Grassland 5%Water 0%Bare ground 1%Cropland 6%Built-up 21%Trees 63%Grassland 5%Water 0%Bare ground 1%Cropland 7%Built-up 24%92%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km96%
  • 1–3 km92%
  • 3–6 km68%
  • 6–10 km63%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees92%
  • Grassland1%
  • Water0%
  • Bare ground0%
  • Cropland2%
  • Built-up5%

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

363 species recorded.

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

Viola albida
Viola albidaViola albida19 recordsDalgial · CC BY-SA 3.0
Athyrium yokoscense
Athyrium yokoscenseAthyrium yokoscense10 recordsOleg Kosterin · CC BY 4.0
Corydalis lineariloba
Corydalis linearilobaCorydalis lineariloba9 recordsbastus917 · CC BY-SA 2.0
Osmorhiza aristata
Osmorhiza aristataOsmorhiza aristata8 recordsQwert1234 · CC BY-SA 3.0
Two-leaf vetch
Two-leaf vetchVicia unijuga7 recordsKurt Stüber [1] · CC BY-SA 3.0
Isodon inflexus
Isodon inflexusIsodon inflexus7 recordsKENPEI · CC BY 3.0
Sensitive fern
Sensitive fernOnoclea sensibilis6 recordsKurt Stüber [1] · CC BY-SA 3.0
Amphicarpaea edgeworthii
Amphicarpaea edgeworthiiAmphicarpaea edgeworthii6 recordsIshikawa Ken from Kamakura, Japan · CC BY-SA 2.0
Atractylodes lancea
Atractylodes lanceaAtractylodes lancea6 recordstak56 · CC BY-SA 3.0
Polystichum tripteron
Polystichum tripteronPolystichum tripteron6 recordskeisotyo · CC BY-SA 3.0
Actaea asiatica
Actaea asiaticaActaea asiatica6 recordsQwert1234 · CC BY-SA 3.0
Aconitum jaluenseAconitum jaluense17 records

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

In numbers

The forest, measured.

77out of 100

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

  • 92%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 73%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 363Speciesrecorded more than once within 2 km
  • 107 mAltitudeabove the sea

When to walk

Best for walking in October.

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

  1. Jan-1°-11°17 mm
  2. Feb2°-8°27 mm
  3. Mar8°-3°33 mm
  4. Apr16°3°65 mm
  5. May22°10°86 mm
  6. Jun27°16°108 mm
  7. Jul28°20°360 mm
  8. Aug28°20°271 mm
  9. Sep24°14°130 mm
  10. Oct18°6°52 mm
  11. Nov9°-1°48 mm
  12. Dec1°-8°20 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Korea National Arboretum.

Biosphere reserve in Republic Of Korea | designated in 2010

Korea National Arboretum is an arboretum in South Korea.

Seen from space, 92% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 73% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

363 species have been recorded around it: 241 plants, 2 fungi, 118 birds and 2 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: Viola albida, Athyrium yokoscense and Corydalis lineariloba.

The best time to walk is in October.

Aquatic Botanical Garden
Ji Min Yoon · CC BY-SA 4.0

Get there and walk

  • Official informationAccess, hours and rules from those who manage the place.Official site
  • 연지곤지 팜 캠핑장campsite · 1.5 km · 12 within 10 km
  • 황토구들장찜질방place to stay · 3.6 km · 57 within 10 km
  • Jinjeopnearest town · 3.7 km in a straight line
  • Seoul Gimpo International Airport (GMP)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 39 km in a straight lineCar hire at GMP airport (Seoul)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.

Korea National Arboretum 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 km한북정맥
  • 5picnic sites within 4 km국립수목원, 대일수목원, 산림청국립수목원 and 2 more
  • 66shelters and huts within 6 km정자, 정자 및 운동기구, 그늘 쉼터 and 63 more
  • 1viewpoints within 5 km고모리산성
  • 1visitor centres within 6 km
  • 66car parks within 3 km
  • 12campsites within 10 km연지곤지 팜 캠핑장, 광릉솔개캠핑장, 캠핑플레이스 and 9 more
  • 57places to stay within 10 km황토구들장찜질방, 사계절산장, 낙양산장 and 54 more
  • 108restaurants and cafés within 3 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 Korea National Arboretum.

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.

Peakyas131 mountains within 25 km
Cheonmasan810 m · 13 kmDogyongsan956 m · 14 kmDobongsan740 m · 14 kmChungnyungsan879 m · 15 kmBukhansan836 m · 18 kmCheonjusan824 m · 20 kmUnaksan936 m · 20 kmSangsan825 m · 24 km
Cascadyas5 waterfalls within 15 km
Ongnyupokpo8.4 kmGeumnyupokpo9.1 kmEullyupokpo9.1 kmKeunpokpo13 kmSuwonpokpo13 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.

국립수목원 숲생태 관찰로 (The forest eco-trail in the Korea National Arboretum)
Pulpitara · CC BY-SA 3.0
국립수목원 전나무숲 (Needle Fir forest in the Korea National Arboretum) 01
Pulpitara · CC BY-SA 3.0
Someone Painted in the Plant
Ji Min Yoon · CC BY-SA 4.0

Other forests nearby.

Korea National Arboretum

South Korea

  • 77Forestyas Score
  • 92%Trees
  • 73%Wild
  • 363Species

Jeongipumsong Pine Tree

South Korea · 149 km

  • 54Forestyas Score
  • 92%Trees
  • 84%Wild
  • —Species

See the guide

Central Botanical Garden

North Korea · 187 km

  • 33Forestyas Score
  • 42%Trees
  • 43%Wild
  • 10Species

See the guide

Gyerim

South Korea · 278 km

  • 46Forestyas Score
  • 40%Trees
  • 69%Wild
  • 113Species

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q6431670) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species9,736 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, Cascadyas

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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