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National Botanic Gardens

William Murphy from Dublin, Ireland · CC BY-SA 2.0

21% trees around it and 367 species recorded.

38Forestyas Score

Arboretum

  • trees within 3 km21%
  • wild within 10 km52%
  • species recorded367

The forest around

21% 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 38%Grassland 12%Water 0%Built-up 49%Trees 19%Grassland 13%Water 0%Cropland 0%Built-up 67%Trees 17%Grassland 26%Water 4%Bare ground 0%Cropland 3%Built-up 49%Trees 16%Grassland 25%Wetland 0%Water 14%Bare ground 0%Cropland 10%Built-up 33%21%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km38%
  • 1–3 km19%
  • 3–6 km17%
  • 6–10 km16%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees19%
  • Grassland13%
  • Wetland0%
  • Water0%
  • Bare ground0%
  • Cropland0%
  • Built-up67%

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

367 species recorded.

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

Giant Hogweed
Giant HogweedHeracleum mantegazzianum93 recordsanastasiiamerkulova · CC BY 4.0
Threecorner leek
Threecorner leekAllium triquetrum80 recordsMeneerke bloem · CC BY-SA 3.0
Ivy-leaved Toadflax
Ivy-leaved ToadflaxCymbalaria muralis55 recordsEpgrande · CC BY 4.0
Japanese Knotweed
Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica49 recordsW.carter · CC0
Himalayan Balsam
Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera35 recordsGuptaele · CC BY-SA 4.0
Red Valerian
Red ValerianCentranthus ruber33 recordsUnknown author · CC BY-SA 3.0
Butterfly-bush
Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii31 recordsEpgrande · CC BY 4.0
Alexanders
AlexandersSmyrnium olusatrum30 recordstato grasso · CC BY-SA 3.0
Groundsel
GroundselSenecio vulgaris29 recordsStefan.lefnaer · CC BY-SA 4.0
Common Ragwort
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris28 recordsJulie Anne Workman · CC BY-SA 3.0
Little mouse-ear chickweed
Little mouse-ear chickweedStellaria media27 recordsEpgrande · CC BY 4.0
Radium weed
Radium weedEuphorbia peplus25 recordsSteve1nova · Public domain

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

In numbers

The forest, measured.

38out of 100

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

  • 21%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 52%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 367Speciesrecorded more than once within 2 km

When to walk

Best for walking from July to August.

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

  1. Jan8°4°86 mm
  2. Feb8°4°70 mm
  3. Mar9°4°70 mm
  4. Apr11°6°61 mm
  5. May14°8°67 mm
  6. Jun16°11°76 mm
  7. Jul18°12°80 mm
  8. Aug18°12°91 mm
  9. Sep16°11°76 mm
  10. Oct13°9°102 mm
  11. Nov10°7°106 mm
  12. Dec8°5°97 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

National Botanic Gardens.

Botanical garden in Glasnevin, Ireland

National Botanic Gardens is an arboretum in Ireland.

Seen from space, 21% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 52% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

367 species have been recorded around it: 245 plants, 38 fungi, 76 birds and 8 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: Giant Hogweed, Threecorner leek and Ivy-leaved Toadflax.

The best time to walk is from July to August.

INBG Glasnevin 37
William Murphy from Dublin, Ireland · CC BY-SA 2.0

Get there and walk

  • VisitingHours in OpenStreetMap: Mo-Su 10:00-17:00 · free entryOfficial site
  • Camac Valley Tourist Caravan & Camping Parkcampsite · 12 km · 2 within 10 km
  • ABC House B&Bplace to stay · 1.3 km · 383 within 10 km
  • Glasnevinnearest town · 0.9 km in a straight line
  • Dublin Airport (DUB)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 6 km in a straight lineCar hire at DUB airport (Dublin)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.

National Botanic 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

  • 4marked trails within 5 kmEuropean long distance path E8 - part Ireland, The Royal Canal Way, Icon Walk and 1 more
  • 36named and notable trees within 6 kmChestnut, Lime, Ash and 33 more
  • 107picnic sites within 4 kmToni's and 106 more
  • 177shelters and huts within 6 km
  • 7viewpoints within 5 kmFormer swimming area and 6 more
  • 14visitor centres within 6 kmDiscover Ireland Centre, Tourism Office, Irish Rail Information and 11 more
  • 683car parks within 3 km
  • 2campsites within 10 kmCamac Valley Tourist Caravan & Camping Park
  • 383places to stay within 10 kmABC House B&B, Azalea Lodge B&B, Stay City Dublin and 380 more
  • 494restaurants 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 National Botanic 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.

Peakyas39 mountains within 25 km
Three Rock448 m · 14 kmTibradden Mountain467 m · 15 kmTwo Rock536 m · 15 kmSeefingan724 m · 21 kmKippure757 m · 23 kmTonduff642 m · 24 kmBray Head241 m · 24 kmMaulin570 m · 24 km
Islandyasthe island
Ireland84,421 km²
Coastya2 beaches within 10 km
Sandymount Strand6.3 kmMerrion Strand7.7 km
Darkskyas1 dark-sky places within 30 km
Dunsink ObservatoryBortle 8 · 4.7 km
Viewyas1 viewpoints within 15 kmComing soon
Wheel of Dublin4.1 km
Birdyas3 birding sites within 25 km
South Dublin Bay and Tolka Estuary211 species · 8.3 kmBaldoyle Bay203 species · 10 kmRogerstown Estuary204 species · 18 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.

Socrates Botanic Gardens 1
UtDicitur · CC BY-SA 4.0
"at Botanic Gardens Glasnevin" -150669 (33574800468)
William Murphy from Dublin, Ireland · CC BY-SA 2.0
A Visit To the Botanic Gardens In Glasnevin (5469312185)
William Murphy · CC BY-SA 2.0

Other forests nearby.

National Botanic Gardens

Ireland

  • 38Forestyas Score
  • 21%Trees
  • 52%Wild
  • 367Species

Hungry Tree

Ireland · 2 km

  • 34Forestyas Score
  • 16%Trees
  • 53%Wild
  • 393Species

See the guide

Tollymore Forest Park

United Kingdom · 97 km

  • 62Forestyas Score
  • 29%Trees
  • 96%Wild
  • 1,330Species

See the guide

Gwydir Forest

United Kingdom · 165 km

  • 80Forestyas Score
  • 65%Trees
  • 99%Wild
  • 1,334Species

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q841037) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species9,235 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, Darkskyas, Viewyas, Birdyas

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