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National Botanical Garden of Israel

Zeev Stein ( זאב שטיין) · CC BY-SA 4.0

5% trees around it and 156 species recorded.

31Forestyas Score

ArboretumBirds

  • trees within 3 km5%
  • wild within 10 km61%
  • species recorded156
  • Altitude823 m

The forest around

5% 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 6%Shrubland 5%Grassland 18%Cropland 4%Built-up 67%Trees 5%Shrubland 3%Grassland 18%Bare ground 2%Cropland 1%Built-up 71%Trees 8%Shrubland 7%Grassland 31%Bare ground 4%Cropland 2%Built-up 48%Trees 7%Shrubland 11%Grassland 47%Bare ground 6%Cropland 4%Built-up 25%5%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km6%
  • 1–3 km5%
  • 3–6 km8%
  • 6–10 km7%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees5%
  • Shrubland3%
  • Grassland18%
  • Bare ground2%
  • Cropland1%
  • Built-up71%

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

156 species recorded.

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

Rivet wheat
Rivet wheatTriticum turgidum5 recordsStan Shebs · CC BY-SA 3.0
Bulbous barley
Bulbous barleyHordeum bulbosum4 recordsDaderot · Public domain
St. John's Bread
St. John's BreadCeratonia siliqua4 recordsUnknown author · CC BY-SA 3.0
Perennial rye-grass
Perennial rye-grassLolium perenne3 recordsRasbak · CC BY-SA 3.0
Squirting Cucumber
Squirting CucumberEcballium elaterium3 recordsGiuseppe Frizzi · Public domain
Hypericum triquetrifolium
Hypericum triquetrifoliumHypericum triquetrifolium3 recordsIorsh · Public domain
Podonosma orientalis
Podonosma orientalisPodonosma orientalis3 recordsGideon Pisanty ( Gidip ) · CC BY 2.5
Olive tree
Olive treeOlea europaea3 recordsHans Hillewaert · CC BY-SA 3.0
Glaucium grandiflorum
Glaucium grandiflorumGlaucium grandiflorum3 recordsZiegler175 · CC BY-SA 3.0
Ground-pine
Ground-pineAjuga chamaepitys2 recordsUnknown author · CC BY-SA 3.0
Peruvian peppertree
Peruvian peppertreeSchinus molle2 recordsFranz Xaver · CC BY-SA 3.0
Star clover
Star cloverTrifolium stellatum2 recordsGideon Pisanty ( Gidip ) · CC BY 3.0

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

In numbers

The forest, measured.

31out of 100

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

  • 5%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 61%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 156Speciesrecorded more than once within 2 km
  • 823 mAltitudeabove the sea

When to walk

Best for walking in March.

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

  1. Jan16°7°88 mm
  2. Feb17°8°62 mm
  3. Mar20°9°37 mm
  4. Apr24°12°21 mm
  5. May28°15°5 mm
  6. Jun31°18°1 mm
  7. Jul33°20°1 mm
  8. Aug33°21°0 mm
  9. Sep31°20°2 mm
  10. Oct28°17°14 mm
  11. Nov23°13°46 mm
  12. Dec18°9°83 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

National Botanical Garden of Israel.

Botanical garden located on Mount Scopus

National Botanical Garden of Israel is an arboretum in Israel, 823 m above the sea.

Seen from space, 5% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 61% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

156 species have been recorded around it: 23 plants, 2 fungi, 131 birds and 0 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: Rivet wheat, Bulbous barley and St. John's Bread.

The best time to walk is in March.

AvneyMoreshet-6c03346f-Botanical Garden on Mount Scopus - Jerusalem
Zeev Stein ( זאב שטיין) · CC BY-SA 4.0

Get there and walk

  • חניון לילה הקסטלcampsite · 9.5 km · 4 within 10 km
  • American Colonyplace to stay · 1.5 km · 242 within 10 km
  • Nayotnearest town · 0.3 km in a straight line
  • Ben Gurion International Airport (TLV)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 42 km in a straight lineCar hire at TLV airport (Tel Aviv)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 Botanical Garden of Israel 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

  • 13marked trails within 5 kmVia Crucis, שביל הצבאים, שביל הטיילת and 10 more
  • 5named and notable trees within 6 kmאגס סורי, עצי זית, אורן and 2 more
  • 35picnic sites within 4 km
  • 16shelters and huts within 6 kmShalshelet Shelter, בית חם and 14 more
  • 54viewpoints within 5 kmWestern Wall Observation Point, תצפית יהודאי, מצפור תומר and 51 more
  • 14visitor centres within 6 kmnassar tours, PASSIA, מרכז מידע הר הזיתים and 11 more
  • 233car parks within 3 km
  • 4campsites within 10 kmחניון לילה הקסטל, عرموش, IVE Campamento and 1 more
  • 242places to stay within 10 kmAmerican Colony, النزل الهندي, Leonardo Jerusalem and 239 more
  • 248restaurants 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 Botanical Garden of Israel.

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.

Peakyas130 mountains within 25 km
Mount Scopus826 m · 0.3 kmMount of Olives826 m · 1.6 kmMoriah768 m · 1.9 kmTemple Mount743 m · 2.2 kmCalvary2.3 kmMount Zion765 m · 2.5 kmHar HaMenuchot750 m · 6.3 kmMount Herzl834 m · 6.4 km
Darkskyas2 dark-sky places within 30 km
Planetarium WilliamsBortle 9 · 4.7 kmJudaean DesertBortle 6 · 12 km
Viewyas11 viewpoints within 15 kmComing soon
Mount Scopus826 m · 0.1 kmMount of Olives826 m · 1.7 kmTemple Mount743 m · 1.9 kmMitzpor Tomer Mordechai2.0 kmCalvary2.2 kmMount Zion765 m · 2.8 kmMount Herzl834 m · 6.4 kmArthur Rubinstein lookout12 km
Birdyas1 birding sites within 25 km
Jerusalem Bird Observatory234 species · 3.9 km
Canyonyas1 canyons within 20 km
David street4.4 km
Cavernyas4 caves within 20 km
Stone vessels' cave1.0 kmGrotto of Gethsemane1.5 kmWell of Souls1.9 kmGrotto of the Holy Cross2.1 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.

הגן הבוטני הלאומי ע"ש מונטגיו למפורט - הר הצופים
פארוק · CC BY-SA 4.0
100 Botanical Garden on Mount Scopus visit 2011 97
Daniel Ventura · CC BY-SA 4.0
AvneyMoreshet-6a027f68-Botanical Garden on Mount Scopus - Jerusalem
Zeev Stein ( זאב שטיין) · CC BY-SA 4.0

Other forests nearby.

National Botanical Garden of Israel

Israel

  • 31Forestyas Score
  • 5%Trees
  • 61%Wild
  • 156Species

Forest of the Martyrs

Israel · 17 km

  • 65Forestyas Score
  • 59%Trees
  • 86%Wild
  • 255Species

See the guide

Aminadav Forest

Israel · 12 km

  • 52Forestyas Score
  • 40%Trees
  • 73%Wild
  • 327Species

See the guide

Eshtaol Forest

Israel · 25 km

  • 54Forestyas Score
  • 44%Trees
  • 74%Wild
  • 303Species

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q5810092) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species12,058 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, Darkskyas, Viewyas, Birdyas, Canyonyas, Cavernyas

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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