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New York Botanical Garden

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25% trees around it and 1,671 species recorded.

48Forestyas Score

ArboretumFungiBirdsWildlife

  • trees within 3 km25%
  • wild within 10 km57%
  • species recorded1,671

The forest around

25% 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 49%Grassland 3%Water 0%Built-up 47%Trees 22%Grassland 2%Water 2%Bare ground 0%Built-up 74%Trees 24%Grassland 4%Wetland 0%Water 14%Bare ground 0%Built-up 56%Trees 31%Grassland 4%Water 31%Bare ground 0%Built-up 33%25%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km49%
  • 1–3 km22%
  • 3–6 km24%
  • 6–10 km31%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees22%
  • Grassland2%
  • Wetland0%
  • Water2%
  • Bare ground0%
  • Built-up74%

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

1,671 species recorded.

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

Lesser Celandine
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna2,379 recordsAnRo0002 · CC0
Mugwort
MugwortArtemisia vulgaris1,944 recordsFranz Eugen Köhler, Köhler's Medizinal-Pflanzen · Public domain
London Plane
London PlanePlatanus × hispanica1,625 recordsArbres d'ornement-2 - ornamental trees in colour - Public domain book illustration (visual · CC0
Norway maple
Norway mapleAcer platanoides1,538 recordsMartin Bobka (= Martin120 ) · CC BY-SA 2.5
Honey shuck
Honey shuckGleditsia triacanthos1,199 recordsKevmin · CC BY-SA 3.0
Bradford pear
Bradford pearPyrus calleryana927 recordsBruce Marlin · CC BY 3.0
Small-leaved Lime
Small-leaved LimeTilia cordata884 recordsImreKiss · CC BY 3.0
Ginkgo
GinkgoGinkgo biloba837 recordsThis photo was taken by Susanna Giaccai . Feel free to use my photos, but please mention m · CC BY-SA 3.0
Japanese-elmNT
Japanese-elmZelkova serrata736 recordsja:User:Miya · CC BY-SA 4.0
Green ashCR
Green ashFraxinus pennsylvanica586 recordsJerzy Opioła · CC BY-SA 3.0
Northern Red Oak
Northern Red OakQuercus rubra552 recordsNicholas A. Tonelli from Northeast Pennsylvania, USA · CC BY 2.0
Swamp Maple
Swamp MapleAcer rubrum451 recordsFtlombardo · 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.

48out of 100

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

  • 25%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 57%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 1,671Speciesrecorded more than once within 2 km

When to walk

Best for walking in May and in October.

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

  1. Jan2°-6°81 mm
  2. Feb3°-5°81 mm
  3. Mar8°-2°100 mm
  4. Apr14°4°102 mm
  5. May20°10°98 mm
  6. Jun25°16°117 mm
  7. Jul29°19°109 mm
  8. Aug28°18°114 mm
  9. Sep25°14°105 mm
  10. Oct18°8°122 mm
  11. Nov11°2°91 mm
  12. Dec5°-2°116 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

New York Botanical Garden.

Botanical garden in the Bronx, New York City

New York Botanical Garden is an arboretum in United States.

Seen from space, 25% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 57% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

1,671 species have been recorded around it: 1,000 plants, 403 fungi, 247 birds and 21 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: Lesser Celandine, Mugwort and London Plane.

The best time to walk is in May and in October.

NY Botanical Garden
Anthony22 at English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0

Get there and walk

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.

New York Botanical Garden 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

  • 10marked trails within 5 kmShore Trail, John Muir Nature Trail, Little Chism Trail and 7 more
  • 64picnic sites within 4 kmSherman Creek and 63 more
  • 28shelters and huts within 6 kmWoodland gazebo, Stadium Family Shelter, The Shelter Overlook and 25 more
  • 36viewpoints within 5 kmHBP 187 View, Half-Moon Overlook and 34 more
  • 1visitor centres within 6 km
  • 206car parks within 3 km
  • 83places to stay within 10 kmResidence Inn The Bronx, Lotus Accomodation, Efuru Guest House and 80 more
  • 127restaurants and cafés within 3 km
  • named and notable trees within 6 km
  • campsites within 10 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 New York Botanical Garden.

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.

Peakyas33 mountains within 25 km
Tetards Hill4.0 kmBlackwell Hill9.3 kmCronins Hill10 kmSummit Rock12 kmBlackwells Hill13 kmKings Bluff16 kmSnake Hill21 kmHarbor Hill21 km
Islandyasthe island
Long Island3,566 km²
Coastya4 beaches within 10 km
Bloomer Beach5.9 kmUndercliff Beach6.0 kmHazard Beach6.9 kmOrchard Beach7.1 km
Lakeyas3 lakes within 15 km
Hillview Reservoir0.3 km² · 5.6 kmJacqueline Kennedy Onassis Reservoir0.3 km² · 11 kmGrassy Sprain Reservoir0.4 km² · 11 km
Darkskyas3 dark-sky places within 30 km
Hayden PlanetariumBortle 9 · 12 kmLamont–Doherty Earth ObservatoryBortle 7 · 16 kmBowman ObservatoryBortle 8 · 29 km
Viewyas3 viewpoints within 15 kmComing soon
Harlem Fire Watchtower8.6 kmThe Palisades12 kmTop of the Rock14 km
Birdyas1 birding sites within 25 km
U Thant Island345 species · 15 km
Riveryasthe river nearby
Bronx River39 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.

New York Botanical Garden October 2016 010
King of Hearts · CC BY-SA 4.0
Lorillard Snuff Mill in New York Botanical Garden
LeoTar · CC BY-SA 3.0
New York Botanical Garden April 2015 010
King of Hearts · CC BY-SA 3.0

Other forests nearby.

New York Botanical Garden

United States

  • 48Forestyas Score
  • 25%Trees
  • 57%Wild
  • 1,671Species

Drew University

United States · 48 km

  • 75Forestyas Score
  • 74%Trees
  • 89%Wild
  • 146Species

See the guide

Pine Barrens

United States · 144 km

  • 83Forestyas Score
  • 91%Trees
  • 94%Wild
  • 390Species

See the guide

Brooklyn Botanic Garden

United States · 23 km

  • 38Forestyas Score
  • 16%Trees
  • 38%Wild
  • 806Species

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q636275) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species165,389 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, Lakeyas, Darkskyas, Viewyas, Birdyas, Riveryas

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