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Nong Nooch Tropical Botanical Garden

Aleksasfi · CC BY-SA 4.0

47% trees around it and 127 species recorded.

56Forestyas Score

Arboretum

  • trees within 3 km47%
  • wild within 10 km75%
  • species recorded127

The forest around

47% 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 48%Grassland 4%Water 1%Bare ground 5%Cropland 15%Built-up 26%Trees 47%Grassland 11%Wetland 0%Water 4%Bare ground 1%Cropland 24%Built-up 12%Trees 49%Grassland 10%Water 16%Bare ground 1%Cropland 13%Built-up 11%Trees 46%Grassland 9%Water 22%Bare ground 0%Cropland 11%Built-up 12%47%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km48%
  • 1–3 km47%
  • 3–6 km49%
  • 6–10 km46%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees47%
  • Grassland11%
  • Water4%
  • Bare ground1%
  • Cropland24%
  • Built-up12%

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

127 species recorded.

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

Florida CoontieNT
Florida CoontieZamia integrifolia15 recordsUnknown author · CC BY-SA 2.5
Cycad
CycadZamia skinneri13 recordsWilliam Jackson Hooker (1785-1865) · Public domain
CycadNT
CycadCycas edentata12 recordsDaderot · CC0
Bird's nest fern
Bird's nest fernAsplenium nidus8 recordsForest and Kim Starr · CC BY 3.0 us
Bread palmNT
Bread palmCycas rumphii8 recordsUnknown author · CC BY-SA 3.0
Cycad
CycadCeratozamia robusta8 recordsC T Johansson · CC BY-SA 4.0
CycadCR
CycadCeratozamia mexicana8 recordsPeregrinusX · CC BY-SA 3.0
Cycad
CycadZamia variegata7 recordsDaderot · CC0
CycadNT
CycadDioon edule6 recordsUnknown author · CC BY-SA 2.5
Zamia loddigesiiNT
Zamia loddigesiiZamia loddigesii6 recordsSarah Stierch · CC BY 4.0
CR
Cycas zeylanicaCycas zeylanica5 records
NT
CycadCycas bougainvilleana4 records

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

In numbers

The forest, measured.

56out of 100

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

  • 47%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 75%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 127Speciesrecorded more than once within 2 km

When to walk

Best for walking in February and in December.

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

  1. Jan29°25°25 mm
  2. Feb29°26°18 mm
  3. Mar30°27°56 mm
  4. Apr30°28°72 mm
  5. May30°29°152 mm
  6. Jun30°28°160 mm
  7. Jul30°28°160 mm
  8. Aug29°27°149 mm
  9. Sep29°27°239 mm
  10. Oct29°27°238 mm
  11. Nov29°26°64 mm
  12. Dec28°24°14 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Nong Nooch Tropical Botanical Garden.

Botanical garden in Chonburi Province, Thailand

Nong Nooch Tropical Botanical Garden is an arboretum in Thailand.

Seen from space, 47% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 75% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

127 species have been recorded around it: 76 plants, 0 fungi, 51 birds and 0 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: Florida Coontie, Cycad and Cycad.

The best time to walk is in February and in December.

Nong Nooch French garden 1
Aleksasfi · CC BY-SA 4.0

Get there and walk

  • Official informationAccess, hours and rules from those who manage the place.Official site
  • Petrenko จำกัดcampsite · 4.2 km · 1 within 10 km
  • Mirage Condominiumplace to stay · 3.2 km · 59 within 10 km
  • Sattahipnearest town · 12 km in a straight line
  • U-Tapao–Rayong–Pattaya International Airport (UTP)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 12 km in a straight lineCar hire at UTP airport (Rayong)Discover Cars · sponsored link

Plan the visit

A guided walk, a bed nearby, a car.

Car hire at UTP airport (Rayong)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.

Nong Nooch Tropical 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

  • 3shelters and huts within 6 km
  • 4viewpoints within 5 kmPalm View Point, Gold Mountain Buddha, Vineyard and 1 more
  • 17car parks within 3 km
  • 1campsites within 10 kmPetrenko จำกัด
  • 59places to stay within 10 kmMirage Condominium, Resort, Shurmann’s HOME and 56 more
  • 21restaurants and cafés within 3 km
  • marked trails within 5 km
  • named and notable trees within 6 km
  • picnic sites within 4 km
  • visitor centres 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 Nong Nooch Tropical 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.

Peakyas61 mountains within 25 km
Khao Chi Chan2.4 kmKhao Sattahip7.7 kmKhao Phlu Ta Luang8.1 kmKhao Mon9.0 kmKhao Makok14 kmKhao Saothong15 kmKhao Ta Lo16 kmPhra Tamnak Hill18 km
Coastya4 beaches within 10 km
Hat Bang Sare5.6 kmHat Kham7.2 kmHat Klet Kaeo8.6 kmHat Pak Khlong8.9 km
Lakeyas3 lakes within 15 km
Ang Kep Nam Huai Tu Nueng0.6 km² · 2.7 kmAng Kep Nam Map Fak Thong 20.4 km² · 6.3 kmAng Kep Nam Huai Chak Nok0.8 km² · 13 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.

Nong Nooch-01
Wayne77 · CC BY-SA 3.0
Dilophosaurus Nong Nooch Dinosaur Valley, Thailand
Tomás Del Coro · CC BY-SA 2.0
Nong Nooch-14
Wayne77 · CC BY-SA 3.0

Other forests nearby.

Nong Nooch Tropical Botanical Garden

Thailand

  • 56Forestyas Score
  • 47%Trees
  • 75%Wild
  • 127Species

Kaeng Krachan Forest Complex

Thailand · 167 km

  • 90Forestyas Score
  • 100%Trees
  • 100%Wild
  • 393Species

See the guide

Dong Phayayen-Khao Yai Forest Complex

Thailand · 212 km

  • 69Forestyas Score
  • 100%Trees
  • 100%Wild
  • 1Species

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q2444945) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species602 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, Coastya, 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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