Switzerland arboretum
Old Botanical Garden, Zurich
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32% trees around it and 2,056 species recorded.
- trees within 3 km32%
- wild within 10 km66%
- species recorded2,056
- Altitude428 m
The forest around
32% 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, ring by ring
- 0–1 km13%
- 1–3 km34%
- 3–6 km57%
- 6–10 km44%
What covers the land (1–3 km)
- Trees34%
- Grassland4%
- Water10%
- Cropland0%
- Built-up51%
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
2,056 species recorded.
The plants, fungi, birds and mammals people have recorded here most often.
NT
Open records within 2 km (GBIF, licensed for any use). Busy places are better recorded than remote ones.
In numbers
The forest, measured.
Our own rating, from open data only: tree cover (40 points), wildness (20), species recorded (30) and protection or heritage (10).
- 32%Treesof the land within 3 km
- 66%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
- 2,056Speciesrecorded more than once within 2 km
- 428 mAltitudeabove the sea
When to walk
Best for walking in September.
How good each month is for a walk: mild days and little rain make the bar taller.
- Jan-4°94 mm
- Feb-4°74 mm
- Mar0°92 mm
- Apr4°91 mm
- May8°141 mm
- Jun13°139 mm
- Jul14°144 mm
- Aug14°146 mm
- Sep10°103 mm
- Oct6°100 mm
- Nov1°87 mm
- Dec-3°102 mm
- Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
- Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Old Botanical Garden, Zurich.
Botanical garden in Switzerland
Old Botanical Garden, Zurich is an arboretum in Switzerland, 428 m above the sea.
Seen from space, 32% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 66% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.
2,056 species have been recorded around it: 1,000 plants, 880 fungi, 138 birds and 38 mammals.
The most recorded plants are: Spiny naiad, Spiked Water-milfoil and Common hornwort.
The best time to walk is in September.
Get there and walk
- Official informationAccess, hours and rules from those who manage the place.Official site↗
- Fischer's Fritz Campingcampsite · 3.9 km · 7 within 10 km
- Mandarin Oriental Savoyplace to stay · 0.5 km · 246 within 10 km
- Zürich (Kreis 1) / Citynearest town · 0.2 km in a straight line
- Zürich Airport (ZRH)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 10 km in a straight lineCar hire at ZRH airport (Zurich)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.
Around, in OpenStreetMap
- 137marked trails within 5 kmAlbisgüetli - Uetliberg Uto Kulm, Albisrieden - Altstetten, Pfaffhausen - Lorenchopf and 134 more
- 13named and notable trees within 6 kmOberes Lindenbänkli, Unteres Lindenbänkli, Brockmann-Eiche and 10 more
- 624picnic sites within 4 km
- 779shelters and huts within 6 kmTscharli Platz, Pergola mit Windspiel and 777 more
- 110viewpoints within 5 kmAussichtsturm, Bürkliplatz, Quaibrücke and 107 more
- 13visitor centres within 6 kmTourist Service, SBB Reisezentrum, SBB InfoPoint and 10 more
- 6,057car parks within 3 km
- 7campsites within 10 kmFischer's Fritz Camping, Durchgangsplatz Geerenweg, Swiss Camper Toilet - Rastplatz Aspholz and 4 more
- 246places to stay within 10 kmMandarin Oriental Savoy, Glärnischhof by Trinity, Hotel Baur au Lac and 243 more
- 1,205restaurants 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 Old Botanical Garden, Zurich.
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.
Peakyas40 mountains within 25 kmZürichberg676 m · 3.0 kmÜetliberg869 m · 4.0 kmAlbis915 m · 10 kmBürglen915 m · 13 kmPfannenstiel853 m · 14 kmLägern866 m · 16 kmLindenberg878 m · 22 kmGubel1,372 m · 24 km
Darkskyas5 dark-sky places within 30 kmUrania SternwarteBortle 8 · 0.6 kmFederal ObservatoryBortle 8 · 1.5 kmSternwarte RümlangBortle 7 · 7.6 kmSternwarte BülachBortle 4 · 17 kmEschenberg ObservatoryBortle 5 · 20 km
Viewyas4 viewpoints within 15 kmComing soonÜetliberg869 m · 4.0 kmOerlikonturm4.9 kmHochwacht Observation tower (Albis)12 kmAltberg Observation Tower12 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.
Other forests nearby.
Old Botanical Garden, Zurich
Switzerland
- 55Forestyas Score
- 32%Trees
- 66%Wild
- 2,056Species
Cave Birseck hermitage, Palaeolithic residential cave / cult place / neolithic burial
Switzerland · 69 km
- 74Forestyas Score
- 65%Trees
- 73%Wild
- 1,564Species
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q437802) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Land cover | ESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0 |
| Species | 99,456 open records within 2 km (GBIF, CC0 and CC BY 4.0 only) |
| See these records | gbif.org |
| Names and photos | Wikidata (CC0); GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Altitude | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Temperature and rain | NASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2) |
| What is around | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Sister atlases | Peakyas, Lakeyas, Darkskyas, Viewyas, Canyonyas, Riveryas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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