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Chile Chile arboretum

Omora Ethnobotanical Park

Fabncampos · CC BY-SA 4.0

50% trees around it and 139 species recorded.

67Forestyas Score

ArboretumWild

  • trees within 3 km50%
  • wild within 10 km100%
  • species recorded139

The forest around

50% 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 61%Shrubland 1%Grassland 24%Water 10%Built-up 4%Trees 48%Shrubland 0%Grassland 10%Water 41%Bare ground 0%Built-up 1%Trees 31%Shrubland 0%Grassland 13%Water 46%Bare ground 9%Snow and ice 0%Trees 33%Grassland 26%Water 25%Bare ground 14%Snow and ice 1%50%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km61%
  • 1–3 km48%
  • 3–6 km31%
  • 6–10 km33%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees48%
  • Shrubland0%
  • Grassland10%
  • Water41%
  • Bare ground0%
  • Snow and ice0%
  • Built-up1%

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

139 species recorded.

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

Chiliotrichum diffusum
Chiliotrichum diffusumChiliotrichum diffusum5 recordsFranz Xaver · CC BY-SA 3.0
Nothofagus antarctica
Nothofagus antarcticaNothofagus antarctica4 recordsLin linao · CC BY-SA 3.0
White dog orchid
White dog orchidCodonorchis lessonii3 recordsArthur Chapman · CC BY 2.0
Low bulrush
Low bulrushIsolepis cernua2 recordsJerzy Opioła · CC BY-SA 4.0
Dwarf sedge
Dwarf sedgeCarex pumila2 recordsEwen Cameron · CC BY 4.0
Carex fuscula
Carex fusculaCarex fuscula2 recordsKrzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz · CC BY 4.0
Gavilea lutea
Gavilea luteaGavilea lutea2 recordsBelerians · CC BY-SA 4.0
Nothofagus pumilio
Nothofagus pumilioNothofagus pumilio2 recordsGagea · CC BY-SA 3.0
Poa alopecurusPoa alopecurus3 records
Plantago barbataPlantago barbata3 records
Prickly HeathGaultheria mucronata3 records
Acaena ovalifoliaAcaena ovalifolia2 records

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

In numbers

The forest, measured.

67out of 100

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

  • 50%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 100%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 139Speciesrecorded more than once within 2 km

When to walk

Best for walking from December to March.

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

  1. Jan11°5°82 mm
  2. Feb11°5°72 mm
  3. Mar10°4°68 mm
  4. Apr6°2°69 mm
  5. May4°1°56 mm
  6. Jun2°-1°60 mm
  7. Jul2°-1°52 mm
  8. Aug2°-1°48 mm
  9. Sep5°0°45 mm
  10. Oct7°1°46 mm
  11. Nov9°3°64 mm
  12. Dec10°4°75 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Omora Ethnobotanical Park.

Chilean Botanical Garden

Omora Ethnobotanical Park is an arboretum in Chile.

Seen from space, 50% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 100% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

139 species have been recorded around it: 15 plants, 17 fungi, 102 birds and 5 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: Chiliotrichum diffusum, Nothofagus antarctica and White dog orchid.

The best time to walk is from December to March.

Ecoturismo Lupa Wilson Adam Archivo Parque Omora. (1)
Fabncampos · CC BY-SA 4.0

Get there and walk

  • Official informationAccess, hours and rules from those who manage the place.Official site
  • Camping El Padrinocampsite · 1.6 km · 18 within 10 km
  • Lakutaia Lodgeplace to stay · 0.5 km · 9 within 10 km
  • Puerto Williamsnearest town · 1.2 km in a straight line
  • Ushuaia - Malvinas Argentinas International Airport (USH)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 44 km in a straight lineCar hire in UshuaiaDiscover 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.

Omora Ethnobotanical Park 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

  • 1marked trails within 5 kmCircuito de los Dientes
  • 2picnic sites within 4 km
  • 1shelters and huts within 6 km
  • 7viewpoints within 5 kmCerro la Bandera, Mirador Platform and 5 more
  • 2visitor centres within 6 kmOficina de Turismo, Oficina de Turismo Municipal
  • 5car parks within 3 km
  • 18campsites within 10 kmCamping El Padrino, Campamento 1, Camping Hito 12 and 15 more
  • 9places to stay within 10 kmLakutaia Lodge, Hotel Fio Fio, Hospedaje Akainij and 6 more
  • 8restaurants and cafés within 3 km
  • named and notable trees 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 Omora Ethnobotanical Park.

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.

Peakyas8 mountains within 25 km
Flag Hill610 m · 2.8 kmDientes de Navarino1,195 m · 9.2 kmCerro Dirección9.8 kmCerro Lawrence13 kmCerro Brown13 kmRocas Nueve de Julio14 kmIslotes Gemelos17 kmCerro Cuchillo23 km
Islandyasthe island
Navarino Island2,473 km²
Darkskyas1 dark-sky places within 30 km
Navarino IslandBortle 1 · 16 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.

Parque Omora 2 Adam-Wilson
Fabncampos · CC BY-SA 4.0
2013-02-24 Pannoparmelia angustata (Pers.) Zahlbr 316197
This image was created by user nastassja (Nastassja Noell) at Mushroom Observer , a source · CC BY-SA 3.0

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q3031554) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species8,483 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, Darkskyas

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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