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Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden

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65% trees around it and 852 species recorded.

73Forestyas Score

ArboretumBirds

  • trees within 3 km65%
  • wild within 10 km78%
  • species recorded852

The forest around

65% 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 57%Grassland 7%Wetland 1%Water 4%Bare ground 2%Built-up 29%Trees 66%Grassland 1%Water 14%Bare ground 1%Built-up 17%Trees 40%Grassland 1%Water 33%Bare ground 1%Built-up 25%Trees 23%Grassland 2%Water 54%Bare ground 0%Built-up 21%65%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km57%
  • 1–3 km66%
  • 3–6 km40%
  • 6–10 km23%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees66%
  • Grassland1%
  • Wetland0%
  • Water14%
  • Bare ground1%
  • Built-up17%

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

852 species recorded.

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

Cannonball tree
Cannonball treeCouroupita guianensis35 recordsRanjithsiji · CC BY-SA 3.0
Jackfruit tree
Jackfruit treeArtocarpus heterophyllus25 recordsChirocca77 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Stifftia chrysantha
Stifftia chrysanthaStifftia chrysantha23 recordsG. Lewis @ Kew · CC BY-SA 3.0
Tillandsia tricholepis
Tillandsia tricholepisTillandsia tricholepis21 recordsMichael Wolf ( Webseite ) · CC BY-SA 3.0
Chamaecrista ensiformis
Chamaecrista ensiformisChamaecrista ensiformis18 recordsAlex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil · CC BY 2.0
Grazielodendron rio-docensis
Grazielodendron rio-docensisGrazielodendron rio-docensis16 recordsInstituto Nacional da Mata Atlântica - INMA · CC BY-SA 4.0
Actinostemon verticillatus
Actinostemon verticillatusActinostemon verticillatus15 recordsInstituto Nacional da Mata Atlântica - INMA · CC BY-SA 4.0
Filicium decipiens
Filicium decipiensFilicium decipiens15 recordsVinayaraj · CC BY-SA 4.0
Brownea grandiceps
Brownea grandicepsBrownea grandiceps14 recordsCharles Lemaire · Public domain
Madamfate
MadamfateHippobroma longiflora14 recordsrainerburkard · CC BY 4.0
Dalbergia assamicaDalbergia assamica16 records
Coussarea gracilifloraCoussarea graciliflora14 records

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

In numbers

The forest, measured.

73out of 100

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

  • 65%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 78%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 852Speciesrecorded more than once within 2 km

When to walk

Best for walking from June to August.

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

  1. Jan28°23°208 mm
  2. Feb28°23°152 mm
  3. Mar28°23°173 mm
  4. Apr27°22°100 mm
  5. May25°20°71 mm
  6. Jun24°19°49 mm
  7. Jul24°18°45 mm
  8. Aug25°18°42 mm
  9. Sep25°19°69 mm
  10. Oct26°20°108 mm
  11. Nov26°21°220 mm
  12. Dec27°22°232 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden.

Park of the Botanical Garden, environmental preservation area of the Rio de Janeiro state in Brazil

Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden is an arboretum in Brazil.

Seen from space, 65% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 78% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

852 species have been recorded around it: 514 plants, 11 fungi, 317 birds and 10 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: Cannonball tree, Jackfruit tree and Stifftia chrysantha.

The best time to walk is from June to August.

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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.

Rio de Janeiro 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

  • 60named and notable trees within 6 kmMiguel, Flamboyant, Tamarindo and 57 more
  • 3picnic sites within 4 km
  • 8shelters and huts within 6 kmLepa and 7 more
  • 40viewpoints within 5 kmIrmão Menor, Mirante da Cardoso Júnior, Mirante do Pasmado and 37 more
  • 13visitor centres within 6 kmVisit Rio, Tourist Information, Centro de Visitantes and 10 more
  • 81car parks within 3 km
  • 3campsites within 10 kmAP do Rio de Janeiro, Descampado com bancos de troncos
  • 378places to stay within 10 kmHotel Shalimar, Motel Sinless, Copacabana Praia Hotel and 375 more
  • 255restaurants and cafés within 3 km
  • marked trails within 5 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 Rio de Janeiro 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.

Peakyas283 mountains within 25 km
Corcovado710 m · 2.1 kmMorro Dois Irmãos3.3 kmMorro da Babilônia5.7 kmPico da Tijuca6.9 kmPedra da Gávea842 m · 7.1 kmSugarloaf Mountain395 m · 7.3 kmMorro Cara de Cão7.8 kmMorro do Castelo8.5 km
Coastya19 beaches within 10 km
Praia do Leblon2.2 kmPraia de Ipanema2.7 kmCopacabana Beach4.6 kmPraia de São Conrado5.3 kmPraia do Leme5.5 kmPraia da Gávea5.6 kmPraia da Urca6.6 kmPraia dos Amores9.3 km
Lakeyas2 lakes within 15 km
Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas2.2 km² · 1.4 kmLagoa da Tijuca2.8 km² · 12 km
Darkskyas3 dark-sky places within 30 km
PlanetaRioBortle 8 · 1.4 kmBrazil National ObservatoryBortle 9 · 8.0 kmValongo ObservatoryBortle 9 · 8.6 km
Viewyas7 viewpoints within 15 kmComing soon
Mirante do Sacopã1.9 kmCorcovado710 m · 2.1 kmVista Chinesa2.7 kmMirante do Rato Molhado6.2 kmPedra da Gávea842 m · 7.1 kmSugarloaf Mountain395 m · 7.2 kmRio Star8.8 km
Cascadyas12 waterfalls within 15 km
Cachoeira do Primata1.0 kmTaunay waterfall2.2 kmCascata do Parque Guinle5.8 kmWaterfall Of Souls6.7 kmCascata da Quinta da Boa Vista7.0 kmCascata de Rocaille da Floresta da Tijuca7.1 kmCascata - Jardim do Valongo8.5 kmCascata do Jardim do Méier9.3 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.

ChristBotanicalView
Matthew Beeman · CC BY-SA 3.0
JBRJ Cômoro Frei Leandro 02
Halley Pacheco de Oliveira · CC BY-SA 3.0
Botanical Garden Meliponario-Rio de Janeiro
陳 晚盈 · CC0

Other forests nearby.

Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden

Brazil

  • 73Forestyas Score
  • 65%Trees
  • 78%Wild
  • 852Species

Tijuca Forest

Brazil · 2 km

  • 85Forestyas Score
  • 87%Trees
  • 73%Wild
  • 1,485Species

See the guide

Sítio Roberto Burle Marx

Brazil · 33 km

  • 75Forestyas Score
  • 69%Trees
  • 91%Wild
  • 60Species

See the guide

Passa Quatro National Forest

Brazil · 188 km

  • 68Forestyas Score
  • 51%Trees
  • 96%Wild
  • 374Species

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q45242) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species74,326 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, Darkskyas, Viewyas, Cascadyas

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
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