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Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney

Dietmar Rabich · CC BY-SA 4.0

14% trees around it and 1,213 species recorded.

43Forestyas Score

ArboretumFungiBirdsWildlife

  • trees within 3 km14%
  • wild within 10 km60%
  • species recorded1,213

The forest around

14% 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 17%Grassland 4%Water 43%Bare ground 2%Built-up 34%Trees 14%Grassland 2%Water 41%Bare ground 1%Built-up 42%Trees 26%Grassland 6%Water 19%Bare ground 0%Built-up 48%Trees 25%Grassland 6%Wetland 0%Water 33%Bare ground 0%Built-up 36%14%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km17%
  • 1–3 km14%
  • 3–6 km26%
  • 6–10 km25%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees14%
  • Grassland2%
  • Wetland0%
  • Water41%
  • Bare ground1%
  • Built-up42%

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

1,213 species recorded.

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

Black pouiVU
Black pouiJacaranda mimosifolia225 recordsKahuroa · Public domain
CycadVU
CycadCycas seemannii207 recordsRaffi Kojian · CC BY-SA 3.0
London Plane
London PlanePlatanus × hispanica168 recordsArbres d'ornement-2 - ornamental trees in colour - Public domain book illustration (visual · CC0
Firewheel tree
Firewheel treeStenocarpus sinuatus123 recordsNo machine-readable author provided. Casliber assumed (based on copyright claims). · CC BY-SA 2.5
Nandi Flame
Nandi FlameSpathodea campanulata112 recordsSteven Haw · CC BY 2.0
Southern Silky-oak
Southern Silky-oakGrevillea robusta109 recordsMargaretRDonald · CC BY-SA 4.0
Pedunculate Oak
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur74 recordsAlgirdas at Lithuanian Wikipedia · Public domain
Silver banksia
Silver banksiaBanksia marginata59 recordsJJ Harrison ( https://www.jjharrison.com.au/ ) · CC BY-SA 3.0
Boab
BoabAdansonia gregorii44 recordsWhitenoise01 at English Wikipedia · CC BY 2.5
Moreton Bay fig
Moreton Bay figFicus macrophylla22 recordsUser DO'Neil on en.wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0
Banksia attenuataVU
Banksia attenuataBanksia attenuata22 recordsNo machine-readable author provided. Casliber assumed (based on copyright claims). · Public domain
Spreading pellitory
Spreading pellitoryParietaria judaica21 recordsFranco Folini · CC BY 2.5

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

In numbers

The forest, measured.

43out of 100

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

  • 14%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 60%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 1,213Speciesrecorded more than once within 2 km

When to walk

Best for walking in May and from August to September.

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

  1. Jan26°20°83 mm
  2. Feb25°20°134 mm
  3. Mar24°20°104 mm
  4. Apr22°18°73 mm
  5. May20°15°54 mm
  6. Jun17°13°87 mm
  7. Jul16°12°44 mm
  8. Aug17°12°46 mm
  9. Sep20°14°43 mm
  10. Oct22°15°64 mm
  11. Nov23°17°83 mm
  12. Dec24°19°72 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney.

Botanic gardens in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney is an arboretum in Australia.

Seen from space, 14% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 60% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

1,213 species have been recorded around it: 856 plants, 124 fungi, 195 birds and 38 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: Black poui, Cycad and London Plane.

The best time to walk is in May and from August to September.

Sydney (AU), Royal Botanic Gardens -- 2019 -- 3082
Dietmar Rabich · CC BY-SA 4.0

Get there and walk

  • Official informationAccess, hours and rules from those who manage the place.Official site
  • Cookatoo Island Waterfront Campgroundcampsite · 4.6 km · 3 within 10 km
  • Harbour View Hotelplace to stay · 1.1 km · 345 within 10 km
  • Woolloomooloonearest town · 0.9 km in a straight line
  • Sydney Kingsford Smith International Airport (SYD)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 10 km in a straight lineCar hire at SYD airport (Sydney)Discover Cars · sponsored link

Plan the visit

A guided walk, a bed nearby, a car.

Car hire at SYD airport (Sydney)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.

Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney 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

  • 11marked trails within 5 kmGreat North Walk, Hermitage Foreshore Walk, Oxford Street - Moore Park and 8 more
  • 7named and notable trees within 6 kmWollemi Pine, Wishing Tree, Chinese Elm Tree and 4 more
  • 491picnic sites within 4 kmFlagpole Picnic Area and 490 more
  • 605shelters and huts within 6 kmVictoria Rd before Sydenham Rd and 604 more
  • 134viewpoints within 5 kmCahill Expressway Lookout, Will Ashton Lookout, Berrys Bay Lookout and 131 more
  • 12visitor centres within 6 kmVisitor Centre, Visitor Information, Transport Information and 9 more
  • 490car parks within 3 km
  • 3campsites within 10 kmCookatoo Island Waterfront Campground, Lane Cove River Tourist Park, Sheralee Tourist Caravan Park
  • 345places to stay within 10 kmHarbour View Hotel, Regency Hyde Park, Oakes Hotel and 342 more
  • 1,537restaurants 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 Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney.

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.

Peakyas28 mountains within 25 km
Mount Steele4.0 kmManly Rock10 kmBeacon Hill12 kmDavidson Park15 kmConnell Hill19 kmBotany Cone19 kmFoleys Hill21 kmMount Murray Anderson24 km
Coastya57 beaches within 10 km
Corner Beach2.9 kmLady Martins Beach3.4 kmWalsh Bay5.3 kmEdwards Beach5.5 kmGibsons Beach6.1 kmBondi Beach6.4 kmCoogee Beach7.5 kmSilver Beach8.5 km
Darkskyas3 dark-sky places within 30 km
Sydney ObservatoryBortle 8 · 1.2 kmAustralian Astronomical ObservatoryBortle 8 · 9.9 kmGreen Point ObservatoryBortle 7 · 20 km
Viewyas6 viewpoints within 15 kmComing soon
Pylon Lookout1.1 kmObservatory Hill Lookout1.2 kmMacCallum Pool2.1 kmThe Gap6.5 kmShep's Mound8 m · 9.8 kmMill Stream lookout11 km
Birdyas1 birding sites within 25 km
Towra Point Nature Reserve374 species · 17 km
Cascadyas1 waterfalls within 15 km
Tipperary Falls8.1 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.

A view of Royal Botanic Garden taken from Sydney Tower
Harveychl · CC BY-SA 4.0
AUS Sydney, Central Business District, Farm Cove 001
-wuppertaler · CC BY 4.0
Flying Foxes at the Botanic Gardens (3590310336)
Paul Holloway from Birmingham, United Kingdom · CC BY-SA 2.0

Other forests nearby.

Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney

Australia

  • 43Forestyas Score
  • 14%Trees
  • 60%Wild
  • 1,213Species

Belanglo State Forest

Australia · 117 km

  • 86Forestyas Score
  • 92%Trees
  • 98%Wild
  • 559Species

See the guide

Australian National Botanic Gardens

Australia · 249 km

  • 69Forestyas Score
  • 53%Trees
  • 77%Wild
  • 1,437Species

See the guide

Pilliga forest

Australia · 389 km

  • 83Forestyas Score
  • 89%Trees
  • 100%Wild
  • 266Species

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q54489) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species98,320 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, Darkskyas, Viewyas, Birdyas, 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
forestsForestyasEvery forest with its land-cover rings, what grows and lives in it, and the best months to walk it.You are here