Bhutan arboretum
Royal Botanical Garden
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97% trees around it and 376 species recorded.
- trees within 3 km97%
- wild within 10 km100%
- species recorded376
- Altitude2,682 m
The forest around
97% 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 km96%
- 1–3 km97%
- 3–6 km95%
- 6–10 km96%
What covers the land (1–3 km)
- Trees97%
- Grassland2%
- Cropland0%
- 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
376 species recorded.
The plants, fungi, birds and mammals people have recorded here most often.
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).
- 97%Treesof the land within 3 km
- 100%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
- 376Speciesrecorded more than once within 2 km
- 2,682 mAltitudeabove the sea
When to walk
Best for walking from April to August.
How good each month is for a walk: mild days and little rain make the bar taller.
- Jan-5°4 mm
- Feb-4°12 mm
- Mar-2°32 mm
- Apr1°74 mm
- May5°119 mm
- Jun9°164 mm
- Jul10°254 mm
- Aug10°202 mm
- Sep8°130 mm
- Oct4°55 mm
- Nov-1°4 mm
- Dec-4°2 mm
- Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
- Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Royal Botanical Garden.
Gardens in Serbitang, Bhutan
Royal Botanical Garden is an arboretum in Bhutan, 2,682 m above the sea.
Seen from space, 97% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 100% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.
376 species have been recorded around it: 19 plants, 65 fungi, 292 birds and 0 mammals.
The most recorded plants are: Rhododendron keysii, Carpinus viminea and Bhutan Fir.
The best time to walk is from April to August.
Get there and walk
- RIM Boys Hostelplace to stay · 11 km · 38 within 10 km
- Lungtenzampanearest town · 12 km in a straight line
- Paro International Airport (PBH)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 34 km in a straight lineCar hire at PBH airport (Paro)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
- 2marked trails within 5 kmDochu La - Punakha, Bhudha Point - Dochu La
- 3car parks within 3 km
- 38places to stay within 10 kmRIM Boys Hostel, Ariya Hotel (Thimphu), RIM Girls Hostel and 35 more
- 2restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- named and notable trees within 6 km
- picnic sites within 4 km
- shelters and huts within 6 km
- viewpoints within 5 km
- visitor centres within 6 km
- campsites within 10 km
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.
Photographs
The forest, as people saw it.
Other forests nearby.
Royal Botanical Garden
Bhutan
- 87Forestyas Score
- 97%Trees
- 100%Wild
- 376Species
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q120303248) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Land cover | ESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0 |
| Species | 17,817 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 |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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