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United States Botanic Garden

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9% trees around it and 1,293 species recorded.

40Forestyas Score

ArboretumFungiBirds

  • trees within 3 km9%
  • wild within 10 km58%
  • species recorded1,293

The forest around

9% 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 14%Grassland 12%Water 0%Bare ground 0%Built-up 74%Trees 8%Grassland 10%Water 14%Bare ground 0%Built-up 67%Trees 30%Grassland 11%Wetland 0%Water 9%Bare ground 0%Built-up 49%Trees 54%Grassland 7%Wetland 0%Water 3%Bare ground 0%Built-up 35%9%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km14%
  • 1–3 km8%
  • 3–6 km30%
  • 6–10 km54%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees8%
  • Grassland10%
  • Wetland0%
  • Water14%
  • Bare ground0%
  • Built-up67%

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

1,293 species recorded.

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

Wavyleaf aster
Wavyleaf asterSymphyotrichum undulatum37 recordsMatt Schultz · CC0
Henbit Dead-nettle
Henbit Dead-nettleLamium amplexicaule25 recordsUnknown author · CC BY-SA 3.0
American beautyberry
American beautyberryCallicarpa americana24 recordsAlex Abair · CC BY 4.0
White Clover
White CloverTrifolium repens23 recordsEpgrande · CC BY 4.0
Bois d'Arc
Bois d'ArcMaclura pomifera21 recordsThomas R Machnitzki ( thomas machnitzki.com) · CC BY 3.0
Japanese holly
Japanese hollyIlex crenata21 recordsKENPEI · CC BY-SA 3.0
Baldcypress
BaldcypressTaxodium distichum20 recordsUnknown author · Public domain
Longspike tridens
Longspike tridensTridens strictus19 recordsChase, Agnes; Hitchcock, A. S. · Public domain
Large field Speedwell
Large field SpeedwellVeronica persica18 recordsStrobilomyces · CC BY-SA 3.0
Pigeon Berry
Pigeon BerryPhytolacca americana16 recordsEpgrande · CC BY 4.0
Little mouse-ear chickweed
Little mouse-ear chickweedStellaria media16 recordsEpgrande · CC BY 4.0
American basswood
American basswoodTilia americana13 recordsWendy Cutler from Vancouver, Canada · CC BY 2.0

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

In numbers

The forest, measured.

40out of 100

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

  • 9%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 58%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 1,293Speciesrecorded more than once within 2 km

When to walk

Best for walking in April and in October.

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

  1. Jan4°-4°67 mm
  2. Feb6°-3°70 mm
  3. Mar11°1°84 mm
  4. Apr18°7°92 mm
  5. May23°12°109 mm
  6. Jun28°18°118 mm
  7. Jul31°21°116 mm
  8. Aug30°20°109 mm
  9. Sep26°16°107 mm
  10. Oct20°9°105 mm
  11. Nov13°3°80 mm
  12. Dec7°-1°95 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

United States Botanic Garden.

Botanical garden in Washington, DC

United States Botanic Garden is an arboretum in United States.

Seen from space, 9% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 58% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

1,293 species have been recorded around it: 851 plants, 220 fungi, 217 birds and 5 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: Wavyleaf aster, Henbit Dead-nettle and American beautyberry.

The best time to walk is in April and in October.

AOC Gardener for the U.S. Botanic Garden (8358656742)
USCapitol · Public domain

Get there and walk

  • Official informationAccess, hours and rules from those who manage the place.Official site
  • Greenbelt Park Campgroundcampsite · 14 km · 2 within 10 km
  • Kimpton George Hotelplace to stay · 1.0 km · 275 within 10 km
  • Downtown DCnearest town · 0.9 km in a straight line
  • Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 5 km in a straight lineCar hire at DCA airport (Washington)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.

United States Botanic 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

  • 10marked trails within 5 kmPotomac Heritage National Scenic Trail (right bank), ADT - Maryland - Seg 3, ADT - Maryland - Seg 4 and 7 more
  • 72named and notable trees within 6 kmStump, 009, 325th Glider Regiment and 69 more
  • 107picnic sites within 4 kmJulia Ward Howe Memorial and 106 more
  • 250shelters and huts within 6 km
  • 15viewpoints within 5 kmFreedom Park Viewpoint, Elephant Overlook, Panda Overlook and 12 more
  • 25visitor centres within 6 kmNational Archives Research Center, Washington Welcome Center, District of Columbia Visitor Information Center and 22 more
  • 1,302car parks within 3 km
  • 2campsites within 10 kmGreenbelt Park Campground
  • 275places to stay within 10 kmKimpton George Hotel, Hotel Monaco, Courtyard and 272 more
  • 828restaurants 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 United States Botanic 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.

Peakyas26 mountains within 25 km
Mount Alto6.6 kmMount Saint Alban116 m · 6.9 kmBald Eagle Hill7.4 kmPoint Reno125 m · 9.0 kmUpton's Hill12 kmMinor's Hill13 kmTinner Hill14 kmMason's Hill15 km
Darkskyas4 dark-sky places within 30 km
Old Naval ObservatoryBortle 9 · 3.5 kmUnited States Naval ObservatoryBortle 9 · 6.0 kmGeorgetown University Astronomical ObservatoryBortle 9 · 6.0 kmUniversity of Maryland ObservatoryBortle 9 · 14 km
Viewyas1 viewpoints within 15 kmComing soon
Capital Wheel11 km
Canyonyas1 canyons within 20 km
Mather Gorge19 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.

Botanischer Garten in Washington, D.C. 01
Burkhard Mücke · CC BY-SA 4.0
2017 United States Botanic Garden
Farragutful · CC BY-SA 4.0
Orchid Symphony exhibit at the U.S. Botanic Garden (12750092225)
USCapitol · Public domain

Other forests nearby.

United States Botanic Garden

United States

  • 40Forestyas Score
  • 9%Trees
  • 58%Wild
  • 1,293Species

National Christmas Tree

United States · 2 km

  • 41Forestyas Score
  • 15%Trees
  • 60%Wild
  • 1,891Species

See the guide

Pine Barrens

United States · 217 km

  • 83Forestyas Score
  • 91%Trees
  • 94%Wild
  • 390Species

See the guide

Monongahela National Forest

United States · 253 km

  • 84Forestyas Score
  • 100%Trees
  • 100%Wild
  • 115Species

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q1848855) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species137,299 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, Darkskyas, Viewyas, Canyonyas

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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