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VanDusen Botanical Garden

Stan Shebs · CC BY-SA 3.0

52% trees around it and 692 species recorded.

60Forestyas Score

ArboretumFungiBirds

  • trees within 3 km52%
  • wild within 10 km65%
  • species recorded692
  • Altitude96 m

The forest around

52% 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 68%Grassland 6%Bare ground 0%Cropland 1%Built-up 24%Trees 50%Grassland 7%Built-up 43%Trees 26%Grassland 12%Wetland 0%Water 13%Bare ground 2%Built-up 47%Trees 20%Grassland 12%Wetland 0%Water 37%Bare ground 1%Cropland 1%Built-up 29%52%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km68%
  • 1–3 km50%
  • 3–6 km26%
  • 6–10 km20%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees50%
  • Grassland7%
  • Wetland0%
  • Water0%
  • Bare ground0%
  • Cropland0%
  • Built-up43%

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

692 species recorded.

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

Saucer magnolia
Saucer magnoliaMagnolia ×soulangeana36 recordsPiotr Kuczynski · CC BY-SA 3.0
Dawson's magnolia
Dawson's magnoliaMagnolia dawsoniana29 recordsWendy Cutler from Vancouver, Canada · CC BY 2.0
Northern Japanese Magnolia
Northern Japanese MagnoliaMagnolia kobus18 recordsBruce Marlin · CC BY-SA 3.0
Magnolia × loebneri
Magnolia × loebneriMagnolia ×loebneri18 recordsHectonichus · CC BY-SA 3.0
Sargent's magnoliaVU
Sargent's magnoliaMagnolia sargentiana14 recordsWendy Cutler · CC BY 2.0
Cherry laurel
Cherry laurelPrunus laurocerasus12 recordsKarduelis · Public domain
Magnolia sprengeri
Magnolia sprengeriMagnolia sprengeri12 recordsLiné1 · CC BY-SA 3.0
Star magnolia
Star magnoliaMagnolia stellata10 records4028mdk09 · CC BY-SA 3.0
Japanese rose
Japanese roseRosa rugosa7 recordsVihljun · Public domain
Common yarrow
Common yarrowAchillea millefolium7 recordsEpgrande · CC BY 4.0
Red Clover
Red CloverTrifolium pratense7 recordsIvar Leidus · CC BY-SA 4.0
Western swordfern
Western swordfernPolystichum munitum6 recordsJami Dwyer · CC BY-SA 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.

60out of 100

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

  • 52%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 65%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 692Speciesrecorded more than once within 2 km
  • 96 mAltitudeabove the sea

When to walk

Best for walking in June and in September.

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

  1. Jan6°3°194 mm
  2. Feb7°3°102 mm
  3. Mar9°4°142 mm
  4. Apr12°6°87 mm
  5. May16°10°60 mm
  6. Jun18°12°46 mm
  7. Jul22°15°26 mm
  8. Aug22°15°33 mm
  9. Sep18°13°70 mm
  10. Oct13°9°140 mm
  11. Nov9°5°206 mm
  12. Dec6°3°177 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

VanDusen Botanical Garden.

Botanical garden in Vancouver, British Columbia Canada

VanDusen Botanical Garden is an arboretum in Canada.

Seen from space, 52% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 65% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

692 species have been recorded around it: 135 plants, 291 fungi, 257 birds and 9 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: Saucer magnolia, Dawson's magnolia and Northern Japanese Magnolia.

The best time to walk is in June and in September.

VanDusen Botanical Garden 1
Stan Shebs · CC BY-SA 3.0

Get there and walk

  • Official informationAccess, hours and rules from those who manage the place.Official site
  • Capilano RV Parkcampsite · 9.5 km · 1 within 10 km
  • Shaughnessy Villageplace to stay · 2.3 km · 176 within 10 km
  • Shaughnessynearest town · 1.1 km in a straight line
  • Vancouver International Airport (YVR)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 6 km in a straight lineCar hire at YVR airport (Vancouver)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.

VanDusen 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

  • 4marked trails within 5 kmIva Mann Loop Walk, Central Valley Greenway, The Trans Canada Trail and 1 more
  • 12named and notable trees within 6 kmoaks, Beeches, Ashes and 9 more
  • 196picnic sites within 4 km
  • 43shelters and huts within 6 kmScottish Shelter and 42 more
  • 20viewpoints within 5 kmHarbour Centre Lookout Tower and 19 more
  • 7visitor centres within 6 kmVanDusen Botanical Garden Visitor Centre, Guest Services, Compass Customer Service and 4 more
  • 503car parks within 3 km
  • 1campsites within 10 kmCapilano RV Park
  • 176places to stay within 10 kmShaughnessy Village, Douglas House, Opus and 173 more
  • 510restaurants 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 VanDusen 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.

Peakyas30 mountains within 25 km
Grouse Mountain1,231 m · 17 kmGoat Mountain1,401 m · 19 kmCrown Mountain1,504 m · 19 kmSt. Marks Summit1,307 m · 22 kmMount Seymour1,449 m · 22 kmMount Elsay1,419 m · 23 kmUnnecessary Mountain1,548 m · 24 kmMount Burwell1,541 m · 25 km
Coastya11 beaches within 10 km
Kitsilano Beach4.2 kmEnglish Bay Beach5.3 kmJericho Beach5.7 kmLocarno Beach6.7 kmThird Beach7.3 kmSpanish Banks7.4 kmPoint Grey Beach8.7 kmWreck Beach9.4 km
Lakeyas3 lakes within 15 km
Deer Lake0.3 km² · 12 kmBurnaby Lake0.3 km² · 13 kmCapilano Lake2.4 km² · 14 km
Viewyas1 viewpoints within 15 kmComing soon
Vancouver Lookout5.2 km
Birdyas2 birding sites within 25 km
Alaksen National Wildlife Area310 species · 16 kmFraser River Delta16 km
Cascadyas1 waterfalls within 15 km
Cypress Falls15 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.

Autumn colours at VanDusen Botanical Garden
Wendy Cutler from Vancouver, Canada · CC BY 2.0
Fall colours at VanDusen Botanical Garden
Wendy Cutler from Vancouver, Canada · CC BY 2.0
VanDusen Botanical Garden 3
Unknown author · CC BY-SA 3.0

Other forests nearby.

VanDusen Botanical Garden

Canada

  • 60Forestyas Score
  • 52%Trees
  • 65%Wild
  • 692Species

Hoh Rainforest

United States · 164 km

  • 90Forestyas Score
  • 97%Trees
  • 100%Wild
  • 328Species

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Olympic National Forest

United States · 159 km

  • 86Forestyas Score
  • 96%Trees
  • 100%Wild
  • 237Species

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Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest

United States · 209 km

  • 85Forestyas Score
  • 91%Trees
  • 100%Wild
  • 174Species

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Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q1119013) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species157,662 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, 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