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Almaty Botanical Garden

Hiqque · CC BY-SA 4.0

39% trees around it and 123 species recorded.

44Forestyas Score

Arboretum

  • trees within 3 km39%
  • wild within 10 km56%
  • species recorded123
  • Altitude861 m

The forest around

39% 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 56%Shrubland 2%Grassland 5%Bare ground 1%Cropland 0%Built-up 36%Trees 37%Shrubland 1%Grassland 4%Water 0%Bare ground 2%Cropland 0%Built-up 55%Trees 42%Shrubland 0%Grassland 6%Water 1%Bare ground 1%Cropland 0%Built-up 49%Trees 45%Shrubland 0%Grassland 13%Water 0%Bare ground 1%Cropland 2%Built-up 38%39%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km56%
  • 1–3 km37%
  • 3–6 km42%
  • 6–10 km45%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees37%
  • Shrubland1%
  • Grassland4%
  • Water0%
  • Bare ground2%
  • Cropland0%
  • Built-up55%

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

123 species recorded.

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

Garlic Mustard
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata10 recordsO. Pichard · CC BY-SA 3.0
Fernleaf yarrow
Fernleaf yarrowAchillea filipendulina5 recordsW. Bulach · CC BY-SA 4.0
Blackthorn
BlackthornPrunus spinosa4 recordsSphingonotus · CC BY-SA 4.0
European smoketree
European smoketreeCotinus coggygria4 recordsLIght Dim · CC0
Phlomoides speciosa
Phlomoides speciosaPhlomoides speciosa4 recordsC T Johansson · CC BY-SA 3.0
Apple of Peru
Apple of PeruNicandra physalodes4 recordsNo machine-readable author provided. ArtMechanic assumed (based on copyright claims). · CC BY-SA 3.0
Xinjiang Juniper
Xinjiang JuniperJuniperus pseudosabina3 recordsAgnieszka Kwiecień, Nova · CC BY-SA 4.0
Guelder-rose
Guelder-roseViburnum opulus3 recordsWaitblock · CC BY-SA 4.0
Small yellow balsam
Small yellow balsamImpatiens parviflora3 recordsAndré Karwath aka Aka · CC BY-SA 2.5
Small-leaved Lime
Small-leaved LimeTilia cordata3 recordsImreKiss · CC BY 3.0
Large field Speedwell
Large field SpeedwellVeronica persica3 recordsStrobilomyces · CC BY-SA 3.0
Common violet
Common violetViola odorata3 recordsFritz Geller-Grimm · CC BY-SA 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.

44out of 100

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

  • 39%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 56%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 123Speciesrecorded more than once within 2 km
  • 861 mAltitudeabove the sea

When to walk

Best for walking from July to August.

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

  1. Jan-7°-19°22 mm
  2. Feb-5°-16°28 mm
  3. Mar2°-8°46 mm
  4. Apr8°-3°79 mm
  5. May12°2°68 mm
  6. Jun16°6°50 mm
  7. Jul19°8°34 mm
  8. Aug19°7°28 mm
  9. Sep14°3°24 mm
  10. Oct7°-3°38 mm
  11. Nov0°-10°39 mm
  12. Dec-6°-16°27 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Almaty Botanical Garden.

Botanical garden in Bostandyk District, Almaty, Kazakhstan

Almaty Botanical Garden is an arboretum in Kazakhstan, 861 m above the sea.

Seen from space, 39% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 56% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

123 species have been recorded around it: 44 plants, 3 fungi, 75 birds and 1 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: Garlic Mustard, Fernleaf yarrow and Blackthorn.

The best time to walk is from July to August.

Almaty Botanical Garden main alley
Hiqque · CC BY-SA 4.0

Get there and walk

  • Official informationAccess, hours and rules from those who manage the place.Official site
  • Вертолёткаcampsite · 9.2 km · 9 within 10 km
  • Манасplace to stay · 1.5 km · 234 within 10 km
  • Almatynearest town · 3.1 km in a straight line
  • Almaty International Airport (ALA)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 18 km in a straight lineCar hire at ALA airport (Almaty)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.

Almaty 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

  • 1marked trails within 5 kmТропа здоровья
  • 4named and notable trees within 6 kmСамое старое дерево Алматы, Ермек Серкебаев даңғылы and 2 more
  • 19picnic sites within 4 km
  • 111shelters and huts within 6 km
  • 19viewpoints within 5 km1 000, View to mountains and 17 more
  • 6visitor centres within 6 kmTourist Information Center Visit Almaty, Паника, Visit Almaty and 3 more
  • 677car parks within 3 km
  • 9campsites within 10 kmВертолётка, "Тарелка" поляна, Көк Жайлау and 6 more
  • 234places to stay within 10 kmМанас, Loco Hostel, Hotel Chamchirlak and 231 more
  • 503restaurants 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 Almaty 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.

Peakyas17 mountains within 25 km
Kok Tobe1,130 m · 5.0 kmUlqen Almaty peak3,680 m · 19 kmAbay mountain4,010 m · 21 kmAmankeldy mountain3,999 m · 21 kmAlmaty peak4,331 m · 23 kmManshuk Mametova peak4,190 m · 23 kmSovetov peak24 kmTuyuksu peak25 km
Lakeyas1 lakes within 15 km
Sayran Lake0.3 km² · 4.6 km
Darkskyas2 dark-sky places within 30 km
Kamenskoe Plateau ObservatoryBortle 5 · 6.8 kmTian Shan Astronomical ObservatoryBortle 3 · 19 km
Viewyas1 viewpoints within 15 kmComing soon
Kok Tobe1,130 m · 5.0 km
Canyonyas1 canyons within 20 km
Butakovsky gorge5.0 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.

Almaty Botanical Garden - path 2022-06-15
Key2xanadu · CC BY-SA 4.0
Almaty Botanical Garden - tree crossroads 2022-06-15
Key2xanadu · CC BY-SA 4.0
Almaty Botanical Garden entrance
Nkforv · CC BY-SA 4.0

Other forests nearby.

Almaty Botanical Garden

Kazakhstan

  • 44Forestyas Score
  • 39%Trees
  • 56%Wild
  • 123Species

Bishkek Botanical Garden

Kyrgyzstan · 190 km

  • 27Forestyas Score
  • 13%Trees
  • 34%Wild
  • 79Species

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q4062764) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species1,507 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, Lakeyas, Darkskyas, Viewyas, Canyonyas

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