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Jardin Exotique de Monaco

Tangopaso · Public domain

24% trees around it and 268 species recorded.

55Forestyas Score

Arboretum

  • trees within 3 km24%
  • wild within 10 km92%
  • species recorded268
  • Altitude126 m

The forest around

24% 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 24%Shrubland 10%Grassland 1%Water 10%Bare ground 1%Built-up 54%Trees 24%Shrubland 8%Grassland 1%Water 50%Bare ground 1%Built-up 17%Trees 31%Shrubland 8%Grassland 2%Water 55%Built-up 4%Trees 36%Shrubland 4%Grassland 2%Water 51%Bare ground 0%Built-up 8%24%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km24%
  • 1–3 km24%
  • 3–6 km31%
  • 6–10 km36%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees24%
  • Shrubland8%
  • Grassland1%
  • Water50%
  • Bare ground1%
  • Built-up17%

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

268 species recorded.

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

Mediterranean tapeweed
Mediterranean tapeweedPosidonia oceanica95 recordsFrédéric Ducarme · CC BY-SA 4.0
Creeping groundsel
Creeping groundselSenecio angulatus49 recordsEsculapio · CC BY-SA 3.0
Mastic tree
Mastic treePistacia lentiscus32 recordsFranz Eugen Köhler, Köhler's Medizinal-Pflanzen · Public domain
Moon trefoil
Moon trefoilMedicago arborea29 recordsUnknown author · CC BY-SA 3.0
Tree Spurge
Tree SpurgeEuphorbia dendroides28 recordsUnknown author · CC BY-SA 2.5
Malva subovata
Malva subovataMalva subovata28 recordsFranco christophe · CC BY-SA 3.0
St. John's Bread
St. John's BreadCeratonia siliqua24 recordsUnknown author · CC BY-SA 3.0
Saltbush
SaltbushAtriplex halimus23 recordsKrzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz · CC BY-SA 3.0
Limoniastrum monopetalum
Limoniastrum monopetalumLimoniastrum monopetalum23 recordsXemenendura · CC BY-SA 4.0
Cistus albidus
Cistus albidusCistus albidus22 recordsJúlio Reis · CC BY-SA 3.0
Shrubby germander
Shrubby germanderTeucrium fruticans20 recordsDidier Descouens · CC BY-SA 4.0
Oleander
OleanderNerium oleander19 recordsUnknown author · 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.

55out of 100

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

  • 24%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 92%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 268Speciesrecorded more than once within 2 km
  • 126 mAltitudeabove the sea

When to walk

Best for walking in May.

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

  1. Jan12°10°55 mm
  2. Feb12°9°53 mm
  3. Mar13°11°62 mm
  4. Apr15°13°56 mm
  5. May19°16°48 mm
  6. Jun22°20°29 mm
  7. Jul25°23°17 mm
  8. Aug25°23°23 mm
  9. Sep23°20°46 mm
  10. Oct19°17°88 mm
  11. Nov16°14°123 mm
  12. Dec13°11°81 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Jardin Exotique de Monaco.

Botanical garden in Monaco

Jardin Exotique de Monaco is an arboretum in Monaco.

Seen from space, 24% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 92% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

268 species have been recorded around it: 160 plants, 0 fungi, 106 birds and 2 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: Mediterranean tapeweed, Creeping groundsel and Mastic tree.

The best time to walk is in May.

Chorisia Monaco
Tangopaso · Public domain

Get there and walk

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.

Jardin Exotique de Monaco 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

  • 20marked trails within 5 kmVia Alpina Red R161, Via Aurelia, Roquebrune - Mandelieu, Chemin de Nietzsche and 17 more
  • 12named and notable trees within 6 kmOlivier Millénaire de Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, Yew tree and 10 more
  • 40picnic sites within 4 km
  • 26shelters and huts within 6 km
  • 64viewpoints within 5 kmTête de Chien and 63 more
  • 7visitor centres within 6 kmVisit Monaco, Office du Tourisme de Monaco, Office de Tourisme and 4 more
  • 180car parks within 3 km
  • 6campsites within 10 kmCamping de la Laune, La Giandola, Centre EEDF Les Restanques and 3 more
  • 123places to stay within 10 kmAmbassador, Metropole, Capitole and 120 more
  • 191restaurants 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 Jardin Exotique de Monaco.

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.

Peakyas60 mountains within 25 km
Chemin des Révoires162 m · 0.5 kmMont Agel1,148 m · 5.1 kmNice Prealps2,080 m · 11 kmMonte Grammondo1,378 m · 14 kmCime de Gros Braus1,332 m · 18 kmMont Férion1,412 m · 19 kmCime de Rocaillon1,369 m · 20 kmCime de Peïra-Cava1,581 m · 23 km
Coastya13 beaches within 10 km
Anse de Canton1.1 kmPlage du Larvotto2.3 kmPlage de Buse4.9 kmPlage Petite Afrique6.5 kmRade de Beaulieu6.7 kmPlage des Fourmis7.4 kmAnse de la Scaletta7.4 kmPlage Cros Dei Pin7.7 km
Darkskyas2 dark-sky places within 30 km
Côte d'Azur ObservatoryBortle 8 · 9.1 kmNice ObservatoryBortle 8 · 9.2 km
Viewyas1 viewpoints within 15 kmComing soon
Mont Agel1,148 m · 5.0 km
Cavernyas3 caves within 20 km
Grotte du Vallonnet5.8 kmGrotte du Lazaret11 kmBalzi Rossi11 km
Cascadyas3 waterfalls within 15 km
cascade du château12 kmCascade de la colline du Château12 kmCascade de Gairault12 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.

Jardin exotique de Monaco D190408 h
Tangopaso · Public domain
Monaco and Monte-Carlo as seen from the Jardin Exotique 2009
Georges Jansoone ( JoJan ) · CC BY 3.0
Jardinmonaco8
Parisette · Public domain

Other forests nearby.

Jardin Exotique de Monaco

Monaco

  • 55Forestyas Score
  • 24%Trees
  • 92%Wild
  • 268Species

Princess Grace Rose Garden

Monaco · 1 km

  • 51Forestyas Score
  • 18%Trees
  • 93%Wild
  • 227Species

See the guide

Île de la Barthelasse

France · 208 km

  • 55Forestyas Score
  • 42%Trees
  • 63%Wild
  • 1,302Species

See the guide

Pian delle Betulle

Italy · 300 km

  • 83Forestyas Score
  • 87%Trees
  • 98%Wild
  • 300Species

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q1384208) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species5,976 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, Cavernyas, 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