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John F. Kennedy Arboretum

DARANLUP · CC BY-SA 4.0

16% trees around it and 52 species recorded.

38Forestyas Score

Arboretum

  • trees within 3 km16%
  • wild within 10 km78%
  • species recorded52
  • Altitude73 m

The forest around

16% 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 38%Grassland 48%Cropland 13%Built-up 0%Trees 13%Grassland 58%Cropland 28%Built-up 1%Trees 12%Grassland 60%Wetland 1%Water 5%Cropland 22%Built-up 1%Trees 14%Grassland 59%Wetland 0%Water 6%Cropland 19%Built-up 2%16%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km38%
  • 1–3 km13%
  • 3–6 km12%
  • 6–10 km14%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees13%
  • Grassland58%
  • Wetland0%
  • Water0%
  • Cropland28%
  • 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

52 species recorded.

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

Himalayan Balsam
Himalayan BalsamImpatiens glandulifera4 recordsGuptaele · CC BY-SA 4.0
Chilean gunnera
Chilean gunneraGunnera tinctoria4 recordsMargaret Donald · CC BY-SA 2.0
Threecorner leek
Threecorner leekAllium triquetrum3 recordsMeneerke bloem · CC BY-SA 3.0
Queen of the meadow
Queen of the meadowFilipendula ulmaria3 recordsUnknown author · Public domain
Cuckoo flower
Cuckoo flowerCardamine pratensis2 recordsUnknown author · CC BY-SA 3.0
Prickly HeathGaultheria mucronata3 records
Yellow PimpernelLysimachia nemorum2 records
Germander SpeedwellVeronica chamaedrys2 records

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

In numbers

The forest, measured.

38out of 100

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

  • 16%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 78%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 52Speciesrecorded more than once within 2 km
  • 73 mAltitudeabove the sea

When to walk

Best for walking from June to August.

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

  1. Jan7°3°92 mm
  2. Feb8°2°74 mm
  3. Mar9°3°76 mm
  4. Apr12°4°68 mm
  5. May15°7°70 mm
  6. Jun18°10°82 mm
  7. Jul19°11°88 mm
  8. Aug19°11°93 mm
  9. Sep17°10°81 mm
  10. Oct14°8°112 mm
  11. Nov10°5°110 mm
  12. Dec8°3°106 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

John F. Kennedy Arboretum.

Arboretum

John F. Kennedy Arboretum is an arboretum in Ireland.

Seen from space, 16% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 78% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

52 species have been recorded around it: 8 plants, 7 fungi, 34 birds and 3 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: Himalayan Balsam, Chilean gunnera and Threecorner leek.

The best time to walk is from June to August.

JFK Arboretum-1
DARANLUP · CC BY-SA 4.0

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.

John F. Kennedy Arboretum 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

  • 4picnic sites within 4 kmPicnic Area and 3 more
  • 7shelters and huts within 6 km
  • 9viewpoints within 5 kmSlievecoiltia and 8 more
  • 14car parks within 3 km
  • 16places to stay within 10 kmBrandon House Hotel, Glendower House B&B, Marsh Mere Lodge B&B and 13 more
  • marked trails within 5 km
  • named and notable trees within 6 km
  • visitor centres within 6 km
  • campsites within 10 km
  • restaurants 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 John F. Kennedy Arboretum.

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.

Peakyas19 mountains within 25 km
Slieve Coillte2.5 kmCarrickbyrne Hill12 kmTory Hill14 kmCarrigaderragh16 kmMount Alto, Kilkenny276 m · 19 kmCorluddy20 kmBrandon Hill515 m · 22 kmSaddle Hill24 km
Islandyasthe island
Ireland84,421 km²

Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.

Photographs

The forest, as people saw it.

JFK Arboretum-3
DARANLUP · CC BY-SA 4.0
JFK Arboretum
Mochorog · CC BY-SA 4.0
JFK Arboretum 3
Unknown author · CC BY-SA 3.0

Other forests nearby.

John F. Kennedy Arboretum

Ireland

  • 38Forestyas Score
  • 16%Trees
  • 78%Wild
  • 52Species

Ballykeeffe Wood

Ireland · 45 km

  • 44Forestyas Score
  • 10%Trees
  • 92%Wild
  • 201Species

See the guide

Gwydir Forest

United Kingdom · 228 km

  • 80Forestyas Score
  • 65%Trees
  • 99%Wild
  • 1,334Species

See the guide

National Botanic Gardens

Ireland · 125 km

  • 38Forestyas Score
  • 21%Trees
  • 52%Wild
  • 367Species

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q1699026) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species354 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, Islandyas

Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.

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