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Manila Zoological and Botanical Garden

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5% trees around it and 62 species recorded.

22Forestyas Score

Arboretum

  • trees within 3 km5%
  • wild within 10 km46%
  • species recorded62

The forest around

5% 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 8%Water 19%Built-up 73%Trees 4%Grassland 1%Water 31%Bare ground 0%Cropland 1%Built-up 62%Trees 6%Grassland 1%Water 36%Bare ground 1%Cropland 1%Built-up 56%Trees 7%Grassland 2%Water 41%Bare ground 0%Cropland 1%Built-up 50%5%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km8%
  • 1–3 km4%
  • 3–6 km6%
  • 6–10 km7%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees4%
  • Grassland1%
  • Water31%
  • Bare ground0%
  • Cropland1%
  • Built-up62%

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

62 species recorded.

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

Solanum insanum
Solanum insanumSolanum insanum2 recordsFranz Xaver · CC BY-SA 4.0
Torenia crustacea
Torenia crustaceaTorenia crustacea2 recordsForest & Kim Starr · CC BY 3.0

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

In numbers

The forest, measured.

22out of 100

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

  • 5%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 46%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 62Speciesrecorded more than once within 2 km

When to walk

Best for walking from January to February.

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

  1. Jan27°20°148 mm
  2. Feb28°20°148 mm
  3. Mar30°21°119 mm
  4. Apr32°23°102 mm
  5. May32°24°171 mm
  6. Jun30°24°248 mm
  7. Jul29°24°312 mm
  8. Aug28°24°289 mm
  9. Sep29°24°301 mm
  10. Oct28°23°341 mm
  11. Nov28°23°345 mm
  12. Dec27°22°393 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Manila Zoological and Botanical Garden.

Zoo in the Philippines

Manila Zoological and Botanical Garden is an arboretum in Philippines.

Seen from space, 5% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 46% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

62 species have been recorded around it: 2 plants, 0 fungi, 60 birds and 0 mammals.

The best time to walk is from January to February.

Manila Zoo Blue-crowned Heron
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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.

Manila Zoological and 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 km
  • 10named and notable trees within 6 kmLichauco Heritage Tree, EDSA-Taft, Centennial Tree and 7 more
  • 65picnic sites within 4 kmVelasco Bench 0 and 64 more
  • 137shelters and huts within 6 kmYouth Life Student Center (YLSC) and 136 more
  • 5viewpoints within 5 kmFalsabraga de Media Naranja, Fave Spot (chow), LRT Buendia Station and 2 more
  • 6visitor centres within 6 kmRizal Park Visitors Center, Tourism Information Center, Intramuros Visitors' Center and 3 more
  • 390car parks within 3 km
  • 2campsites within 10 km
  • 1,006places to stay within 10 kmAdmiral Hotel, Las Palmas Hotel, Willy Balangue and 1,003 more
  • 763restaurants 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 Manila Zoological and 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.

Peakyas5 mountains within 25 km
Telero Hill13 kmPasong Balita Hill13 kmMount Campana18 kmMount Mataba24 kmMount Puting Bato24 km
Islandyasthe island
Luzon109,965 km²
Darkskyas2 dark-sky places within 30 km
National PlanetariumBortle 8 · 2.4 kmManila ObservatoryBortle 9 · 12 km
Viewyas1 viewpoints within 15 kmComing soon
Philippine Diamond Tower10 km
Birdyas1 birding sites within 25 km
Las Piñas–Parañaque Critical Habitat and Ecotourism Area176 species · 8.4 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.

2022 DOLE-NC Project Angel Tree gift giving activity at Manila City (52440848604)
DOLE National Capital Region · CC BY 2.0
2022 DOLE-NC Project Angel Tree gift giving activity at Manila City (52440573031)
DOLE National Capital Region · CC BY 2.0
The ONLY Zebra in Manila Zoo 11-23-2025
LJP584 · CC0

Other forests nearby.

Manila Zoological and Botanical Garden

Philippines

  • 22Forestyas Score
  • 5%Trees
  • 46%Wild
  • 62Species

Baguio Botanical Garden

Philippines · 210 km

  • 70Forestyas Score
  • 66%Trees
  • 90%Wild
  • 110Species

See the guide

Pantabangan–Carranglan Watershed Forest Reserve

Philippines · 144 km

  • 39Forestyas Score
  • 35%Trees
  • 93%Wild
  • 2Species

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q2307982) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species1,185 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, Darkskyas, Viewyas, Birdyas

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