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Old Botanical Garden, Zurich

Roland zh · CC BY-SA 3.0

32% trees around it and 2,056 species recorded.

55Forestyas Score

ArboretumFungiBirdsWildlife

  • trees within 3 km32%
  • wild within 10 km66%
  • species recorded2,056
  • Altitude428 m

The forest around

32% 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 13%Grassland 1%Water 5%Built-up 80%Trees 34%Grassland 4%Water 10%Built-up 51%Trees 57%Grassland 9%Water 7%Bare ground 0%Cropland 3%Built-up 24%Trees 44%Grassland 17%Water 5%Cropland 15%Built-up 19%32%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km13%
  • 1–3 km34%
  • 3–6 km57%
  • 6–10 km44%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees34%
  • Grassland4%
  • Water10%
  • Cropland0%
  • Built-up51%

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

2,056 species recorded.

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

Spiny naiad
Spiny naiadNajas marina1,048 recordsKristian Peters -- Fabelfroh 08:57, 11 October 2006 (UTC) · CC BY-SA 3.0
Spiked Water-milfoil
Spiked Water-milfoilMyriophyllum spicatum847 recordsUnknown author · CC BY-SA 3.0
Common hornwort
Common hornwortCeratophyllum demersum559 recordsS.Tanaka · Public domain
Eastern daisy fleabane
Eastern daisy fleabaneErigeron annuus448 recordsW. Bulach · CC BY-SA 4.0
Claspingleaf pondweed
Claspingleaf pondweedPotamogeton perfoliatus429 recordsKristian Peters -- Fabelfroh 08:58, 11 October 2006 (UTC) · CC BY-SA 3.0
Tree of heaven
Tree of heavenAilanthus altissima407 recordsDarkone ( talk · contribs ) · CC BY-SA 2.5
Narrow-leaved ragwort
Narrow-leaved ragwortSenecio inaequidens377 recordsPieter Pelser · CC BY 3.0
Cock's-foot
Cock's-footDactylis glomerata323 recordsAnRo0002 · CC0
Ribwort plantain
Ribwort plantainPlantago lanceolata289 recordssannse · CC BY-SA 3.0
English holly
English hollyIlex aquifolium260 recordsUnknown author · Public domain
Lawn-daisy
Lawn-daisyBellis perennis257 recordsm.dolores paderne sa… · CC BY-SA 3.0
Red Clover
Red CloverTrifolium pratense252 recordsIvar Leidus · CC BY-SA 4.0

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).

  • 32%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 66%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 2,056Speciesrecorded more than once within 2 km
  • 428 mAltitudeabove the sea

When to walk

Best for walking in September.

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

  1. Jan2°-4°94 mm
  2. Feb4°-4°74 mm
  3. Mar9°0°92 mm
  4. Apr14°4°91 mm
  5. May18°8°141 mm
  6. Jun22°13°139 mm
  7. Jul23°14°144 mm
  8. Aug23°14°146 mm
  9. Sep18°10°103 mm
  10. Oct14°6°100 mm
  11. Nov8°1°87 mm
  12. Dec3°-3°102 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Old Botanical Garden, Zurich.

Botanical garden in Switzerland

Old Botanical Garden, Zurich is an arboretum in Switzerland, 428 m above the sea.

Seen from space, 32% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 66% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

2,056 species have been recorded around it: 1,000 plants, 880 fungi, 138 birds and 38 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: Spiny naiad, Spiked Water-milfoil and Common hornwort.

The best time to walk is in September.

Alter Botanischer Garten - Schanzengraben 2011-08-12 15-52-34
Roland zh · CC BY-SA 3.0

Get there and walk

  • Official informationAccess, hours and rules from those who manage the place.Official site
  • Fischer's Fritz Campingcampsite · 3.9 km · 7 within 10 km
  • Mandarin Oriental Savoyplace to stay · 0.5 km · 246 within 10 km
  • Zürich (Kreis 1) / Citynearest town · 0.2 km in a straight line
  • Zürich Airport (ZRH)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 10 km in a straight lineCar hire at ZRH airport (Zurich)Discover Cars · sponsored link

Plan the visit

A guided walk, a bed nearby, a car.

Car hire at ZRH airport (Zurich)Discover CarsSee prices 

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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.

Old Botanical Garden, Zurich 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

  • 137marked trails within 5 kmAlbisgüetli - Uetliberg Uto Kulm, Albisrieden - Altstetten, Pfaffhausen - Lorenchopf and 134 more
  • 13named and notable trees within 6 kmOberes Lindenbänkli, Unteres Lindenbänkli, Brockmann-Eiche and 10 more
  • 624picnic sites within 4 km
  • 779shelters and huts within 6 kmTscharli Platz, Pergola mit Windspiel and 777 more
  • 110viewpoints within 5 kmAussichtsturm, Bürkliplatz, Quaibrücke and 107 more
  • 13visitor centres within 6 kmTourist Service, SBB Reisezentrum, SBB InfoPoint and 10 more
  • 6,057car parks within 3 km
  • 7campsites within 10 kmFischer's Fritz Camping, Durchgangsplatz Geerenweg, Swiss Camper Toilet - Rastplatz Aspholz and 4 more
  • 246places to stay within 10 kmMandarin Oriental Savoy, Glärnischhof by Trinity, Hotel Baur au Lac and 243 more
  • 1,205restaurants 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 Old Botanical Garden, Zurich.

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.

Peakyas40 mountains within 25 km
Zürichberg676 m · 3.0 kmÜetliberg869 m · 4.0 kmAlbis915 m · 10 kmBürglen915 m · 13 kmPfannenstiel853 m · 14 kmLägern866 m · 16 kmLindenberg878 m · 22 kmGubel1,372 m · 24 km
Lakeyas2 lakes within 15 km
Greifensee7.8 km² · 11 kmTürlersee0.4 km² · 12 km
Darkskyas5 dark-sky places within 30 km
Urania SternwarteBortle 8 · 0.6 kmFederal ObservatoryBortle 8 · 1.5 kmSternwarte RümlangBortle 7 · 7.6 kmSternwarte BülachBortle 4 · 17 kmEschenberg ObservatoryBortle 5 · 20 km
Viewyas4 viewpoints within 15 kmComing soon
Üetliberg869 m · 4.0 kmOerlikonturm4.9 kmHochwacht Observation tower (Albis)12 kmAltberg Observation Tower12 km
Canyonyas1 canyons within 20 km
Küsnachter Tobel6.8 km
Riveryasthe river nearby
Limmat140 km · 101 m³/sSihl68 km · 5.5 m³/sReppisch27 kmWeidtobelbach

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

Photographs

The forest, as people saw it.

Alter Botanischer Garten Zürich 2010-10-04 18-01-08
Roland zh · CC BY-SA 3.0
Zürich - Alter Botanischer Garten IMG 0795
Roland zh , upload on 1. Oktober 2008 · CC BY-SA 3.0
Alte Botanische Garten Zürich 6
Tiia Monto · CC BY-SA 3.0

Other forests nearby.

Old Botanical Garden, Zurich

Switzerland

  • 55Forestyas Score
  • 32%Trees
  • 66%Wild
  • 2,056Species

Cave Birseck hermitage, Palaeolithic residential cave / cult place / neolithic burial

Switzerland · 69 km

  • 74Forestyas Score
  • 65%Trees
  • 73%Wild
  • 1,564Species

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Stöcklewald

Germany · 83 km

  • 72Forestyas Score
  • 63%Trees
  • 97%Wild
  • 262Species

See the guide

Black Forest

Germany · 107 km

  • 74Forestyas Score
  • 69%Trees
  • 96%Wild
  • 237Species

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q437802) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species99,456 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, Riveryas

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

The family

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Same idea, other landscapes: field atlases built on open data, in seven languages.

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