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Pardisan Park

ak ba · CC BY-SA 3.0

15% trees around it and 136 species recorded.

27Forestyas Score

ForestMountain forest

  • trees within 3 km15%
  • wild within 10 km30%
  • species recorded136
  • Altitude1,407 m

The forest around

15% 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 42%Shrubland 9%Grassland 11%Built-up 38%Trees 11%Shrubland 0%Grassland 0%Bare ground 2%Built-up 86%Trees 9%Shrubland 1%Grassland 3%Bare ground 3%Built-up 85%Trees 8%Shrubland 1%Grassland 14%Water 0%Bare ground 14%Built-up 63%15%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km42%
  • 1–3 km11%
  • 3–6 km9%
  • 6–10 km8%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees11%
  • Shrubland0%
  • Grassland0%
  • Bare ground2%
  • Built-up86%

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

136 species recorded.

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

European smoketree
European smoketreeCotinus coggygria9 recordsLIght Dim · CC0
Silktree
SilktreeAlbizia julibrissin6 recordsCmapm · Public domain
Galgal
GalgalGundelia tournefortii6 recordsGideon Pisanty ( Gidip ) · CC BY 3.0
Pomegranate
PomegranatePunica granatum6 recordsH. Zell · CC BY-SA 3.0
Sun spurge
Sun spurgeEuphorbia helioscopia5 recordsHerbarium of the University of Coimbra (COI) · CC BY 4.0
Olive tree
Olive treeOlea europaea5 recordsHans Hillewaert · CC BY-SA 3.0
Russian silverberry
Russian silverberryElaeagnus angustifolia4 recordsGeorg Slickers · CC BY-SA 3.0
PistachioNT
PistachioPistacia vera4 recordsStan Shebs · CC BY-SA 3.0
Yellow Archangel
Yellow ArchangelLamium galeobdolon3 recordsTeun Spaans · CC BY 2.5
Whitetop
WhitetopLepidium draba3 recordsJan Kops · Public domain
Elder
ElderSambucus nigra2 recordsW. Bulach · CC BY-SA 4.0
Yellow monkswort
Yellow monkswortNonea lutea2 recordspeganum from Small Dole, England · CC BY-SA 2.0

Open records within 5 km (GBIF, licensed for any use). Busy places are better recorded than remote ones.

In numbers

The forest, measured.

27out of 100

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

  • 15%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 30%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 136Speciesrecorded more than once within 5 km
  • 1,407 mAltitudeabove the sea

When to walk

Best for walking from March to April.

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

  1. Jan8°-2°34 mm
  2. Feb11°0°34 mm
  3. Mar17°4°35 mm
  4. Apr22°9°38 mm
  5. May29°15°15 mm
  6. Jun35°20°6 mm
  7. Jul38°23°7 mm
  8. Aug36°22°8 mm
  9. Sep32°18°16 mm
  10. Oct24°12°36 mm
  11. Nov15°4°45 mm
  12. Dec10°0°35 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Pardisan Park.

Park in Tehran, Iran

Pardisan Park is a forest in Iran, 1,407 m above the sea.

Seen from space, 15% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 30% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

136 species have been recorded around it: 24 plants, 3 fungi, 106 birds and 3 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: European smoketree, Silktree and Galgal.

The best time to walk is from March to April.

Pardisan Park - panoramio (2)
ak ba · CC BY-SA 3.0

Get there and walk

  • کاشت ناخنcampsite · 3.8 km · 8 within 10 km
  • هتل رامتینplace to stay · 5.4 km · 401 within 10 km
  • Shahrak-e Qodsnearest town · 2.5 km in a straight line
  • Mehrabad International Airport (THR)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 7 km in a straight line

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.

Pardisan Park 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

  • 3named and notable trees within 6 kmبلوط, کاج, درخت خشک
  • 41shelters and huts within 6 kmسایه بان محوطه شهرداری and 40 more
  • 4viewpoints within 5 kmسندباد, نمایش تهران و فونتورم and 2 more
  • 1visitor centres within 6 kmورودی
  • 94car parks within 3 km
  • 8campsites within 10 kmکاشت ناخن, برگزار کننده تورهای طبیعت گردی, بام تهران and 5 more
  • 401places to stay within 10 kmهتل رامتین, هتل البرز, هتل اطلس and 398 more
  • 245restaurants and cafés within 3 km
  • marked trails within 5 km
  • picnic sites within 4 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 Pardisan Park.

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.

Peakyas119 mountains within 25 km
Chin Kalagh2,820 m · 9.3 kmTappeh Haji Hojjat13 kmKolakchal3,350 m · 16 kmShah Neshin3,875 m · 16 kmTochal3,964 m · 16 kmMount Safaiyeh18 kmMount Bibi Shahrbanu (Tehran Province)1,485 m · 20 kmKūh-e Dashteh25 km
Cascadyas1 waterfalls within 15 km
Dogholoo Waterfall14 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.

Pardisan Park - panoramio
ak ba · CC BY-SA 3.0
Vista de Teherán desde la Torre Milad, Irán, 2016-09-17, DD 77
Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 4.0
2011-09-28 16-18-42 Iran
Hansueli Krapf This file was uploaded with Commonist . · CC BY-SA 3.0

Other forests nearby.

Pardisan Park

Iran

  • 27Forestyas Score
  • 15%Trees
  • 30%Wild
  • 136Species

Chitgar Park

Iran · 13 km

  • 34Forestyas Score
  • 24%Trees
  • 51%Wild
  • 216Species

See the guide

National Botanical Garden of Iran

Iran · 16 km

  • 34Forestyas Score
  • 13%Trees
  • 60%Wild
  • 133Species

See the guide

Lavizan Forest Park

Iran · 14 km

  • 32Forestyas Score
  • 26%Trees
  • 50%Wild
  • 139Species

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q913369) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species14,668 open records within 5 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, Cascadyas

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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