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Sítio Roberto Burle Marx

Halley Pacheco de Oliveira · CC BY-SA 3.0

69% trees around it and 60 species recorded.

75Forestyas Score

ArboretumMangroveWorld Heritage

  • trees within 3 km69%
  • wild within 10 km91%
  • species recorded60
  • Altitude61 m

The forest around

69% 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 83%Mangroves 6%Grassland 1%Wetland 7%Built-up 3%Trees 67%Mangroves 20%Grassland 4%Wetland 4%Water 0%Built-up 6%Trees 41%Mangroves 14%Grassland 7%Wetland 8%Water 23%Bare ground 1%Built-up 5%Trees 28%Mangroves 3%Grassland 7%Wetland 4%Water 48%Bare ground 0%Built-up 10%69%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km83%
  • 1–3 km67%
  • 3–6 km41%
  • 6–10 km28%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees67%
  • Mangroves20%
  • Grassland4%
  • Wetland4%
  • Water0%
  • Bare ground0%
  • Built-up6%

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

60 species recorded.

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

Elkhorn fern
Elkhorn fernPlatycerium bifurcatum4 recordsthemaskedlapwing · CC0
Oenocarpus distichus
Oenocarpus distichusOenocarpus distichus3 recordsUnknown author Unknown author · Public domain
Rougeplant
RougeplantRivina humilis3 recordsHans Hillewaert · CC BY-SA 3.0
Adanson's monstera
Adanson's monsteraMonstera adansonii2 recordsWalter Hood Fitch · Public domain
Philodendron panduriforme
Philodendron panduriformePhilodendron panduriforme2 recordsArlas! · CC BY-SA 4.0
Bauhinia × blakeana
Bauhinia × blakeanaBauhinia x blakeana2 recordsIanare · CC BY-SA 3.0
Tabernaemontana flavicans
Tabernaemontana flavicansTabernaemontana flavicans2 recordsAlex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil from Brazil · CC BY 2.0
Pink trumpet tree
Pink trumpet treeHandroanthus heptaphyllus2 recordsJoão Medeiros · CC BY 2.0
Annona cacans
Annona cacansAnnona cacans2 recordsInstituto Nacional da Mata Atlântica - INMA · CC BY-SA 4.0
Annona dolabripetala
Annona dolabripetalaAnnona dolabripetala2 recordsInstituto Nacional da Mata Atlântica - INMA · CC BY-SA 4.0
Allophylus sericeusAllophylus sericeus2 records
Rhipsalis pacheco-leonisRhipsalis pacheco-leonis2 records

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

In numbers

The forest, measured.

75out of 100

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

  • 69%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 91%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 60Speciesrecorded more than once within 2 km
  • 61 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. Jan29°23°213 mm
  2. Feb29°23°177 mm
  3. Mar28°23°183 mm
  4. Apr27°22°109 mm
  5. May25°19°70 mm
  6. Jun25°18°48 mm
  7. Jul24°17°45 mm
  8. Aug25°17°41 mm
  9. Sep26°18°72 mm
  10. Oct27°19°117 mm
  11. Nov27°20°217 mm
  12. Dec28°22°231 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Sítio Roberto Burle Marx.

Museum in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro

Sítio Roberto Burle Marx is an arboretum in Brazil.

Seen from space, 69% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 91% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

60 species have been recorded around it: 14 plants, 0 fungi, 46 birds and 0 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: Elkhorn fern, Oenocarpus distichus and Rougeplant.

The best time to walk is from June to August.

Sítio Roberto Burle Marx 08
Halley Pacheco de Oliveira · CC BY-SA 3.0

Get there and walk

Plan the visit

A guided walk, a bed nearby, a car.

Guided forest walks and tours near Sítio Roberto Burle MarxGetYourGuideSee prices Cabins and stays near Sítio Roberto Burle MarxBooking.comSee prices Car hire at GIG airport (Rio De Janeiro)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.

Sítio Roberto Burle Marx 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

  • 4marked trails within 5 kmTrilha Transcarioca, Acesso a Trilha Transcarioca and 2 more
  • 13viewpoints within 5 kmMirante do Roncador, Mirante de Grumari, Mirante da Bica and 10 more
  • 10car parks within 3 km
  • 3campsites within 10 kmCamping Verde Mar, Glamping SPAço Livre, Camping Club do Brasil Recreio
  • 8places to stay within 10 kmPousada Marambaia Café, Hotel Ramada, Garden House Rio and 5 more
  • 7restaurants and cafés within 3 km
  • named and notable trees within 6 km
  • picnic sites within 4 km
  • shelters and huts within 6 km
  • visitor centres within 6 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 Sítio Roberto Burle Marx.

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.

Peakyas230 mountains within 25 km
Morro de Guaratiba5.0 kmPedra da Tartaruga5.4 kmPedra de Itaúna13 kmMorro do Papagaio48 m · 15 kmMorro António Joaquim66 m · 16 kmOuteiro Hill16 kmMorro do Leme17 kmMorro do Mirante18 km
Coastya19 beaches within 10 km
Praia Pequena3.1 kmPraia do Grumari3.2 kmPraia do Inferno3.9 kmPraia do Abricó4.2 kmPrainha4.4 kmPraia da Macumba5.9 kmPraia de Guaratiba7.0 kmPraia da Capela8.9 km
Lakeyas2 lakes within 15 km
Marapendi lagoon0.4 km² · 14 kmLagoa de Jacarepaguá3.8 km² · 15 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.

Sítio Roberto Burle Marx - 55374374907
xiquinhosilva · CC BY 4.0
Sítio Roberto Burle Marx - 55374375602
xiquinhosilva · CC BY 4.0

Other forests nearby.

Sítio Roberto Burle Marx

Brazil

  • 75Forestyas Score
  • 69%Trees
  • 91%Wild
  • 60Species

Tijuca Forest

Brazil · 31 km

  • 85Forestyas Score
  • 87%Trees
  • 73%Wild
  • 1,485Species

See the guide

Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden

Brazil · 33 km

  • 73Forestyas Score
  • 65%Trees
  • 78%Wild
  • 852Species

See the guide

Restinga da Marambaia

Brazil · 9 km

  • 45Forestyas Score
  • 10%Trees
  • 94%Wild
  • 193Species

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q56695607) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species361 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, Lakeyas

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

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