Italy protected forest
Villa Borghese gardens
user:Lalupa · Public domain
27% trees around it and 937 species recorded.
- trees within 3 km27%
- wild within 10 km47%
- species recorded937
- Altitude63 m
The forest around
27% 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, ring by ring
- 0–1 km48%
- 1–3 km24%
- 3–6 km35%
- 6–10 km35%
What covers the land (1–3 km)
- Trees24%
- Shrubland0%
- Grassland2%
- Water4%
- Cropland0%
- Built-up70%
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
937 species recorded.
The plants, fungi, birds and mammals people have recorded here most often.
VU
NT
Open records within 5 km (GBIF, licensed for any use). Busy places are better recorded than remote ones.
In numbers
The forest, measured.
Our own rating, from open data only: tree cover (40 points), wildness (20), species recorded (30) and protection or heritage (10).
- 27%Treesof the land within 3 km
- 47%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
- 937Speciesrecorded more than once within 5 km
- 63 mAltitudeabove the sea
When to walk
Best for walking in April.
How good each month is for a walk: mild days and little rain make the bar taller.
- Jan3°72 mm
- Feb3°77 mm
- Mar6°68 mm
- Apr9°56 mm
- May13°57 mm
- Jun17°34 mm
- Jul20°26 mm
- Aug20°26 mm
- Sep16°70 mm
- Oct12°82 mm
- Nov8°114 mm
- Dec4°92 mm
- Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
- Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Villa Borghese gardens.
Landscape garden in Rome, Italy
Villa Borghese gardens is a protected forest in Italy.
Seen from space, 27% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 47% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.
937 species have been recorded around it: 636 plants, 87 fungi, 193 birds and 21 mammals.
The most recorded plants are: Laurustinus, Sweet bay and Bear's Breeches.
The best time to walk is in April.
Get there and walk
- Official informationAccess, hours and rules from those who manage the place.Official site↗
- Village Flaminiocampsite · 5.1 km · 9 within 10 km
- Residence Aldrovandiplace to stay · 0.6 km · 1,190 within 10 km
- Colonnanearest town · 0.7 km in a straight line
- Ciampino–G. B. Pastine International Airport (CIA)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 16 km in a straight lineCar hire at CIA airport (Rome)Discover Cars · sponsored link↗
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.
Around, in OpenStreetMap
- 17marked trails within 5 kmVia Francigena - 07 Lazio, Via di Francesco - Via di Roma, Via di Francesco/Via del SUD - Tappa 1 and 14 more
- 34named and notable trees within 6 kmAlberone, Platano, L'albero di Rossella and 31 more
- 15picnic sites within 4 km
- 46shelters and huts within 6 kmP.zza Cardinali, Mama mía and 44 more
- 76viewpoints within 5 kmForum Romanum view, Belvedere Romolo E Remo, Balconata del Pincio and 73 more
- 31visitor centres within 6 kmTourist Information Point "Minghetti", Visitor Center Fori Imperiali, Maya Tours and 28 more
- 780car parks within 3 km
- 9campsites within 10 kmVillage Flaminio, Area sosta camper Park Colombo, Area Sosta Camper Romae and 6 more
- 1,190places to stay within 10 kmResidence Aldrovandi, Marriott Grand Flora Hotel, Hotel "Parco dei Principi" and 1,187 more
- 2,302restaurants 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 Villa Borghese gardens.
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.
Peakyas28 mountains within 25 kmQuirinal Hill50 m · 1.4 kmViminal Hill57 m · 1.8 kmEsquiline Hill58 m · 2.2 kmCapitoline Hill45 m · 2.3 kmPalatine Hill51 m · 2.8 kmVatican Hill75 m · 3.1 km↗Aventine Hill47 m · 3.4 kmCaelian Hill50 m · 3.4 km
Darkskyas5 dark-sky places within 30 kmObservatory of the Collegio RomanoBortle 9 · 1.8 kmRome ObservatoryBortle 9 · 2.9 km↗Astronomical Museum with PlanetariumBortle 9 · 9.2 kmKolleverde di Gvidoniya observatoryBortle 8 · 14 kmVatican ObservatoryBortle 8 · 23 km↗
Viewyas11 viewpoints within 15 kmComing soonQuirinal Hill50 m · 1.4 km↗Viminal Hill57 m · 1.8 km↗Esquiline Hill58 m · 2.2 km↗Capitoline Hill45 m · 2.3 km↗Palatine Hill51 m · 2.8 km↗Vatican Hill75 m · 3.1 km↗Aventine Hill47 m · 3.4 km↗Caelian Hill50 m · 3.4 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.
Other forests nearby.
Villa Borghese gardens
Italy
- 45Forestyas Score
- 27%Trees
- 47%Wild
- 937Species
Villa Medicea of Poggio a Caiano
Italy · 242 km
- 55Forestyas Score
- 31%Trees
- 65%Wild
- 339Species
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q678313) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Land cover | ESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0 |
| Species | 93,935 open records within 5 km (GBIF, CC0 and CC BY 4.0 only) |
| See these records | gbif.org |
| Names and photos | Wikidata (CC0); GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Altitude | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Temperature and rain | NASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2) |
| What is around | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Sister atlases | Peakyas, Darkskyas, Viewyas, Cavernyas, Riveryas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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