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Vizcaya Museum and Gardens

Averette · CC BY 3.0

12% trees around it and 165 species recorded.

36Forestyas Score

ArboretumBirds

  • trees within 3 km12%
  • wild within 10 km66%
  • species recorded165

The forest around

12% 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 23%Mangroves 0%Grassland 4%Water 48%Built-up 25%Trees 11%Grassland 1%Wetland 0%Water 50%Built-up 38%Trees 10%Mangroves 2%Grassland 2%Wetland 0%Water 48%Built-up 37%Trees 15%Mangroves 2%Grassland 3%Wetland 1%Water 46%Bare ground 0%Built-up 32%12%trees · 3 km

Trees, ring by ring

  • 0–1 km23%
  • 1–3 km11%
  • 3–6 km10%
  • 6–10 km15%

What covers the land (1–3 km)

  • Trees11%
  • Mangroves0%
  • Grassland1%
  • Wetland0%
  • Water50%
  • Bare ground0%
  • Built-up38%

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

165 species recorded.

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

Tietongue
TietongueCoccoloba diversifolia11 recordsUnknown author · Public domain
HolywoodNT
HolywoodGuaiacum sanctum8 recordsMangostar · CC BY-SA 3.0
Mango
MangoMangifera indica8 recordsWalter Hood Fitch (1817-1892) del. et lith. Description by John Smith (1798 - 1888) · Public domain
Seminole balsamo
Seminole balsamoPsychotria nervosa6 recordsJason Hollinger · CC BY 2.0
Euphorbia deltoidea
Euphorbia deltoideaEuphorbia deltoidea5 recordsJoy Klein · Public domain
Carter's mustard
Carter's mustardWarea carteri5 recordsBetty Wargo/ USFWS · Public domain
Eastern gamagrass
Eastern gamagrassTripsacum dactyloides4 recordsDaderot · Public domain
Common asparagus fern
Common asparagus fernAsparagus setaceus3 recordsCliff from Arlington, Virginia, USA · CC BY 2.0
Seagrape
SeagrapeCoccoloba uvifera3 recordsForest & Kim Starr · CC BY 3.0
Paradisetree
ParadisetreeSimarouba glauca3 recordsVinayaraj · CC BY-SA 3.0
Romerillo
RomerilloBidens alba3 recordsBob Peterson from North Palm Beach, Florida, Planet Earth! · CC BY-SA 2.0
Queen's-wreath
Queen's-wreathPetrea volubilis2 recordsRolf Engstrand · CC BY-SA 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.

36out of 100

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

  • 12%Treesof the land within 3 km
  • 66%Wildno towns or farmland within 10 km
  • 165Speciesrecorded more than once within 2 km

When to walk

Best for walking from December to March.

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

  1. Jan23°21°41 mm
  2. Feb24°22°45 mm
  3. Mar24°22°47 mm
  4. Apr26°24°74 mm
  5. May27°26°137 mm
  6. Jun29°27°191 mm
  7. Jul30°28°166 mm
  8. Aug30°29°180 mm
  9. Sep29°28°197 mm
  10. Oct28°27°127 mm
  11. Nov26°24°65 mm
  12. Dec24°22°48 mm
  • Bar: walking comfort; the number on top is the average maximum.
  • Below: average minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Vizcaya Museum and Gardens.

Historic estate on Biscayne Bay; Coconut Grove neighborhood of Miami, Florida

Vizcaya Museum and Gardens is an arboretum in United States.

Seen from space, 12% of the land within 3 km is trees, and 66% of the land within 10 km has no towns or farmland.

165 species have been recorded around it: 31 plants, 3 fungi, 129 birds and 2 mammals.

The most recorded plants are: Tietongue, Holywood and Mango.

The best time to walk is from December to March.

Villa Vizcaya 20110228
Averette · CC BY 3.0

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.

Vizcaya Museum and Gardens 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

  • 35picnic sites within 4 km
  • 80shelters and huts within 6 km
  • 2visitor centres within 6 kmLittle Havana Visitors Center
  • 128car parks within 3 km
  • 457places to stay within 10 kmCasa Trinidad at #1, Residences at Bayside - by Elite City Stays, Casa d dunier and 454 more
  • 97restaurants and cafés within 3 km
  • marked trails within 5 km
  • named and notable trees within 6 km
  • viewpoints within 5 km
  • campsites within 10 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 Vizcaya Museum and 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.

Coastya5 beaches within 10 km
Virginia Beach5.4 kmVirginia Key Beach6.0 kmTahiti Beach6.2 kmCrandon Beach7.1 kmSouth Beach9.2 km
Lakeyas1 lakes within 15 km
Lake Catalina0.4 km² · 12 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.

Caravel suspended from ceiling at Vizcaya IMG 20190917 160349481
Mary Mark Ockerbloom · CC BY-SA 4.0
I Villa Vizcaya, Miami, FL, USA (2)
Elisa.rolle · CC BY-SA 4.0
Organ - Vizcaya
Eveningstart · CC BY-SA 4.0

Other forests nearby.

Vizcaya Museum and Gardens

United States

  • 36Forestyas Score
  • 12%Trees
  • 66%Wild
  • 165Species

Jardín botánico Nacional de Cuba

Cuba · 374 km

  • 65Forestyas Score
  • 53%Trees
  • 79%Wild
  • 443Species

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q2095464) · CC0
Land coverESA WorldCover 10 m 2021 v200 · © ESA WorldCover project / Copernicus Sentinel data · CC BY 4.0
Species4,033 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 atlasesCoastya, Lakeyas

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