The Oldest Trees We Have Mapped

Four hundred years is a useful threshold. Older than that and a tree predates nearly everything around it: the streets, the houses, usually the city's entire modern shape. This page ranks every tree we have mapped that clears it, oldest first, and it re-ranks itself the moment we add an older one. One rule keeps it honest, and it costs us entries: a tree qualifies on the LOW end of its estimate, so a tree recorded as one hundred to five hundred years old is not here, however tempting the upper number looks. Where the age is a range, the range is what you see, because that is what the sources say. Start at the top with olives that were already ancient when Rome was a village, and work down to oaks that were merely standing when the printing press arrived.

Over a thousand years (89)

Fulufjället →

Crete →

Bilu →

Sequoia National Park →

Yosemite National Park →

Nyingchi →

Sardinia →

Lisbon →

Sequoia National Park →

Fortingall →

Sant'Alfio →

Crete →

Yakushima →

Kawago →

Yakushima →

Omishima →

Otoyo →

Lulin →

Kings Canyon National Park →

Kaga →

Runnymede →

Longwood →

Gumeli →

Hokuto →

Fukuoka →

Granit →

Llangernyw →

Azeitao →

Sardinia →

Jægerspris Nordskov →

Stelmužė →

Itoshiro →

Kings Canyon National Park →

Neba →

Cedar Breaks National Monument →

Motosu →

Nanjing →

Dengfeng →

Yangshuo →

Istanbul →

Waipoua Forest →

Waipoua Forest →

Santa María del Tule →

Guerneville →

Hiroshima →

Borrowdale →

Bansko →

Kozaki →

Takayama →

Kimotsuki →

Atami →

Guerneville →

Osaka →

Beijing →

Ono →

Alishan →

Takeo →

Nichinan, Tottori →

Asago →

Sardinia →

Sant'Alfio →

London →

Fukuoka →

Yabu →

Aga →

Estry →

Henryków Lubański →

Okuizumo →

Olympic National Park →

Kawazu →

Higashine →

Cremines →

Mendaza →

Fujikawaguchiko →

Coromandel Forest Park →

Nagano →

Himi →

Oguni →

Yabu →

Yangpyeong →

Nagai →

Tokyo →

Kasukabe →

Miharu →

Veryn →

Fukuoka →

Palo Alto →

Tsuruoka →

Kawatana →

Seven hundred to a thousand years (99)

Rumskulla →

Osaka →

Bulat-Pestivien →

Kagoshima →

Shimizu →

Minami-Alps →

Chirk →

Uda →

Fukuoka →

Nishio →

Vales →

Higashimiyoshi →

Sliven →

Beijing →

Osaka →

Charleston →

Kyoto →

Shingu →

Aachen →

Arita →

Assisi →

Königslutter am Elm →

Cyprus →

Takahagi →

Port Renfrew →

Lecina →

Tamba →

Port Renfrew →

Nantes →

Nara →

Higashiagatsuma →

Liernu →

Olympic National Park →

Allouville-Bellefosse →

Cyprus →

Olympic National Park →

Higashiomi →

Otama →

Pianello →

Fukuoka →

Nara →

Nagi →

Hokuto →

Dubinné →

Gothenburg →

Trollskogen →

Atami →

Thessaloniki →

Nihonmatsu →

Perth →

Wilparting →

Stockholm →

Schlettau →

Osaka →

Cajvana →

Fara in Sabina →

Oxford →

Athens →

Gifu →

Reinborn →

Sakegawa →

St. Georgen im Attergau →

Niedenstein →

Yvignac-la-Tour →

Ghisonaccia →

Toga →

Tokyo →

Takachiho →

Neuenrade →

Horaiji →

Brunswick, Georgia →

Parry Kauri Park →

Otari-Wilton's Bush →

Tricase →

Busan →

Taketa →

Collm →

New Orleans →

Kagoshima →

Wessobrunn →

Fontaine →

Jauze →

Seoul →

Kitamoto →

Lukavice →

Rogalin →

Copenhagen →

Tokyo →

Iwata →

Tenerife →

Passo Manghen →

Luë →

Tokyo →

Fujikawaguchiko →

London →

Istanbul →

Tokyo →

Telgte →

Seoul →

Five to seven hundred years (107)

Ora →

Urvaste →

Kyoto →

Shinkamigoto →

Stockholm →

Bristol →

Minami-Alps →

Drnava →

Seoul →

Alishan →

Vassununga →

Schenklengsfeld →

Curinga →

Fukuoka →

Nihonmatsu →

Kawazu →

Takachiho →

Horn-Lehe →

Yabu →

Zurich →

Polchow →

Effeltrich →

Hainich National Park →

Kyoto →

Cesky Krumlov →

Lozorno →

Kitakata →

Horni Bradlo →

Pisz Forest →

Heede →

Boetersheim →

Cork →

Oyodo →

Fujikawaguchiko →

Plunge →

Tokyo →

Teleci →

Tokyo →

Hiroshima →

Myjava →

Kyoto →

Warsaw →

Reaumont →

Kyoto →

Zwieslerwaldhaus →

Tenerife →

Seoul →

Tokyo →

Garmen →

Parry Kauri Park →

Bristol →

Tokyo →

Beijing →

Samoëns →

Munich →

Munich →

Yoshida →

Kagoshima →

Nara →

Edinburgh →

Concoret →

Dresden →

Bad Blumau →

Brighton →

Tatobity →

Berlin →

New Orleans →

Ueki →

Himi →

Fukuoka →

Scheessel →

Valentin →

Dublin →

Mexico City →

Eraul →

Gothenburg →

Iwata →

Kybarciai →

Villamudria →

London →

Calvos →

Cielętniki →

Craigends →

Robenhausen →

Magescq →

Macugnaga →

Volkenroda →

Nicorps →

Deblin →

Kaunas →

Hochneukirchen-Gschaidt →

Logan, Ohio →

Beijing →

Chiapa de Corzo →

Oslo →

Austin →

Tenerife →

Palma de Mallorca →

Seattle →

Mallorca →

Münsterland →

Münsterland →

Seoul →

Malacky →

Aubers →

Derby →

Formentera →

Four to five hundred years (99)

Seville →

Sēja →

Himmelsberg →

Jērcēni →

Coppenbrügge →

Wiśniowa →

Viroflay →

Gornja Stubica →

Wrexham →

Glasgow →

Istanbul →

London →

Erdmannrode →

Schlagsdorf →

Časta →

Aizuwakamatsu →

Cheile Cibinului →

Leliceni →

Dubrovnik →

Farnham →

Aosta →

Shokawa →

Iida →

Lisbon →

Wroclaw →

Granada →

Bristol →

Istanbul →

Paris →

Pesselieres →

Chikubushima →

Rome →

Ramsau bei Berchtesgaden →

Liverpool →

Nedvedice →

Salzburg →

Miyazaki →

Książ →

Hniszów →

Tullamore →

Copenhagen →

Takachiho →

Ronda →

Perth →

Pagramantis Regional Park →

Dresden →

Cyprus →

Rimov →

Ekerö →

Siquijor →

Mito →

Baldenhain →

Mallorca →

Belfast →

Newtown →

Tokyo →

Bioul →

Nagoya →

Brielow →

Achnacarry →

Austin →

Wolfheze →

Istanbul →

Rudy →

Pelham →

Seoul →

Ramsau am Dachstein →

Menorca →

Coos Bay →

Amt Neuhaus →

Bargischow →

Minamiaso →

Liškiava →

Seattle →

Berlin →

Laren, Gelderland →

Beijing →

Tokyo →

Berlin →

Fleringen →

Sorèze →

Reyersviller →

Veliki Preslav →

Vilnius →

Istanbul →

Rothenburg ob der Tauber →

Groton →

Les Clayes-sous-Bois →

Padua →

Dębina →

Stockholm →

Frankfurt →

Belfast →

Hrádek u Sušice →

Brno →

Innimond →

Brighton →

Dresden →

Feternes →

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