Tree Walks in Nara
Nara has 2 walks that string its ancient trees together on foot, from 1.19 km to 1.61 km, past 8 trees in all. Each one is an afternoon rather than a hike, and every tree on it has a story worth the stop.
The order is ours, worked out from where the trees actually stand; the walking distance is the real one along streets and paths where we have been able to route it, and a straight line between trunks where we have not. Nothing here is a signposted trail.
Nara Park
4 trees · about 1.19 km · 16 min on foot
Begins at The Thickest Black Pine of Nara Park (Japanese Black Pine (Pinus thunbergii)) and ends at The Camphors of Tobihino.
Kasugano
4 trees · about 1.61 km · 21 min on foot
Begins at The Great Nagi of Kasuga Taisha (Nagi (Nageia nagi)) and ends at The Roben-sugi of Nigatsu-do.
All of these stand in Nara, where we map 10 remarkable trees in total. Or walk somewhere else: Alicante · Alkmaar · Amersfoort · Amsterdam · Arnhem · Assen