The Acıkise juniper is a natural monument at the Ağcakise locality in the Aladağ district of Adana, designated on 13 September 2002.
The tree is a stinking juniper, Juniperus foetidissima, estimated at 670 years old. It stands 20 metres tall, measures 5.96 metres around and has a trunk diameter of 1.90 metres.
There are no facilities on the site. Stated capacity is 30 visitors and 5 vehicles. The tree is 4 kilometres from the town of Aladağ and 94 from Adana.
- Designated
- 13.09.2002
When to go
- Climate
- Across Adana as a whole, monthly mean temperatures run from 9.6 °C in January to 28.8 °C in August; the mean stays between 15 and 25 °C in April, May, October and November; rainfall is heaviest in December (125 mm) and lightest in August (9 mm). Long-term means for 1929-2025 from the Turkish State Meteorological Service (MGM).
