Çatalçam is an Anatolian black pine in the boundaries of Belence village, in the Sütçüler district of Isparta, and it was declared a natural monument on 21 April 1995. The directorate gives its age as 650 to 700 years and measures it at 22 metres tall, 1.88 metres across the trunk and 5.90 metres in girth.
Of the Isparta monument trees this one is set up for the most visitors: capacity is given as 60 people and five vehicles, against a dozen or fewer at most of the others, on a protected plot of a quarter of a hectare.
- Designated
- 21.04.1995
Visiting hours
- Visiting hours
- 08:30 - 17:30
When to go
- Climate
- Across Isparta as a whole, monthly mean temperatures run from 1.9 °C in January to 23.5 °C in August; the mean stays between 15 and 25 °C in May, June, July, August and September; rainfall is heaviest in December (86 mm) and lightest in August (14 mm). Long-term means for 1929-2025 from the Turkish State Meteorological Service (MGM).
