The Evciler cedar stands inside the village it is named for, at the Köyiçi locality in Evciler village, Gölhisar district of Burdur province — a tree among houses rather than one deep in forest, though black pine and red pine forest surrounds the village. It was registered on 6 September 2002 on 0.10 hectares.
The tree is a cedar of Lebanon, Cedrus libani, given as 250 years old, 27 metres tall, 1.43 metres in trunk diameter and 4.50 metres in girth.
The wildlife the directorate lists for the area includes wild boar, jackal, fox, hedgehog, martens and mole among the mammals, and chukar partridge, swift, sparrowhawk, common buzzard, blackbird, kestrel and peregrine falcon among the birds.
Stated capacity is 500 visitors.
- Designated
- 6.09.2002
Visiting hours
- Visiting hours
- 08:00 - 18:00
When to go
- Climate
- Across Burdur as a whole, monthly mean temperatures run from 2.6 °C in January to 24.7 °C in August; the mean stays between 15 and 25 °C in May, June, July, August and September; rainfall is heaviest in December (60 mm) and lightest in August (9 mm). Long-term means for 1931-2025 from the Turkish State Meteorological Service (MGM).
