Kayı Ardıcı is the fourth of the stinking junipers protected at Kayı village in Mihalıççık district, Eskişehir province, and the only one of them without a number in its name; the other three are registered as Kokulu Ardıç I, II and III. All four were declared natural monuments on the same day, 4 April 2001.
This is the youngest of the group, estimated at 520 years against 645, 665 and 730 for the others, and at 12 metres it is the tallest along with the second. Its plot is 0.01 hectares and its stated capacity, 50 visitors, is the largest of the four.
The general appearance is recorded as well-formed, on mid-slope ground under the inner Anatolian climate.
The village is 83 kilometres from Eskişehir and the tree stands on the main road through it. There is room for one vehicle.
- Designated
- 6.05.2003
Visiting hours
- Visiting hours
- 08:00 - 18:00
When to go
- Climate
- Across Eskişehir as a whole, monthly mean temperatures run from 0.2 °C in January to 22.1 °C in August; the mean stays between 15 and 25 °C in June, July, August and September; rainfall is heaviest in April (44 mm) and lightest in August (11 mm). Long-term means for 1991-2025 from the Turkish State Meteorological Service (MGM).
