The Kızılcaelmalı oak is the slenderer of the two protected oaks in Sinop province: 1.19 metres in trunk diameter and 3.75 metres in girth, against 1.59 and 5.00 for the Görkemli oak. It also stands lower, at 750 metres rather than 900. In age and height the two are recorded identically, both at 350 years and 25 metres.
It is a sessile oak, in Sansar village in Ayancık district. The name is also written Kızılcaelmalı.
Capacity is 250 visitors and 25 vehicles, and the site is managed directly by the administration.
- Designated
- 29.09.1994
Visiting hours
- Visiting hours
- 08:00 - 20:00
When to go
- Climate
- Across Sinop as a whole, monthly mean temperatures run from 6.8 °C in February to 23.4 °C in August; the mean stays between 15 and 25 °C in May, June, July, August, September and October; rainfall is heaviest in December (92 mm) and lightest in July (34 mm). Long-term means for 1936-2025 from the Turkish State Meteorological Service (MGM).
