Of the three cedars protected in Burdur province, the Kocapınar tree is the oldest and the thickest around: 318 years, with a girth of 5.04 metres. It is not the tallest, standing 24 metres to Çatal Sedir's 34. Its trunk measures 1.60 metres across. It was registered on 6 September 2002 on 0.10 hectares.
What is unusual is the company it keeps. A cedar of Lebanon this size normally grows in cedar or pine forest; this one stands inside coppiced kermes oak woodland, a much lower and drier kind of cover.
The site is at the Kocapınar locality in Altınyayla district.
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).
