Fir II matches its neighbour Fir I in height and in recorded age — 55 metres and 417 years — but carries a noticeably heavier trunk, 1.57 metres across and 4.70 metres in girth. It is the only one of the eight Örümcek Forest monument trees for which the directorate records an altitude: 1,300 metres. All eight were declared together on 11 October 1995.
- Designated
- 11.10.1995
When to go
- Climate
- Across Gümüşhane as a whole, monthly mean temperatures run from -1.7 °C in January to 20.3 °C in August; the mean stays between 15 and 25 °C in June, July, August and September; rainfall is heaviest in May (70 mm) and lightest in August (14 mm). Long-term means for 1961-2025 from the Turkish State Meteorological Service (MGM).
