Ulumeşe is not the tree it was. The directorate records that lightning struck it in 2021 and it lost its crown; anyone going to see it should expect a damaged tree. It stands in Kocapınar Park at the junction of Ovacık and Kocapınar avenues, in the Ölüdeniz quarter of Fethiye, Muğla — which makes it one of the easiest monument trees in the country to reach.
It was declared a natural monument on 21 February 1995, on 0.15 hectares. Its age is not known for certain and is estimated at around 350 years. The directorate records it as 20 metres tall with a trunk 2.10 metres across.
Stated capacity is 20 visitors.
From the Köyler Garajı in central Fethiye, lines 3-3, 3-40, 3-41 and 3-42 all serve it. Get off at stop 11 on Atatürk Avenue and walk 300 metres east along Kocapınar Avenue to the park.
- Designated
- 21.02.1995
Visiting hours
- Visiting hours
- 08:00 - 21:00
When to go
- Climate
- Across Muğla as a whole, monthly mean temperatures run from 10.8 °C in January to 27.6 °C in August; the mean stays between 15 and 25 °C in April, May, June, September, October and November; rainfall is heaviest in December (207 mm) and lightest in August (4 mm). Long-term means for 2001-2025 from the Turkish State Meteorological Service (MGM).
