Yalnız Ardıç — the lone juniper — stands in the boundaries of Kucukkabaca village, in the Uluborlu district of Isparta, and was declared a natural monument on 6 September 2002. The directorate gives its age as around 500 years and its height as 13 metres, on a trunk 2.02 metres across with a girth of 6.34 metres: low and immensely thick, the shape a juniper takes when it grows alone.
The protected plot is a tenth of a hectare. Stated capacity is 12 visitors and five vehicles.
- Designated
- 6.09.2002
Visiting hours
- Visiting hours
- 09:00 - 18:00
When to go
- Climate
- Across Isparta as a whole, monthly mean temperatures run from 1.9 °C in January to 23.5 °C in August; the mean stays between 15 and 25 °C in May, June, July, August and September; rainfall is heaviest in December (86 mm) and lightest in August (14 mm). Long-term means for 1929-2025 from the Turkish State Meteorological Service (MGM).
