A 35-hectare forest garden planted by the Polish forester Edmund Leonowicz above Gyulagarak.
Shaded alleys of native forest and planted trees — sequoias, magnolias, Siberian pine — at about 1,450 m. Popular for picnics in summer and beautiful in October. Gyulagarak village below is home to the giant Chrome "dino" statue.
Good to know
- Free entry; usually open 10:00–19:00.
- Snow from December to March.
Read more: Wikipedia: Stepanavan Dendropark, Armenia Discovery
Getting there
205 m below the nearest stretch of the Antaramut, 2.0 km away.
No mapped road reaches it: the nearest road is about 500 m away, so plan to walk the last stretch.
| From | Road distance | Drive time |
|---|---|---|
| Vanadzor | 32.5 km | 50 min |
| Alaverdi | 57.5 km | 1 h 11 min |
| Stepanavan | 15.8 km | 29 min |
| Yerevan | 136 km | 2 h 33 min |
| Tbilisi | 151 km | 2 h 38 min |
Details
- Type
- Garden
- Where
- 3.0 km from Hobardzi (straight line)
- Elevation
- 1,525 m
- Built
- founded 1931
Light
Golden hour is when the sun is less than 6° above the horizon — the warm light for photos. In deep gorges the sun leaves the valley floor earlier.
Photos taken nearby
From Wikimedia Commons, within 1 km. Click a photo for its author and licence.
Weather at Sochut Dendropark
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On these routes
- A Lori weekend from Yerevan 2 days
- Dendropark forest loop hike, 1–2 hours
Sights nearby
- Google DinosaurArtwork 1.1 km 90 m lower
- TormakRuins 1.6 km 118 m lower
- Hobardzi YekeghetsiChurch 3.3 km 195 m lower
- Gyulagarak ChurchRuins 3.6 km 153 m lower
- Surb Astvatsatsin YekeghetsiChurch 4.0 km 213 m lower
- Yekeghetsi Surb SargisChurch 4.2 km same level
Nature nearby
- Hill OvesikarPeak 1.1 km same level
- PotskhasarPeak 1.1 km 348 m higher
- MtinPeak 1.5 km 308 m higher
- QarhatPeak 2.4 km 705 m higher
- GhandzilPeak 3.1 km 44 m lower
Stay nearby
- Sochut pansionatHotel 600 m 41 m lower
- Greeg HouseGuesthouse 3.1 km 163 m lower
- Naghabeki Urt Kochvogh VayryCampsite 4.7 km 314 m higher
- Geologist Home b/bGuesthouse 4.9 km 97 m lower
- Wilderness hut near AntaramutWilderness hut 5.2 km same level
Eat nearby
Services nearby
- Fuel in GargarFuel 3.7 km 82 m lower
- Fuel in GargarFuel 3.7 km 132 m lower
- EV charging in GargarEV charging 3.8 km 89 m lower
- EV charging in GargarEV charging 3.8 km 89 m lower
- EV charging in GargarEV charging 3.8 km 89 m lower
- Fuel in GargarFuel 3.8 km 89 m lower
Distances in the "nearby" lists are straight-line; the height difference shows how much climbing a short distance can hide here.