Baikushev's pine, Pirin National Park

Name: Baikushev's pine
Address: Pirin National Park, Bulgaria

#5 among attractions in Pirin National Park

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Baikushev's pine is a coniferous tree from the species Bosnian pine situated in Pirin, southwestern Bulgaria. It is named after its discoverer, forest ranger Kostadin Baikushev, and is located near the Banderitsa refuge. With an approximate age of about 1,300 years, Baikushev's pine is one of the oldest trees in the world and is a contemporary of Bulgaria's founder, Khan Asparukh. It has a height of 26 m, is 2.2 m in diameter and 7.8m in circumference. ()

Local name: Байкушева мура Coordinates: 41°46'1"N, 23°25'22"E

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Baikushev's pine – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Vihren, Banderitsa refuge, Todorka, Pirin.

1.2 miW
Natural attraction, Park, View point
Vihren, Bansko
32 min walk • Vihren, the Jewel of the Pirin Mountains, stands proudly as the highest peak in Bulgaria's Pirin National Park and the second highest in the country. Soaring to an impressive height of 2,914 meters, Vihren is a magnet for mountaineers and nature lovers drawn to Bansko...
~1240 ftNE
Hiking, Alpine hut
Banderitsa refuge, Pirin National Park
7 min walk • The Banderitsa refuge is a refuge in northern Pirin, Bulgaria situated on the left shores of the Banderishka river at an altitude of 1,810 m. It is located at 14 km of Bansko.
1.1 miSE
Natural attraction, Nature, Mountain
Todorka, Pirin National Park
28 min walk • Todorka is a massive peak in the Pirin Mountains of south-western Bulgaria. It is the only peak of the Todorka side ridge and has a summit elevation of 2746 m above sea level.
1.4 miNW
Natural attraction, Nature, Natural feature
Pirin, Pirin National Park
36 min walk • The Pirin Mountains are a mountain range in southwestern Bulgaria, with Vihren at an altitude of 2,914 m being the highest peak. The range extends about 80 km from the north-west to the south-east and is about 40 km wide, spanning a territory of 2,585 km2.
0.5 miSW
Vernacular architecture
Vihren refuge, Pirin National Park
13 min walk • The Vihren refuge is situated in the Pirin mountain, southwestern Bulgaria at an altitude of 1,915 m. It is composed of two massive buildings and bungalows.
1 miW
Natural attraction, Nature, Natural feature
Snezhnika, Pirin National Park
27 min walk • Snezhnika is a glacieret in the Pirin Mountains of Bulgaria, a remnant of the former Vihren Glacier. The glacieret lies at an elevation between 2,425 m and 2,480 m in the deep Golemiya Kazan cirque at the steep northern foot of Vihren, Pirin's highest summit.
1 miW
Neighbourhood
Golemiya Kazan, Pirin National Park
25 min walk • Golemiya Kazan is one of the two cirques that form an area called Kazanite, situated in Bulgaria's Pirin mountain range. Kazanite are located below the two highest summits Vihren to the south and Kutelo to the north.
0.8 miSW
41°45'24"N • 23°25'0"E
H.Vihren, Pirin National Park
21 min walk • Hiking, Alpine hut

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Nearby attractions include Banderitsa refuge, Pirin National Park (7 min walk), Vihren refuge, Pirin National Park (13 min walk), H.Vihren, Pirin National Park (21 min walk).