Radó Dezső: Parks and Forests - Our Budapest (Budapest, 1992)
Kálvária hill This hill, composed of limestone and dolomite near Pesthidegkút, is famous not only for its Calvary statues and magnificent view but also for its superb vegetation. The hornbeam-oak community consists of beech, common linden, flowering ash, mountain ash, hawthorn and plane-leaved maple (nicknamed by foresters as weed tree) apart from the hornbeam and oak. Almost all species of the thriving maple are represented in Hungary. Norway maple, green maple, field maple, silver maple, great maple, Tartarian maple, French maple and small-sized Japanese maple. In autumn their leaves turn to brilliant red. Apart from the trees there is a wide variety of shrubs growing on Kálvária Hill. Spindle-tree, privet, elder, ivy and viburnum also occur here. Among the non-arborescent plants varieties of meadow-grass and fescue-grass, buttercup, crane’s bill, violet, dementis, speedwell and woodruff can be encountered. Látó hill The easiest way to reach the area is to take bus 11 from Batthyány tér. From the terminus a short walk leads up to the Árpád Lookout. At the lookout it becomes obvious why the hill is named Látó (“Seeing”) Hill or Qugger (“Binoculars”) Hill. From this not yet developed height the city yields a picturesque view. Hármashatár hill From the Árpád Lookout on Látó Hill a pleasant half hour walk to the Fenyőgyöngye Restaurant is not to be missed. The restaurant is located right at the foot of Hármashatár Hill. Formerly the hill was called Mogyorós, obviously after the hazel bushes (“mogyoró”) growing here. Later it was renamed Hármashatár (Triple Border) Hill, as the boundaries of Óbuda, Buda and Pesthidegkút met on the hilltop. Bus 65 climbs up the hill. Several walking trails lead to its 495 m summit, which offers a scenic view of the plains of Pest. From the hillside one can enjoy the gliders and hang-gliders above the airfield below the hill. The surrounding forests consist of common oak, linden and the introduced black pine, along with hazel and lilac bushes and the red dogwood which turns red in autumn. 44
