Pale Garden and Ancient City Just South of a Grove Start — Java 26.3

A Pale Garden about 143 blocks out, with an Ancient City roughly 233 blocks south of spawn.

Top-down 2D biome map centred on the spawn marker, with markers for a ruined portal, shipwreck and ancient city scattered across surrounding forest, taiga and ocean biomes.
Java 26.3 Edition Java Spawn 8, 8 Biome Grove Structures 3
Pale GardenAncient CityBirch ForestDark ForestForestGroveMeadowOceanOld Growth Birch ForestOld Growth Pine TaigaOld Growth Spruce TaigaPlains
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Seed 2653104968624290973

Copy it into Minecraft 26.3 (Java).

The Pale Garden sits only about 143 blocks from spawn, which is unusually close for such a rare biome. You start on a Grove ridge at y=154, with Birch Forest and Dark Forest patches about 64 blocks away. An Ancient City lies about 233 blocks south, and a Ruined Portal is about 104 blocks south-east. The Stronghold is a long trek at about 1895 blocks, so plan supplies for that trip.

Structures near spawn
Ruined Portal ↘ SE 64, 96 104
Ancient City ↓ S 32, 240 233
Shipwreck ↘ SE 272, 160 305
Biome mix near spawn
Forest 17%
Deep Ocean 11%
Dark Forest 10%
Ocean 10%
Taiga 7%
Plains 6%
Birch Forest 6%