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11th Street Community Garden

11th Street Community Garden from directly overhead

11th Street Community Garden is a garden in New York, at a modelled elevation of 6 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Lower East Side Playground, a park 0.1 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 8.7 miles off.

A garden maintained by community volunteers where visitors are welcome whenever the gate is open. It is funded completely by donations and grants. There is free WiFi and a community library outside the gate where you can exchange books for free.

What the record says

Built
1982

What to expect

Operated by
Manhattan Land Trust
Access
Yes
Fee
No

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates40.72870, -73.98294

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks
Attractions
Historic sites
Beaches
Peaks
Picnic sites: 41
Cliffs: 14
  • Palisades: 3.3 mi
  • Palisades: 3.5 mi
  • Palisades: 5.6 mi
  • Coogan's Bluff: 7.5 mi
  • Palisades: 11.5 mi
Waterfalls: 11
  • Ambergill Falls: 4.5 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 4.7 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 4.7 mi
  • The Loch: 4.7 mi
  • The Falls: 13.3 mi
Lighthouses: 9
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 16.3 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.8 miles of 11th Street Community Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High MountainNW 326°268 m20.1 mi
Waughaw MountainNW 308°263 m24.6 mi
Beech MountainNW 325°260 m21.2 mi
Mount CecchinoNW 325°230 m19.9 mi
Mount NeboN 8°208 m22.3 mi
Poacher PeakNW 324°185 m21.5 mi
Moon HillNW 324°180 m21.2 mi
Stony HillWNW 293°179 m14.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3219:08
June solstice05:2619:5020:31
September equinox06:4418:1918:55
December solstice07:1715:4816:32

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343643546372787669584839
Precip in3.63.24.34.14.04.54.64.64.34.43.64.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NY City Cntrl Park, 4 mi away.

  • Rock Pigeon5,790 obs
  • House Sparrow2,036 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel1,536 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly1,423 obs
  • Western Honey Bee1,267 obs
  • European Starling1,140 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee1,130 obs
  • American Robin956 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/314368836

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