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Albert's Garden

Albert's Garden from directly overhead

Albert's Garden is a garden in New York, at a modelled elevation of 12 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the north-northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Liz Christy Community Garden, a garden 0.1 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 9.0 miles off. 59 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Built
1971

What to expect

Access
Yes

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates40.72538, -73.99106

Named places within 25 miles

Gardens
Attractions
Artworks
Parks
Historic sites
  • Rt. Rev. John Dubois, 3rd Bishop of New York, burial marker: 0.2 mi
  • Daniel D. Tompkins: 0.4 mi
  • The Triangle Fire Memorial: 0.4 mi
  • Peter Stuyvesant: 0.4 mi
  • Samuel Sullivan Cox: 0.4 mi
Beaches
Peaks: 59
  • Grassy Hill: 3.1 mi
  • Kings Bluff: 3.2 mi
  • Slide Hill: 3.2 mi
  • Outlook Hill: 3.2 mi
  • Discovery Hill: 3.3 mi
Picnic sites: 41
Cliffs: 14
  • Palisades: 3.0 mi
  • Palisades: 3.4 mi
  • Palisades: 5.8 mi
  • Coogan's Bluff: 7.9 mi
  • Palisades: 11.8 mi
Waterfalls: 11
  • Ambergill Falls: 4.4 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 4.5 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 4.6 mi
  • The Loch: 5.1 mi
  • The Falls: 13.8 mi
Lighthouses: 9
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 15.9 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Albert's Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High MountainNNW 327°268 m20.1 mi
Waughaw MountainNW 309°263 m24.4 mi
Beech MountainNW 326°260 m21.1 mi
Mount CecchinoNNW 327°230 m19.8 mi
Mount NeboN 9°208 m22.6 mi
Poacher PeakNW 325°185 m21.5 mi
Moon HillNW 325°180 m21.2 mi
Stony HillWNW 294°179 m14.5 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 solstice07:1715:4916:32

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 Pigeon3,639 obs
  • House Sparrow1,832 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel1,741 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly1,470 obs
  • Western Honey Bee1,359 obs
  • Monarch1,148 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee1,143 obs
  • European Starling1,127 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/297191606

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