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Backyard Garden

Backyard Garden from directly overhead

Backyard Garden is a garden in New York, at a recorded elevation of 4 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the north-northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Urban Meadow, a garden 0.1 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 12 miles off. 58 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
4 m

How to reach it

Coordinates40.68330, -74.00559

Named places within 25 miles

Gardens
Historic sites
Parks
Artworks
  • Swoon murals: 0.5 mi
  • Hook Studios Mural: 0.6 mi
  • Moving Chains: 1.1 mi
  • Cabin: 1.1 mi
  • Turning Stone: 1.1 mi
Attractions
Beaches
Nature reserves
Peaks: 58
  • Slide Hill: 0.9 mi
  • Grassy Hill: 0.9 mi
  • Outlook Hill: 1.0 mi
  • Discovery Hill: 1.1 mi
  • Battle Hill: 2.0 mi
Picnic sites: 41
Cliffs: 14
  • Palisades: 4.6 mi
  • Palisades: 6.0 mi
  • Palisades: 8.7 mi
  • Coogan's Bluff: 10.9 mi
  • Palisades: 14.8 mi
Waterfalls: 11
  • Ambergill Falls: 2.3 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 2.3 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 2.5 mi
  • The Loch: 8.1 mi
  • Hemlock Falls: 15.5 mi
Lighthouses: 9
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 15.8 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High MountainNNW 333°268 m22.3 mi
Beech MountainNNW 332°260 m23.2 mi
Mount CecchinoNNW 333°230 m22.0 mi
Poacher PeakNNW 330°185 m23.5 mi
Moon HillNNW 331°180 m23.2 mi
Stony HillNW 306°179 m15.3 mi
Mayapple HillWNW 293°175 m16.0 mi
Packanack MountainNW 324°144 m21.1 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 °F343643536272787670584839
Precip in3.53.04.43.84.04.44.83.93.94.03.24.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NY AVE V Brooklyn, 6 mi away.

  • Spotted Lanternfly943 obs
  • Monarch933 obs
  • Rock Pigeon889 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee817 obs
  • House Sparrow757 obs
  • Western Honey Bee708 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel604 obs
  • European Starling586 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.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/710286858

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