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Bridge Plaza Community Garden

Bridge Plaza Community Garden from directly overhead

Bridge Plaza Community Garden is a garden in New York, at a modelled elevation of 14 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the north-northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is McLaughlin Park World War I Memorial, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 11 miles off. 58 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
New York City Department of Parks & Recreation

How to reach it

Coordinates40.69774, -73.98476

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks
Gardens
Beaches
Attractions
Peaks: 58
  • Grassy Hill: 2.1 mi
  • Slide Hill: 2.2 mi
  • Outlook Hill: 2.2 mi
  • Discovery Hill: 2.3 mi
  • Sullivan Hill: 2.4 mi
Picnic sites: 41
Cliffs: 14
  • Palisades: 4.4 mi
  • Palisades: 5.3 mi
  • Palisades: 7.7 mi
  • Coogan's Bluff: 9.6 mi
  • Palisades: 13.6 mi
Waterfalls: 11
  • Ambergill Falls: 2.5 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 2.6 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 2.7 mi
  • The Loch: 6.8 mi
  • The Falls: 15.2 mi
Lighthouses: 9
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 16.5 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High MountainNNW 329°268 m21.9 mi
Beech MountainNNW 328°260 m22.9 mi
Mount CecchinoNNW 329°230 m21.6 mi
Mount NeboN 7°208 m24.5 mi
Poacher PeakNNW 327°185 m23.2 mi
Moon HillNNW 327°180 m22.9 mi
Stony HillWNW 300°179 m15.7 mi
Mayapple HillWNW 288°175 m16.7 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, 6 mi away.

  • Rock Pigeon1,689 obs
  • Monarch1,242 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly1,152 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel1,082 obs
  • House Sparrow1,069 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee999 obs
  • Western Honey Bee891 obs
  • European Starling789 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/1110127587

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