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Brooklyn Botanic Garden

Brooklyn Botanic Garden from directly overhead

Brooklyn Botanic Garden is a garden in New York, at a recorded elevation of 40 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the north-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Lilac Collection, a garden 0.1 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 12 miles off. 51 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
40 m

What to expect

Access
Permitted
Fee
Yes

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates40.66988, -73.96451

Named places within 25 miles

Gardens
  • Lilac Collection: 0.1 mi
  • Ginkgo Allée: 0.1 mi
  • Cranford Rose Garden: 0.1 mi
  • Cherry Esplanade: 0.1 mi
  • Osborne Garden: 0.1 mi
Artworks
Attractions
Beaches
  • Pier 4 Beach: 2.6 mi
  • Pebble Beach: 2.7 mi
  • Beach/Kayak launch ramp: 2.9 mi
  • Canarsie Beach: 5.0 mi
  • Gansevoort Peninsula Sand Bluff: 5.4 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks: 51
Picnic sites: 40
Cliffs: 14
  • Palisades: 6.5 mi
  • Palisades: 7.5 mi
  • Palisades: 9.7 mi
  • Coogan's Bluff: 11.3 mi
  • Palisades: 15.4 mi
Waterfalls: 10
  • Ambergill Falls: 0.5 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 0.6 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 0.7 mi
  • The Loch: 8.6 mi
  • The Falls: 16.4 mi
Lighthouses: 9
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 18.1 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High MountainNNW 330°268 m24.1 mi
Mount CecchinoNNW 329°230 m23.8 mi
Stony HillNW 304°179 m17.6 mi
Mayapple HillWNW 293°175 m18.4 mi
Packanack MountainNW 321°144 m23.1 mi
Riker HillWNW 297°134 m21.3 mi
Long HillW 275°126 m24.9 mi
Todt HillWSW 239°125 m9.2 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, 5 mi away.

  • American Robin1,910 obs
  • Pond Slider1,496 obs
  • Northern Cardinal1,330 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel1,325 obs
  • House Sparrow1,235 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly1,139 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk1,125 obs
  • Mallard1,120 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.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/157016745

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