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Cambria Heights Civic Association Community Garden

Cambria Heights Civic Association Community Garden from directly overhead

Cambria Heights Civic Association Community Garden is a garden in New York, at a modelled elevation of 16 m. Todt Hill stands 125 m to the west-southwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is East Springfield Playground, a park 0.4 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 12 miles off. 47 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Built
1979
Getting there

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Coordinates40.69352, -73.73418
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • East Springfield Playground: 0.4 mi
  • Frederick Cabbell Park: 0.5 mi
  • Green Streets: 0.6 mi
  • Delphin H. Greene Playground: 0.6 mi
  • Laurelton Parkway West Playground: 0.7 mi
Artworks
  • A Tribe Called Quest Mural: 1.3 mi
  • Jam Master Jay: 1.4 mi
  • Frog: 2.8 mi
  • Frog: 2.8 mi
  • Frog: 2.9 mi
Gardens
Historic sites
Museums
Nature reserves
Attractions
  • JFK: 3.9 mi
  • Welcome Center: 5.2 mi
  • Wetland & Woodland Garden: 6.2 mi
  • Circle Garden: 6.2 mi
  • Unity Garden: 6.2 mi
Beaches
Peaks: 47
  • Queens High Point: 4.5 mi
  • Harbor Hill: 8.8 mi
  • Maspeth Plateau: 9.0 mi
  • Laurel Hill: 10.2 mi
  • Willink Hill: 12.2 mi
Picnic sites: 32
  • Picnic Area D: 3.2 mi
  • Picnic Area C: 3.2 mi
  • Picnic Area F: 3.4 mi
  • Picnic Area G: 3.4 mi
  • Picnic Area B: 3.5 mi
Lighthouses: 12
Cliffs: 12
  • Coogan's Bluff: 14.4 mi
  • Palisades: 15.6 mi
  • Palisades: 15.9 mi
  • Palisades: 16.6 mi
  • Palisades: 17.5 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Binnen Falls: 12.4 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 12.5 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 12.6 mi
  • The Loch: 13.7 mi
  • The Falls: 14.6 mi
Rest areas: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Todt HillWSW 252°125 m21.0 mi
Jayne's HillENE 62°122 m18.2 mi
Harbor HillNE 34°106 m8.8 mi
West HillsENE 62°106 m17.9 mi
Dix HillsENE 67°92 m21.7 mi
Signal HillENE 66°90 m20.9 mi
Mannetto HillsENE 64°85 m16.2 mi
Bronx High PointNNW 328°85 m16.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3119:07
June solstice05:2519:4920:30
September equinox06:4318:1818:54
December solstice07:1615:4816:31

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333541516170767568574738
Precip in3.22.83.93.63.73.93.94.13.63.73.14.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — JFK Intl AP, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • European Starling26 obs
  • Mourning Dove24 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel23 obs
  • common mugwort20 obs
  • Rock Pigeon19 obs
  • Brown-lipped Snail18 obs
  • Blue Jay17 obs
  • House Sparrow17 obs

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

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/314006349

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