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Children's Memorial Garden

Children's Memorial Garden from directly overhead

Children's Memorial Garden is a garden in New York, at a modelled elevation of 27 m. Chappaqua Hill stands 219 m to the north-northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Holocaust Museum and Tolerance Center, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. Merritt Parkway passes 11 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Holocaust Memorial Center

How to reach it

Coordinates40.88400, -73.64236

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Museums
Artworks
Historic sites
Gardens
Nature reserves
Beaches
Parks
  • Matinecock Rod & Gun Club: 0.6 mi
  • Joe Stanco Park: 1.1 mi
  • Monument Park: 1.2 mi
  • Pryibil Beach Park: 1.4 mi
  • Morgan Memorial Park: 1.5 mi
Peaks
  • Harrison Williams Woods Peak: 4.4 mi
  • Mill Neck Peak: 5.0 mi
  • Harbor Hill: 5.9 mi
  • Sagamore Hill: 7.4 mi
  • South Ridge: 8.7 mi
Attractions
Picnic sites: 38
  • Reserved Picnic Site: 5.8 mi
  • Upper Education Area: 7.1 mi
  • Lower Education Area: 7.1 mi
  • Picnic Area A & B: 9.7 mi
  • Picnic Area C: 9.7 mi
Cliffs: 16
Waterfalls: 6
  • The Falls: 10.3 mi
  • Farms Falls: 16.7 mi
  • The Loch: 17.7 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 22.9 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 22.9 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Long Island Welcome Center: 17.9 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 18.4 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 18.4 mi
  • Vince Lombardi Service Area: 20.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.9 miles of Children's Memorial Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Chappaqua HillNNW 342°219 m20.9 mi
Sarles HillNNW 338°216 m19.8 mi
Buttermilk HillNNW 331°211 m17.9 mi
Mount NeboNW 308°208 m18.7 mi
Reynolds HillNNW 337°180 m16.7 mi
Round HillN 354°172 m15.3 mi
Cooney HillNNW 343°170 m15.7 mi
Kennelwood HillNNW 335°156 m14.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3119:07
June solstice05:2419:4920:30
September equinox06:4318:1718:54
December solstice07:1615:4616:30

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343643536271777569584840
Precip in3.73.04.43.83.13.84.03.94.14.03.44.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mineola, 11 mi away.

  • Atlantic Horseshoe Crab38 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly33 obs
  • Asian Shore Crab25 obs
  • Canada Goose21 obs
  • Japanese angelica tree21 obs
  • winged euonymus20 obs
  • American pokeweed17 obs
  • Eastern Skunk Cabbage17 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/540009791

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