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Cut Garden

Cut Garden from directly overhead

Cut Garden is a garden in New York, at a modelled elevation of 54 m. Hilltop stands 862 m to the north-northwest, 7.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Vegetable Garden, a garden less than a tenth of a mile away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 8.7 miles off.

The cut garden is for flowers.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Locust Grove Estate
Access
Yes
Fee
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.67270, -73.93065

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites
  • Civil War Memorial: 0.6 mi
  • Police Memorial: 0.6 mi
  • Spanish American War Memorial: 0.7 mi
  • Civil War Memorial: 2.0 mi
  • World War Memorial Park: 2.2 mi
Artworks
  • Dutchess County Map: 2.4 mi
  • Sojourner Truth Statue: 2.9 mi
  • Evelyn Rimai Fisher Sculpture: 3.4 mi
  • Mitchell Gate: 5.2 mi
  • Winston Chruchill: 6.6 mi
Peaks
Nature reserves
Museums: 48
Cliffs: 35
Waterfalls: 28
  • LG waterfall: 0.2 mi
  • Mossy Brook Waterfall: 13.8 mi
  • High Falls Waterfall: 15.0 mi
  • Saw Mill Falls: 15.9 mi
  • Peter's Kill Falls: 16.1 mi
Gardens: 24
Beaches: 21
  • Berean Park Beach: 4.0 mi
  • East Cove Beach: 10.5 mi
  • West Cove Beach: 10.5 mi
  • North Landing Beach: 10.8 mi
  • Private Beach: 11.1 mi
Attractions: 11
  • Huguenot Street Historic District: 9.7 mi
  • Historic Huguenot District: 9.8 mi
  • Ulster County Fair: 10.4 mi
  • Headless Horseman Hayrides and Haunted Houses: 12.5 mi
  • Swimming Hole: 14.6 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Stormville Rest Area: 13.7 mi
  • East Fishkill Rest Area: 13.8 mi
  • Wallkill Rest Area: 23.2 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Picnic sites: 1
Covered bridges: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.5 miles of Cut Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
HilltopNNW 343°862 m7.2 mi
South Beacon MountainS 183°491 m13.2 mi
Millbrook MountainW 279°489 m15.4 mi
North Beacon MountainS 183°465 m12.8 mi
Bald HillS 177°456 m11.8 mi
Lambs HillS 179°454 m12.3 mi
Clove MountainE 85°426 m12.3 mi
Dickie BarreWNW 290°419 m15.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3119:08
June solstice05:2219:5220:34
September equinox06:4418:1818:55
December solstice07:2015:4416:29

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272937496068737264524233
Precip in3.52.83.53.93.54.64.54.34.64.63.53.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Poughkeepsie, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee55 obs
  • northern spicebush49 obs
  • Western Honey Bee44 obs
  • sensitive fern43 obs
  • Monarch40 obs
  • garlic mustard36 obs
  • Japanese barberry35 obs
  • Porcelain Berry31 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/1023394807

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