Discovery Garden
Discovery Garden is a garden in New York, at a modelled elevation of 422 m. Arab Hill stands 640 m to the east-northeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Bestor Plaza, a park 0.2 miles away. Great Lakes Seaway Trail passes 11 miles off. 29 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 10.9 mi off the Great Lakes Seaway Trail, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Bestor Plaza: 0.2 mi
- Lincoln Park: 0.2 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 0.3 mi
- Miller Park: 0.3 mi
- The Ravine: 0.4 mi
- Mount Baldy: 7.2 mi
- Sweet Hill: 10.0 mi
- Jones Hill: 13.9 mi
- Harris Hill: 14.4 mi
- Luce Hill: 14.8 mi
- Chautauqua Fish Hatchery: 1.9 mi
- Chautauqua Lake Fish And Wildlife Management Area: 2.1 mi
- Mount Pleasant State Forest: 4.1 mi
- Chautauqua Lake Fish And Wildlife Management Area: 4.6 mi
- Whalen Memorial State Forest: 5.9 mi
- Mayville Station: 2.9 mi
- The Lawson Center for Boating Heritage on Chautauqua Lake: 5.1 mi
- Bemus Point Historical Society: 5.2 mi
- McClurg Museum: 9.6 mi
- McClurg Museum: 9.6 mi
- Minturn Cottage Foundation: 3.6 mi
- Bainbridge Colby Monument: 5.1 mi
- Veterans' Memorial: 5.2 mi
- Veterans' Memorial: 10.3 mi
- Lakewood Honor Roll: 10.5 mi
- Barcelona Harbor beach: 11.2 mi
- Barcelona Beach and Dan Reed Pier: 11.4 mi
- Ripley Beach: 12.2 mi
- Cassadaga Beach: 12.4 mi
- Fishermans Beach: 16.6 mi
- Lucille Ball: 11.7 mi
- Big Chair: 13.9 mi
- Robert H. Jackson: 14.1 mi
- Reuben E. Fenton: 14.3 mi
- Jon's Fish Statue: 18.0 mi
- South Buffalo North Side Light: 20.6 mi
- Dunkirk Lighthouse & Veterans Park Museum: 20.6 mi
- Veterans Museum & Light Keeper's House: 20.6 mi
- Dunkirk Light: 20.6 mi
- Oil House: 20.6 mi
- Panama Rocks: 9.4 mi
- I Love Lucy Mural: 14.2 mi
- Lake Shore Savings Clock Tower: 18.2 mi
- Dunkirk City Pier: 20.6 mi
- Palestine Park: 0.4 mi
- Tom's Garden: 14.8 mi
- Chautauqua Lake Rest Area: 8.0 mi
- Sulfur Spring: 16.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Discovery Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arab Hill | ENE 66° | 640 m | 16.3 mi |
| Boutwell Hill | ENE 65° | 635 m | 16.8 mi |
| Pickup Hill | ENE 75° | 630 m | 18.1 mi |
| Luce Hill | NE 54° | 605 m | 14.8 mi |
| South Hill | ENE 63° | 591 m | 18.2 mi |
| Brooks Rocks | S 180° | 583 m | 21.4 mi |
| Dibble Hill | NE 50° | 579 m | 17.4 mi |
| Brown Hill | SSE 159° | 578 m | 21.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:22 | 18:53 | 19:30 |
| June solstice | 05:42 | 20:16 | 20:58 |
| September equinox | 07:06 | 18:40 | 19:17 |
| December solstice | 07:44 | 16:04 | 16:49 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 27 | 28 | 36 | 48 | 59 | 69 | 73 | 71 | 65 | 54 | 43 | 34 |
| Precip in | 2.6 | 2.4 | 2.9 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 4.6 | 4.9 | 3.8 | 3.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Westfield 2 SSE, 9 mi away.
- Eastern American jack-o'-lantern35 obs
- Cross Orbweaver32 obs
- common milkweed23 obs
- common jewelweed22 obs
- Monarch22 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee21 obs
- American tuliptree19 obs
- sensitive fern18 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.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/1411150667
Day trips start here
- Jamestown · 14 mi
- Erie Region · 23 mi
- Randolph · 25 mi
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