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E.M. Mills Memorial Rose Garden

E.M. Mills Memorial Rose Garden from directly overhead

E.M. Mills Memorial Rose Garden is a garden in New York, at a modelled elevation of 179 m. Morgan Hill stands 618 m to the south-southeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Climate Change Garden, a park 0.2 miles away. Route 20 Scenic Byway passes 10 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Thornden Park Association
Access
Yes
Fee
No
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates43.03900, -76.12766
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Climate Change Garden: 0.2 mi
  • Thornden Park: 0.2 mi
  • Walnut Park: 0.3 mi
  • Westminster Park: 0.4 mi
  • Loguen Park: 0.6 mi
Peaks
Nature reserves: 42
Historic sites: 34
Museums: 34
Artworks: 16
Waterfalls: 15
  • Brickyard Falls: 8.0 mi
  • Edwards Falls: 9.0 mi
  • Pratts Falls: 10.0 mi
  • Marcellus Falls: 11.0 mi
  • Guppy Falls: 14.4 mi
Gardens: 8
  • Morningside Community Garden: 0.7 mi
  • South Side Garden: 1.2 mi
  • Bitternut Collective Permaculture Kitchen Garden: 2.1 mi
  • James Pass Arboretum: 3.2 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 4.0 mi
Beaches: 6
  • Jamesville Beach: 5.6 mi
  • Green Lakes Beach: 8.4 mi
  • Valentine's Beach: 11.7 mi
  • Oneida Shores: 12.9 mi
  • Verona Beach: 22.1 mi
Attractions: 5
Picnic sites: 5
  • Galster Pavilion: 4.0 mi
  • Cedar Bay Pavilion: 4.5 mi
  • Willow Bay: 7.7 mi
  • Spruce Grove Picnic Area: 10.0 mi
  • Poolsbrook Picnic Area: 10.7 mi
Springs: 1
  • Dorwin Springs: 4.1 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Preble: 22.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.3 miles of E.M. Mills Memorial Rose Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Morgan HillSSE 159°618 m18.8 mi
Truxton HillS 172°616 m19.7 mi
Fellows HillSSE 161°611 m16.6 mi
Hunt HillSE 141°611 m23.0 mi
Labrador HillS 169°606 m18.4 mi
Ripley HillSSW 198°604 m18.1 mi
Kinney HillSE 136°599 m20.5 mi
Jones HillSSE 166°598 m17.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0918:3919:17
June solstice05:2620:0520:48
September equinox06:5218:2619:04
December solstice07:3315:4716:33

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242634465867727063514130
Precip in2.62.53.03.53.43.63.93.73.43.93.23.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Syracuse Hancock Intl AP, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Eastern Red-backed Salamander503 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel499 obs
  • American Robin293 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle281 obs
  • Groundhog236 obs
  • White-tailed Deer233 obs
  • ribwort plantain217 obs
  • common buckthorn205 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/157333761

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