Garden · New York
El Catano Community Garden
El Catano Community Garden is a garden in New York, at a modelled elevation of 4 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Family Community Garden, a garden 0.1 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 4.2 miles off.
What to expect
- Access
- Permitted
How to reach it
Coordinates40.79449, -73.94321
- 4.2 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 4.2 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 21.8 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
Gardens
- Family Community Garden: 0.1 mi
- Neighbors Of Vega Baja: 0.2 mi
- Pueblo Unido Garden: 0.2 mi
- 110th St Block Assoc. Garden: 0.2 mi
- Humacao Community Garden: 0.3 mi
Parks
- Poor Richard's Playground: 0.1 mi
- Peter Minuit Playground: 0.2 mi
- White Playground: 0.2 mi
- Mae Grant Playground: 0.4 mi
- 103rd Street Community Garden: 0.4 mi
Museums
- The Africa Center: 0.3 mi
- El Museo Del Barrio: 0.4 mi
- Museum of the City of New York: 0.5 mi
- Garbage museum: 0.6 mi
- The Jewish Museum: 1.0 mi
Historic sites
- Gas Explosion Empty Lot: 0.4 mi
- Duke Ellington Memorial: 0.4 mi
- Fort Clinton: 0.5 mi
- Burnett Memorial Fountain: 0.5 mi
- Nutter's Battery: 0.5 mi
Artworks
- La Luz Que Sale De La Obscuridad: 0.4 mi
- Tomorrow's Wind: 0.4 mi
- Three Dancing Maidens – Untermyer Fountain: 0.5 mi
- El Arbol De Esperanza: 0.5 mi
- Growth: 0.5 mi
Attractions
- Huddlestone Arch: 0.7 mi
- Glen Span Arch: 0.8 mi
- Taste Harlem Tour: 1.0 mi
- Abyssinian Baptist Church: 1.5 mi
- Eleanor Roosevelt High Residence: 1.8 mi
Peaks
- Mount Morris: 0.7 mi
- Great Hill: 0.8 mi
- Summit Rock: 1.6 mi
- Vista Rock: 1.7 mi
- Janes Hill: 2.0 mi
Beaches
- Hallet’s Cove: 1.8 mi
- Hazard Beach: 4.2 mi
- Gansevoort Peninsula Sand Bluff: 5.2 mi
- Dyckman Street Beach: 5.2 mi
- Maxwell Place Beach: 5.3 mi
Nature reserves
- Hallett Nature Sanctuary: 2.6 mi
- Cabrini Woods Nature Sanctuary: 4.4 mi
- WNYC Transmitter Park: 4.6 mi
- Pugsley Creek Park: 4.9 mi
- Hackensack Meadowlands Conservation and Wildlife Area: 5.2 mi
Picnic sites: 43
- Picnic Area on Marcus Garvey Pool Deck: 0.7 mi
- Street Seats: 3.1 mi
- The Backyard: 6.9 mi
- Pier 3 Greenway Terrace: 7.3 mi
- Pier 5 Uplands Seating Area: 7.5 mi
Cliffs: 16
- Coogan's Bluff: 2.7 mi
- Palisades: 2.7 mi
- Palisades: 4.4 mi
- Palisades: 6.3 mi
- Palisades: 6.7 mi
Waterfalls: 11
- The Loch: 0.9 mi
- The Falls: 8.4 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 9.1 mi
- Binnen Falls: 9.3 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 9.3 mi
Lighthouses: 6
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 6.6 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 12.2 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 12.2 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 23.2 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 23.2 mi
Rest areas: 4
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 5.0 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 12.7 mi
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 23.4 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 23.4 mi
Ghost towns: 2
- Feltville Historic District: 24.5 mi
- Barber: 24.6 mi
Springs: 1
- Tulip Springs: 18.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.3 miles of El Catano Community Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Mountain | NW 312° | 268 m | 18.0 mi |
| Beech Mountain | NW 312° | 260 m | 19.2 mi |
| Mount Cecchino | NW 312° | 230 m | 17.8 mi |
| Mount Nebo | N 3° | 208 m | 17.6 mi |
| Poacher Peak | NW 311° | 185 m | 19.6 mi |
| Moon Hill | NW 311° | 180 m | 19.3 mi |
| Stony Hill | W 275° | 179 m | 15.8 mi |
| Mayapple Hill | W 265° | 175 m | 18.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:32 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:25 | 19:50 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:19 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:48 | 16:32 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 34 | 36 | 43 | 54 | 63 | 72 | 78 | 76 | 69 | 58 | 48 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.2 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 3.6 | 4.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NY City Cntrl Park, 2 mi away.
- white snakeroot6,280 obs
- common milkweed3,812 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel3,289 obs
- American Robin3,220 obs
- tree-of-heaven2,660 obs
- Rock Pigeon2,541 obs
- House Sparrow2,492 obs
- Spotted Lanternfly2,387 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/664315727
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- Manhattan/Central Park · 1 mi
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- Manhattan · 2 mi
- Manhattan/Upper East Side · 2 mi
- Manhattan/Upper West Side · 2 mi
- Manhattan/Theater District · 3 mi
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