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Formal Garden

Formal Garden from directly overhead

Formal Garden is a garden in New York, at a modelled elevation of 57 m. Buttermilk Hill stands 211 m to the north-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is For Philip's Garden, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Bronx River Parkway passes 12 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

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Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates40.80781, -73.64364

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Museums
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Roslyn Waterfront Promenade: 0.4 mi
  • Skillman Street Park: 0.5 mi
  • Hempstead Harbor Shoreline Park: 0.5 mi
  • Gerry Park: 0.7 mi
  • Roslyn Pines Swim & Tennis Club: 0.8 mi
Peaks
  • Harbor Hill: 0.6 mi
  • Queens High Point: 5.2 mi
  • Mill Neck Peak: 7.0 mi
  • Harrison Williams Woods Peak: 8.1 mi
  • Sagamore Hill: 9.1 mi
Artworks
Gardens
  • Colonial Garden: 2.0 mi
  • Clark Community Garden: 2.5 mi
  • Formal Rose Garden: 2.5 mi
  • Stecklow Gardens: 2.7 mi
  • Greentree Walled Garden: 2.7 mi
Beaches
  • Harry Tappen Beach: 2.1 mi
  • Beacon Hill Residences Beach: 2.6 mi
  • Sea Cliff Beach: 3.2 mi
  • Leeds Pond Beach: 3.3 mi
  • Manhasset Bay Estates Association Beach: 3.3 mi
Attractions
Picnic sites: 37
  • Lindens B: 6.3 mi
  • West Lindens: 6.4 mi
  • Lindens A: 6.4 mi
  • North Maples: 6.4 mi
  • Cedars: 6.4 mi
Cliffs: 13
Lighthouses: 8
Waterfalls: 6
  • The Falls: 11.7 mi
  • The Loch: 16.6 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 19.7 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 19.7 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 19.9 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Long Island Welcome Center: 17.1 mi
  • Vince Lombardi Service Area: 20.2 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 23.2 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 23.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.2 miles of Formal Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Buttermilk HillNNW 337°211 m22.7 mi
Mount NeboNW 319°208 m22.3 mi
Reynolds HillNNW 342°180 m21.6 mi
Round HillN 356°172 m20.5 mi
Cooney HillNNW 347°170 m20.8 mi
Kennelwood HillNNW 342°156 m18.9 mi
Kykuit HillNNW 332°147 m22.1 mi
Beaver HillNNW 332°140 m20.3 mi
Conditions

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 solstice07:1615:4716:31

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, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Eastern Cottontail34 obs
  • Atlantic Horseshoe Crab33 obs
  • American Robin30 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly30 obs
  • Canada Goose22 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee21 obs
  • Norway maple18 obs
  • Porcelain Berry18 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/1084562699

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