- Elevation, modelled
- 27 m
- Tallest summit within 20.4 miles
- High Mountain268 m · 18.3 mi
- Nearest byway
- Bronx River Parkway1.7 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:31local time
- Coordinates
- 40.8263, -73.9053
Franklin Memorial Garden is a garden in New York, at a modelled 27 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the west-northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is East 165th Street steps, a attraction 0.1 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 1.7 miles off.
- Built
- 1969
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.4 miles of Franklin Memorial Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Mountain | WNW 303° | 268 m | 18.3 mi |
| Beech Mountain | WNW 303° | 260 m | 19.4 mi |
| Mount Cecchino | WNW 302° | 230 m | 18.1 mi |
| Hook Mountain | N 358° | 214 m | 20.4 mi |
| Buttermilk Hill | NNE 14° | 211 m | 20.2 mi |
| Mount Nebo | N 356° | 208 m | 15.4 mi |
| Poacher Peak | WNW 302° | 185 m | 19.9 mi |
| Moon Hill | WNW 302° | 180 m | 19.6 mi |
- 1.7 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 3.6 mi off the Palisades Scenic BywayNational
- 18.8 mi off the Merritt ParkwayNational
Named places within 25 miles
Attractions
- East 165th Street steps: 0.1 mi
- Big Pun mural: 0.5 mi
- I Love the Bronx mural: 0.7 mi
- Joker Stairs: 1.2 mi
- Congo Gorilla Forest: 1.9 mi
Parks
- Franklin Triangle: 0.1 mi
- Charlton-Thompson Garden: 0.1 mi
- Estella Diggs Park: 0.2 mi
- Youth Village Playground: 0.2 mi
- Basil Behagen Playground: 0.2 mi
Gardens
- Genesis Community Garden: 0.2 mi
- El Coqui Liberation Community Garden: 0.4 mi
- La Isla Usa: 0.4 mi
- Jardin de La Roca: 0.5 mi
- Claremont Neighborhood Garden: 0.6 mi
Artworks
- Renaissance Youth Center: 0.3 mi
- Coral: 1.6 mi
- Lincoln Holding a Child: 1.9 mi
- Dream Machine Ⅱ: 2.0 mi
- Crack Is Wack: 2.0 mi
Museums
- Bronx Museum of the Arts: 0.8 mi
- Bronx Documentary Center: 0.9 mi
- The Yankees Museum: 1.1 mi
- Universal Hip Hop Museum: 1.3 mi
- Morris-Jumel Mansion: 1.8 mi
Peaks
- Janes Hill: 1.1 mi
- Mount Morris: 2.5 mi
- Manhattan High Point: 2.5 mi
- Long Hill: 3.0 mi
- Great Hill: 3.5 mi
Historic sites
- The Bat: 1.3 mi
- Macombs Dam Bridge: 1.5 mi
- Macombs Dam Bridge: 1.6 mi
- Macombs Dam Bridge: 1.6 mi
- Macombs Dam Bridge: 1.7 mi
Nature reserves
- Cabrini Woods Nature Sanctuary: 2.7 mi
- Pugsley Creek Park: 2.9 mi
- Hallett Nature Sanctuary: 5.5 mi
- Hackensack Meadowlands Conservation and Wildlife Area: 7.1 mi
- WNYC Transmitter Park: 7.3 mi
Beaches
- Dyckman Street Beach: 3.3 mi
- Hazard Beach: 3.4 mi
- Spuyten Duyvil Beach: 3.7 mi
- Hallet’s Cove: 4.2 mi
- Bloomer Beach: 4.3 mi
Picnic sites: 42
- Picnic Area on Marcus Garvey Pool Deck: 2.4 mi
- Street Seats: 5.7 mi
- Alpine picnic area: 8.4 mi
- The Backyard: 8.7 mi
- Excelsior Picnic Area: 9.0 mi
Cliffs: 19
- Coogan's Bluff: 1.8 mi
- Palisades: 4.6 mi
- Palisades: 4.9 mi
- Palisades: 7.2 mi
- The Palisades: 8.6 mi
Waterfalls: 11
- The Loch: 3.6 mi
- The Falls: 5.5 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 11.7 mi
- Binnen Falls: 11.8 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 11.9 mi
Lighthouses: 6
- Execution Rocks Light: 9.5 mi
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 9.5 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 9.6 mi
- Cold Spring Harbor Light: 21.4 mi
- Stamford Harbor Ledge Light: 22.9 mi
Rest areas: 2
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 6.5 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 14.3 mi
Springs: 1
- Tulip Springs: 20.8 mi
| 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 | 18:18 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:48 | 16:32 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 34 | 36 | 42 | 53 | 63 | 73 | 78 | 77 | 70 | 58 | 48 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.2 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bronx, 3 mi away.
- common mugwort457 obs
- Spotted Lanternfly267 obs
- tree-of-heaven235 obs
- red deadnettle199 obs
- Rock Pigeon145 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel125 obs
- House Sparrow118 obs
- American pokeweed111 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
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