Friendship Garden
Friendship Garden is a garden in New York, at a modelled elevation of 64 m. Rocky Hill stands 625 m to the east, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Hook & Ladder #4, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Mohawk Towpath Byway passes 10 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Delaware Community School and Lutheran Church of the Holy Spirit
How to reach it
- 10.1 mi off the Mohawk Towpath Byway, National
- 11.4 mi off the Lakes to Locks Passage, National
- 14.2 mi off the Revolutionary Trail
- 19.9 mi off the Route 20 Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Mohawk River view · 11 mi
- Lock 7 Dam · 12 mi
- Williamstown view · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Hook & Ladder #4: 0.1 mi
- First Plastic: 0.5 mi
- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial: 0.6 mi
- Albany Memorial Grove Flagpole: 0.8 mi
- The Mother’s War Memorial: 0.8 mi
- McKown Park: 0.2 mi
- McKown Park: 0.2 mi
- Hoffman Park: 0.4 mi
- Hoffman Park: 0.4 mi
- Lincoln Park: 0.6 mi
- Normanskill Preserve: 1.4 mi
- The Bio-Reserve: 1.6 mi
- Normanskill Preserve: 1.6 mi
- Normanskill Preserve: 1.8 mi
- MHLC: 2.0 mi
- Olcott Hill: 3.0 mi
- Rysedorph Hill: 3.2 mi
- Teller Hill: 3.3 mi
- Grandview Hill: 3.7 mi
- Hallenbeck Hill: 6.3 mi
- The Throop Museum: 0.7 mi
- New York State Museum: 0.9 mi
- Schuyler Mansion Museum: 1.0 mi
- International Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame: 1.3 mi
- Albany Institute of History and Art: 1.3 mi
- Corning Cascade Falls: 6.1 mi
- Lower Burden Falls: 6.1 mi
- Upper Burden Falls: 6.2 mi
- Horton Falls: 6.6 mi
- Lower Burden Falls: 6.7 mi
- Class of 1969 Medicinal Garden: 0.5 mi
- South End Butterfly Sanctuary: 0.7 mi
- Yolles Contemplation Garden: 1.0 mi
- People's Park: 1.1 mi
- West Hill Community Blueberry Orchard: 1.7 mi
- Untitled: 1.0 mi
- Labyrinth: 1.0 mi
- Triangles and Arches: 1.0 mi
- Verge: 1.1 mi
- Trio: 1.1 mi
- New York State Museum Carousel: 0.9 mi
- New York State Executive Mansion Tour: 0.9 mi
- Tulip Festival: 0.9 mi
- Empire State Plaza: 1.0 mi
- New York State Capitol Tour: 1.2 mi
- Crystal Cliff: 9.9 mi
- Cohoes Falls: 10.6 mi
- Helderberg Escarpment: 11.1 mi
- Helderberg Escarpment: 12.3 mi
- Leaning Tower: 12.4 mi
- Brunswick Vanderheyden Reservoir Park Beach: 11.1 mi
- Waterfront: 13.3 mi
- Thompsons Lake State Park Beach: 13.5 mi
- Collins Park Beach: 15.6 mi
- Lake Myosotis Swimming Area: 20.6 mi
- Rest Area I-87 (South Bound): 3.4 mi
- Rest Area I-90 (West Bound): 10.5 mi
- Clifton Park Rest Area: 16.2 mi
- Spring Avenue Spring: 7.3 mi
- Bathtub Spring: 10.9 mi
- Pond off Chair Factory Road: 24.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.5 miles of Friendship Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rocky Hill | E 88° | 625 m | 20.2 mi |
| North Hill | WSW 252° | 606 m | 21.5 mi |
| Unchachogue Creek | W 259° | 597 m | 21.1 mi |
| Perigo Hill | E 83° | 571 m | 16.0 mi |
| Buck Rock | E 92° | 562 m | 19.8 mi |
| The Gipfel | E 92° | 561 m | 15.6 mi |
| Filkins Hill | W 259° | 550 m | 15.7 mi |
| Johnson Hill | ESE 102° | 537 m | 16.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:30 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:18 | 19:54 | 20:37 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:17 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 07:23 | 15:39 | 16:25 |
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 | 24 | 27 | 36 | 48 | 60 | 68 | 73 | 71 | 64 | 51 | 41 | 30 |
| Precip in | 2.6 | 2.3 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 3.0 | 3.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Albany Intl AP, 7 mi away.
- ground-ivy121 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel76 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee59 obs
- American Robin56 obs
- garlic mustard55 obs
- chicory50 obs
- House Sparrow49 obs
- Mallard46 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/1327573606
Day trips start here
- Albany · 1 mi
- Rensselaer · 2 mi
- Watervliet · 7 mi
- Troy · 8 mi
- Cohoes · 10 mi
- Schenectady · 13 mi
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