- Elevation, modelled
- 0 m
- Tallest summit within 21.0 miles
- Buttermilk Hill211 m · 19.8 mi
- Nearest byway
- Bronx River Parkway3.1 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:31local time
- Coordinates
- 40.8240, -73.8129
Garden in the Park is a garden in New York, at a modelled 0 m. Buttermilk Hill stands 211 m to the north, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Bicentennial Veterans Memorial Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Bronx River Parkway passes 3.1 miles off.
- Operated by
- Edgewater Park
- Access
- Private
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.0 miles of Garden in the Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buttermilk Hill | N 0° | 211 m | 19.8 mi |
| Mount Nebo | NNW 339° | 208 m | 16.6 mi |
| Reynolds Hill | N 7° | 180 m | 19.6 mi |
| Round Hill | NNE 21° | 172 m | 20.6 mi |
| Cooney Hill | NNE 12° | 170 m | 19.6 mi |
| Kennelwood Hill | N 10° | 156 m | 17.1 mi |
| Kykuit Hill | N 355° | 147 m | 18.4 mi |
| Beaver Hill | N 357° | 140 m | 16.8 mi |
- 3.1 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 7.9 mi off the Palisades Scenic BywayNational
- 16.3 mi off the Merritt ParkwayNational
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Bicentennial Veterans Memorial Park: 0.0 mi
- Derosa-O'Boyle Triangle: 0.3 mi
- Locust Point Marina: 0.8 mi
- Green Grass: 0.8 mi
- Bruckner Playground: 0.8 mi
Artworks
- Shamrock: 0.4 mi
- Dolphin: 2.1 mi
- War Memorial: 2.7 mi
- Wilhelm Tell: 2.7 mi
- Mariner Monument: 2.9 mi
Gardens
- Strawberry Field: 1.1 mi
- Havemeyer Garden Association Community Garden: 1.7 mi
- Waterfront Community Garden: 2.2 mi
- Amphitrite Pool: 2.8 mi
- Neily's Garden: 2.9 mi
Museums
- Maritime National Museum: 1.7 mi
- American Merchant Marine Museum: 2.7 mi
- Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum: 3.3 mi
- Lewis Howard Latimer House Museum: 4.1 mi
- The Voelker Orth Museum: 4.1 mi
Historic sites
- Westchester Square: 2.0 mi
- Pelham Bay Park World War Memorial: 2.2 mi
- 5 Inch Deck Gun: 2.8 mi
- Glover's Rock: 2.9 mi
- Global Pandemics Touchstone: 2.9 mi
Nature reserves
- Pugsley Creek Park: 2.2 mi
- Virginia Point: 4.8 mi
- Half Moon Wetland Conservancy: 5.1 mi
- Titus Mill Pond State Tidal Wetlands: 5.6 mi
- Barbara Johnson Preserve: 6.1 mi
Attractions
- Jungle World: 3.6 mi
- Nature Trek: 3.7 mi
- Lions: 3.7 mi
- World of Darkness: 3.8 mi
- Dholes: 3.8 mi
Beaches
- Glen Island: 4.4 mi
- Parsons Beach: 4.7 mi
- PWEA Beach: 5.6 mi
- Manhasset Bay Estates Association Beach: 5.7 mi
- Leeds Pond Beach: 5.7 mi
Peaks
- Janes Hill: 5.2 mi
- Marble Hill: 6.3 mi
- Vault Hill: 6.6 mi
- Spuyten Duyvil Hill: 6.7 mi
- Queens High Point: 6.7 mi
Picnic sites: 40
- Picnic Area on Marcus Garvey Pool Deck: 6.9 mi
- Street Seats: 8.7 mi
- Alpine picnic area: 10.2 mi
- Excelsior Picnic Area: 10.6 mi
- Reserved Picnic Site: 12.2 mi
Cliffs: 19
- Coogan's Bluff: 6.6 mi
- Palisades: 8.2 mi
- Palisades: 9.4 mi
- The Palisades: 10.4 mi
- Palisades: 11.3 mi
Waterfalls: 9
- The Falls: 4.7 mi
- The Loch: 7.9 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 13.7 mi
- Binnen Falls: 13.8 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 14.0 mi
Lighthouses: 7
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 5.2 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 5.4 mi
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 13.2 mi
- Cold Spring Harbor Light: 16.8 mi
- Stamford Harbor Ledge Light: 19.3 mi
Rest areas: 2
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 11.4 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 19.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1
- Cuties Island: 21.5 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:31 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:25 | 19:50 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:18 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:47 | 16:31 |
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, 2 mi away.
- common mugwort2,294 obs
- groundsel tree133 obs
- common reed79 obs
- tree-of-heaven53 obs
- white snakeroot53 obs
- ribwort plantain51 obs
- common dandelion42 obs
- Saltmarsh Cordgrass42 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
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