- Elevation, modelled
- 3 m
- Tallest summit within 24.4 miles
- High Mountain268 m · 24.4 mi
- Nearest byway
- Bronx River Parkway5.8 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:31local time
- Coordinates
- 40.7438, -73.8404
Garden of Meditation is a garden in New York, at a modelled 3 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Column of Jerash, a artwork 0.2 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 5.8 miles off.
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.4 miles of Garden of Meditation. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Mountain | NW 310° | 268 m | 24.4 mi |
| Mount Cecchino | NW 309° | 230 m | 24.2 mi |
| Mount Nebo | NNW 348° | 208 m | 21.6 mi |
| Stony Hill | WNW 283° | 179 m | 21.6 mi |
| Mayapple Hill | W 275° | 175 m | 23.5 mi |
| Kennelwood Hill | N 11° | 156 m | 22.8 mi |
| Kykuit Hill | N 359° | 147 m | 23.9 mi |
| Beaver Hill | N 2° | 140 m | 22.4 mi |
- 5.8 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 10.0 mi off the Palisades Scenic BywayNational
- 22.0 mi off the Merritt ParkwayNational
Named places within 25 miles
Artworks
- Column of Jerash: 0.2 mi
- Rocket Thrower: 0.3 mi
- Unisphere: 0.3 mi
- George Washington as Master Mason: 0.4 mi
- Freedom of the Human Spirit: 0.4 mi
Historic sites
- Observation Towers: 0.2 mi
- Unisphere: 0.3 mi
- Unisphere: 0.3 mi
- Unisphere: 0.3 mi
- Unisphere: 0.3 mi
Attractions
- Westinghouse Time Capsules: 0.3 mi
- Pudu: 0.4 mi
- Sea Lion Store & Cafe: 0.4 mi
- Chacoan Peccary: 0.4 mi
- Thick-billed Parrot: 0.4 mi
Museums
- Queens Museum: 0.4 mi
- New York Hall of Science: 0.6 mi
- Louis Armstrong House Museum: 1.3 mi
- Godwin-Ternbach Museum: 1.3 mi
- John Bowne House: 1.5 mi
Gardens
- America-Israel Friendship Grove: 0.4 mi
- Arthur Ashe Sculpture Garden: 0.5 mi
- Althea Gibson Sculpture Garden: 0.5 mi
- Queens Botanical Garden: 0.7 mi
- Children's Garden: 0.8 mi
Parks
- Turtle Playground: 0.7 mi
- Greenstreets: 0.7 mi
- Corona Golf Playground: 0.8 mi
- William F Moore Park: 0.8 mi
- Flushing Creek Waterfront Park: 0.9 mi
Peaks
- Maspeth Plateau: 3.2 mi
- Laurel Hill: 4.4 mi
- Janes Hill: 6.0 mi
- Queens High Point: 6.4 mi
- Mount Morris: 6.8 mi
Nature reserves
- Pugsley Creek Park: 4.9 mi
- Virginia Point: 5.6 mi
- Spring Creek Park: 6.3 mi
- WNYC Transmitter Park: 6.4 mi
- Harbor Hill Preserve: 7.2 mi
Beaches
- Parsons Beach: 4.9 mi
- Hallet’s Cove: 5.3 mi
- Canarsie Beach: 8.3 mi
- Pebble Beach: 8.3 mi
- Leeds Pond Beach: 8.8 mi
Picnic sites: 41
- Street Seats: 5.7 mi
- Picnic Area on Marcus Garvey Pool Deck: 6.8 mi
- Picnic Area D: 8.6 mi
- Picnic Area C: 8.6 mi
- Picnic Area F: 8.7 mi
Cliffs: 19
- Coogan's Bluff: 8.0 mi
- Palisades: 9.1 mi
- Palisades: 9.6 mi
- Palisades: 10.6 mi
- Palisades: 11.5 mi
Waterfalls: 9
- The Loch: 7.2 mi
- Binnen Falls: 8.7 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 8.7 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 8.9 mi
- The Falls: 10.0 mi
Lighthouses: 8
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 10.0 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 10.2 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 10.7 mi
- Cold Spring Harbor Light: 20.6 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 21.3 mi
Rest areas: 2
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 11.4 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 18.9 mi
Springs: 1
- Tulip Springs: 23.6 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:31 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:25 | 19:49 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:18 | 18:54 |
| 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 | 43 | 54 | 64 | 73 | 79 | 78 | 71 | 60 | 49 | 40 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.9 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 3.2 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Laguardia AP, 3 mi away.
- Eastern Gray Squirrel383 obs
- Spotted Lanternfly378 obs
- tree-of-heaven348 obs
- Rock Pigeon340 obs
- American Robin313 obs
- common mugwort300 obs
- Red-winged Blackbird261 obs
- Mallard251 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
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