Gil Hodges Community Garden
Gil Hodges Community Garden is a garden in New York, at a modelled elevation of 7 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the north-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Garden of Union, a garden 0.1 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 12 miles off. 56 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Built
- 1982
What to expect
How to reach it
- 11.8 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 12.3 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 29.7 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Garden of Union: 0.1 mi
- Annie's Garden: 0.1 mi
- GreenSpace on 4th Avenue Native Plant Garden: 0.1 mi
- Dolly's Park: 0.2 mi
- Lincoln-Berkeley Community Garden: 0.3 mi
- Green Space @ President Street: 0.2 mi
- Gowanus Waterfront Park: 0.3 mi
- Thomas Greene Playground: 0.3 mi
- Park Slope Playground: 0.3 mi
- Nicholas Naquan Heyward Jr. Park: 0.6 mi
- Old Stone House: 0.2 mi
- The Biggie Experience: 0.7 mi
- Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts: 0.8 mi
- Lesbian Herstory Archives: 1.0 mi
- New York Transit Museum: 1.0 mi
- Sarah Schick: 0.5 mi
- Louis Valentino Jr.: 0.7 mi
- Dr. Alexander J.C. Skene: 0.8 mi
- General G. K. Warren: 0.8 mi
- John F. Kennedy Memorial: 0.8 mi
- Rose: 0.7 mi
- Panther: 0.8 mi
- Panther: 0.8 mi
- Monuments to Motherhood: 0.9 mi
- General Edward Fowler: 0.9 mi
- Mosaic House: 0.7 mi
- Hall of Animals: 1.2 mi
- Hamadryas Baboon: 1.3 mi
- Animal Lifestyles: 1.3 mi
- Sea Lion Pool: 1.3 mi
- Pier 4 Beach: 1.6 mi
- Beach/Kayak launch ramp: 1.8 mi
- Pebble Beach: 2.0 mi
- Caven Point Beach: 4.5 mi
- Newport Sand Beach: 4.5 mi
- Bird Island: 1.6 mi
- WNYC Transmitter Park: 3.9 mi
- Audubon Park: 5.8 mi
- Jones Woods Park: 6.2 mi
- Hallett Nature Sanctuary: 6.3 mi
- Sullivan Hill: 1.1 mi
- Quaker Hill: 1.3 mi
- Battle Hill: 1.4 mi
- Lookout Hill: 1.5 mi
- Willink Hill: 1.5 mi
- Pier 5 Uplands Seating Area: 1.5 mi
- Picnic Peninsula: 1.5 mi
- Pier 3 Greenway Terrace: 1.7 mi
- Freedom Field: 4.1 mi
- Street Seats: 5.4 mi
- Palisades: 5.6 mi
- Palisades: 6.7 mi
- Palisades: 9.2 mi
- Coogan's Bluff: 11.1 mi
- Palisades: 15.0 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 1.2 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 1.2 mi
- Binnen Falls: 1.4 mi
- The Loch: 8.3 mi
- The Falls: 16.5 mi
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 4.2 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 14.9 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 14.9 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 18.7 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 19.0 mi
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 10.5 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 15.2 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 16.8 mi
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 16.8 mi
- Barber: 17.5 mi
- Feltville Historic District: 21.1 mi
- Tulip Springs: 17.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Gil Hodges Community Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Mountain | NNW 331° | 268 m | 23.2 mi |
| Beech Mountain | NNW 330° | 260 m | 24.2 mi |
| Mount Cecchino | NNW 331° | 230 m | 22.9 mi |
| Poacher Peak | NNW 329° | 185 m | 24.5 mi |
| Moon Hill | NNW 329° | 180 m | 24.2 mi |
| Stony Hill | NW 305° | 179 m | 16.5 mi |
| Mayapple Hill | WNW 293° | 175 m | 17.2 mi |
| Packanack Mountain | NW 323° | 144 m | 22.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:32 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:26 | 19:50 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:19 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:49 | 16:32 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 34 | 36 | 43 | 53 | 62 | 72 | 78 | 76 | 70 | 58 | 48 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.0 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 3.2 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NY AVE V Brooklyn, 6 mi away.
- American Robin2,170 obs
- Pond Slider1,737 obs
- Red-tailed Hawk1,640 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel1,574 obs
- Northern Cardinal1,422 obs
- House Sparrow1,414 obs
- Spotted Lanternfly1,345 obs
- Mallard1,338 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.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/315400541
Day trips start here
- Brooklyn/Downtown · 1 mi
- Brooklyn/Bedford-Stuyvesant and Flatbush · 3 mi
- Brooklyn/Williamsburg · 3 mi
- Downstate New York · 3 mi
- Manhattan/Chinatown · 3 mi
- Manhattan/Financial District · 3 mi
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