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Hill Street Community Garden

Hill Street Community Garden from directly overhead

Hill Street Community Garden is a garden in New York, at a modelled elevation of 15 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the north-northwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Rev. Dr. Maggie Howard Playground, a park 0.1 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 17 miles off. 58 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates40.62141, -74.07931

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks
  • Eyes: 0.4 mi
  • Wingdale: 1.4 mi
  • Anchor: 2.0 mi
  • NEAKA: 2.0 mi
  • Icon II: 2.0 mi
Museums
Historic sites
Nature reserves
Gardens
Beaches
Attractions
Peaks: 58
  • Park Hill: 0.3 mi
  • Signal Hill: 0.4 mi
  • Fox Hills: 0.5 mi
  • Emerson Hill: 1.2 mi
  • Todt Hill: 2.4 mi
Picnic sites: 41
Cliffs: 13
Waterfalls: 10
  • Fallkill Falls: 6.3 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 6.5 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 6.5 mi
  • The Loch: 13.5 mi
  • Hemlock Falls: 14.1 mi
Lighthouses: 8
Rest areas: 5
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 14.4 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Hill Street Community Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High MountainNNW 346°268 m24.9 mi
Mount CecchinoNNW 345°230 m24.6 mi
Kinneys HillWNW 299°180 m24.5 mi
Stony HillNNW 327°179 m15.7 mi
Mayapple HillNW 314°175 m15.2 mi
Second Watchung MountainW 267°168 m24.7 mi
Kemble MountainWNW 298°166 m24.7 mi
Packanack MountainNNW 338°144 m23.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3219:09
June solstice05:2619:5020:31
September equinox06:4418:1918:55
December solstice07:1715:4916:33

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343643536272787670584839
Precip in3.53.04.43.84.04.44.83.93.94.03.24.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NY AVE V Brooklyn, 6 mi away.

  • Porcelain Berry292 obs
  • Wild Turkey111 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly106 obs
  • Mallard103 obs
  • common mugwort94 obs
  • American Robin85 obs
  • smooth cliffbrake84 obs
  • common ivy76 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1068841573

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