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Hollenback Community Garden

Hollenback Community Garden from directly overhead

Hollenback Community Garden is a garden in New York, at a modelled elevation of 24 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the north-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Greene Playground, a park 0.1 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 11 miles off. 56 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Built
1979

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates40.68517, -73.96554

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Gardens
Historic sites
Artworks
Museums
Attractions
Beaches
Nature reserves
Peaks: 56
Picnic sites: 41
Cliffs: 14
  • Palisades: 5.7 mi
  • Palisades: 6.5 mi
  • Palisades: 8.7 mi
  • Coogan's Bluff: 10.3 mi
  • Palisades: 14.3 mi
Waterfalls: 11
  • Ambergill Falls: 1.5 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 1.6 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 1.7 mi
  • The Loch: 7.6 mi
  • The Falls: 15.5 mi
Lighthouses: 9
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 17.7 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High MountainNNW 328°268 m23.2 mi
Beech MountainNNW 327°260 m24.2 mi
Mount CecchinoNNW 328°230 m22.9 mi
Poacher PeakNW 326°185 m24.5 mi
Moon HillNNW 326°180 m24.2 mi
Stony HillWNW 301°179 m17.0 mi
Mayapple HillWNW 290°175 m18.0 mi
Packanack MountainNW 320°144 m22.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3219:08
June solstice05:2619:5020:31
September equinox06:4418:1918:55
December solstice07:1715:4916:32

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.

  • American Robin1,519 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel1,134 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly1,060 obs
  • House Sparrow1,055 obs
  • Northern Cardinal1,034 obs
  • Pond Slider988 obs
  • Mourning Dove881 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee866 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 site

OpenStreetMap element way/314362088

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