Inspiration Garden
Inspiration Garden is a garden in New York, at a modelled elevation of 189 m. South Hill stands 540 m to the south-southeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Sycamore & Beckwith Monument, a park 0.3 miles away. Great Lakes Seaway Trail passes 1.4 miles off. 12 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
- Fee
- No
How to reach it
- 1.4 mi off the Great Lakes Seaway Trail, National
- 9.1 mi off the Western New York Southtowns Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Buffalo City Hall Observation Deck · 1 mi
- Duck Blind · 2 mi
- Bridge overlook · 2 mi
- North Viewing Blind · 3 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Sycamore & Beckwith Monument: 0.3 mi
- Rev. James Eckridge Park: 0.3 mi
- Wende Park: 0.5 mi
- Willert Park: 0.6 mi
- Masten Park: 0.6 mi
- Walk Through: 0.6 mi
- Traits points taches gribouillage: 0.8 mi
- Optichromie-BUF: 0.9 mi
- Noodle in the Northern Lights: 0.9 mi
- Tell Everone About Buffalo: 1.0 mi
- Firefighter Jason Arno (BFD) LODD March 1, 2023: 0.9 mi
- Oldest tree in Buffalo: 1.0 mi
- Mary B. Talbert House: 1.0 mi
- Martin Luther King Jr.: 1.0 mi
- Michigan Street Baptist Church: 1.0 mi
- Kleinhans Music Hall: 1.5 mi
- PTF-17: 1.9 mi
- USS The Sullivans: 1.9 mi
- USS Grenadier (SS210): 1.9 mi
- Spirit of Buffalo: 1.9 mi
- Nash House Museum: 1.0 mi
- Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural National Historic Site: 1.0 mi
- North Hall - The Karpeles Manuscript Library Museum: 1.2 mi
- Buffalo Transportation Pierce Arrow Museum: 1.4 mi
- Buffalo Harbor Museum: 1.6 mi
- Times Beach Nature Preserve: 2.2 mi
- Tifft Nature Preserve: 3.5 mi
- Strawberry Island: 5.4 mi
- Motor Island Wildlife Management Area: 6.3 mi
- Reinstein Woods Nature Preserve And Environmental Education Center: 6.9 mi
- Glen Falls: 7.3 mi
- Mattulke Falls: 12.7 mi
- Eternal Flame Falls: 14.4 mi
- Horseshoe Falls: 16.7 mi
- Horseshoe Falls: 16.8 mi
- Onondaga Escarpment: 10.0 mi
- Onondaga Escarpment: 11.5 mi
- Onondaga Escarpment: 12.4 mi
- Onondaga Escarpment: 12.9 mi
- old gravel pit: 13.2 mi
- Broadway Community Garden: 0.6 mi
- Walled Garden: 0.9 mi
- Urban Roots: 1.9 mi
- Trial Gardens: 2.1 mi
- Greenwood Garden: 2.5 mi
- Emerald Beach: 2.0 mi
- Gallagher Beach: 3.8 mi
- Beaver Island Beach: 6.5 mi
- Wendt Beach: 18.2 mi
- Bennett Beach: 19.5 mi
- Lighthouse Point Park: 2.2 mi
- Buffalo Main Light: 2.2 mi
- Buffalo North breakwater East end Light: 2.2 mi
- Buffalo Harbor South Entrance Light: 4.4 mi
- Fog Signal Building: 4.4 mi
- Amanda's Place Pavilion: 5.2 mi
- Pavilion #2: 8.5 mi
- Eco Island: 11.2 mi
- Locust Grove Picnic Area: 20.5 mi
- Eden Text Stop: 15.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Inspiration Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Hill | SSE 155° | 540 m | 23.3 mi |
| Townsend Hill | SSE 163° | 533 m | 23.8 mi |
| East Hill | SSE 156° | 509 m | 18.3 mi |
| Crow Hill | SE 130° | 500 m | 24.6 mi |
| Vermont Hill | SE 134° | 488 m | 23.1 mi |
| East Boston Hill | SSE 157° | 486 m | 17.8 mi |
| Blanchard Hill | SSE 151° | 481 m | 20.3 mi |
| Rice Hill | SSE 167° | 466 m | 19.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:20 | 18:50 | 19:28 |
| June solstice | 05:37 | 20:15 | 20:58 |
| September equinox | 07:03 | 18:37 | 19:15 |
| December solstice | 07:44 | 15:59 | 16:45 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 26 | 26 | 34 | 46 | 58 | 67 | 72 | 70 | 63 | 52 | 41 | 31 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 2.5 | 2.9 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Buffalo, 7 mi away.
- Eastern Gray Squirrel57 obs
- Northern Cardinal36 obs
- Black-capped Chickadee33 obs
- American Robin30 obs
- Eastern Cottontail27 obs
- bittersweet nightshade25 obs
- Monarch24 obs
- Asian Lady Beetle23 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.
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