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Ithaca Children's Garden

Ithaca Children's Garden from directly overhead

Ithaca Children's Garden is a garden in New York, at a modelled elevation of 117 m. Connecticut Hill stands 638 m to the west-southwest, 8.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Brindley Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Cayuga Lake Scenic Byway runs past it.

What to expect

Operated by
Ithaca Children's Garden
Access
Yes
Fee
No

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates42.44654, -76.51418

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Brindley Park: 0.4 mi
  • Cass Park: 0.4 mi
  • Conway Park: 0.4 mi
  • Washington Park: 0.5 mi
  • Washington Park: 0.5 mi
Peaks
Nature reserves: 36
Waterfalls: 23
  • Ithaca Falls: 1.2 mi
  • Horseshoe Falls: 1.5 mi
  • Rocky Falls: 1.6 mi
  • Triphammer Falls: 1.8 mi
  • Buttermilk Falls: 2.1 mi
Attractions: 17
  • The Overlook At West Hill (housing for the elderly): 1.9 mi
  • Turn here for fresh eggs farm stand: 3.3 mi
  • Stick And Stone Farm and CSA: 4.2 mi
  • Rt 96 Self Storage: 4.8 mi
  • Incodema: 5.6 mi
Museums: 16
Gardens: 12
Historic sites: 6
Cliffs: 4
Artworks: 1
  • Black Lives Matter: 0.7 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Der deutsche Strand: 2.9 mi
Springs: 1
  • Tamarack Spring: 10.1 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.9 miles of Ithaca Children's Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Connecticut HillWSW 242°638 m8.9 mi
Greek PeakE 79°637 m18.9 mi
South HillENE 78°635 m18.8 mi
Star Stanton HillE 90°612 m11.6 mi
Irish HillSSW 211°599 m14.0 mi
Hammond HillE 94°598 m11.2 mi
Doll HillSW 223°596 m9.8 mi
Buck HillWSW 249°594 m9.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1018:4119:18
June solstice05:3020:0520:47
September equinox06:5418:2819:05
December solstice07:3315:5116:37

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232431445665696760493929
Precip in2.22.02.83.43.24.03.93.83.83.72.92.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ithaca Cornell Univ, 3 mi away.

  • American Robin462 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel400 obs
  • Mallard359 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle345 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee293 obs
  • Groundhog292 obs
  • White-tailed Deer286 obs
  • Canada Goose274 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/695525637

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