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John P. Humes Japanese Stroll Garden

John P. Humes Japanese Stroll Garden from directly overhead

John P. Humes Japanese Stroll Garden is a garden in New York, at a modelled elevation of 23 m. Buttermilk Hill stands 211 m to the northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Hoyle C. Jones Overlook Trail, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 12 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
1986
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
North Shore Land Alliance
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates40.87429, -73.57466

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Gardens
  • Rose Garden: 0.1 mi
  • Reformed Church of Locust Valley Memorial Garden: 0.9 mi
  • Dwarf Conifer Garden: 1.0 mi
  • Carl F. Wedell Bird Sanctuary: 1.1 mi
  • Secret Wall Garden: 1.1 mi
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Bailey Arboretum: 1.1 mi
  • Thomas Park L-1: 1.3 mi
  • Gerard Beekman Memorial Park: 1.8 mi
  • Creek Beach: 1.8 mi
  • Townsend Park: 2.2 mi
Artworks
  • The West Portico: 1.1 mi
  • Circular Pool Cherub: 1.1 mi
  • The Outside In: 1.1 mi
  • Orpheus and Eurydice: 1.2 mi
  • Coach Meeting House Mural: 1.8 mi
Museums
Peaks
  • Mill Neck Peak: 1.5 mi
  • Harrison Williams Woods Peak: 2.4 mi
  • Sagamore Hill: 3.9 mi
  • Harbor Hill: 6.2 mi
  • Caumsett State Historic Park Preserve Peak: 7.0 mi
Beaches
Attractions
Picnic sites: 32
  • Upper Education Area: 3.5 mi
  • Lower Education Area: 3.5 mi
  • Picnic Area C: 6.5 mi
  • Picnic Area A & B: 6.5 mi
  • Reserved Picnic Site: 8.1 mi
Cliffs: 13
Lighthouses: 7
Rest areas: 4
  • Long Island Welcome Center: 14.4 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 17.7 mi
  • RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 17.7 mi
  • Vince Lombardi Service Area: 24.1 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • The Falls: 13.9 mi
  • Farms Falls: 17.4 mi
  • The Loch: 20.9 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.4 miles of John P. Humes Japanese Stroll Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Buttermilk HillNW 323°211 m20.4 mi
Reynolds HillNNW 328°180 m18.9 mi
Round HillNNW 342°172 m16.7 mi
Cooney HillNNW 332°170 m17.7 mi
Kennelwood HillNW 324°156 m16.4 mi
Kykuit HillNW 317°147 m20.5 mi
Beaver HillNW 315°140 m18.8 mi
Hackley HillNW 314°140 m19.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3019:07
June solstice05:2319:4920:30
September equinox06:4218:1718:53
December solstice07:1615:4616:30

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343643536271777569584840
Precip in3.73.04.43.83.13.84.03.94.14.03.44.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mineola, 10 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Eastern Skunk Cabbage241 obs
  • yellow trout lily120 obs
  • mountain laurel98 obs
  • American tuliptree97 obs
  • marsh marigold94 obs
  • green false hellebore90 obs
  • Sweet Pepperbush87 obs
  • winged euonymus75 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/977064572

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