Skip to content
Byway
Garden · New York

John the Baptist Community Center Inc.

John the Baptist Community Center Inc. from directly overhead

John the Baptist Community Center Inc. is a garden in New York, at a modelled elevation of 21 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Beattie Triangle, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Bronx River Parkway passes 9.4 miles off. 56 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Built
1982
Visiting

What to expect

Step-free access
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates40.69639, -73.93504
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Gardens
Historic sites
Artworks
Museums
Attractions
Nature reserves
Beaches
  • Pebble Beach: 3.0 mi
  • Pier 4 Beach: 3.4 mi
  • Beach/Kayak launch ramp: 4.5 mi
  • Gansevoort Peninsula Sand Bluff: 5.0 mi
  • Hallet’s Cove: 5.1 mi
Peaks: 56
  • Laurel Hill: 2.4 mi
  • Sullivan Hill: 2.8 mi
  • Willink Hill: 2.8 mi
  • Breeze Hill: 3.1 mi
  • Maspeth Plateau: 3.1 mi
Picnic sites: 42
Cliffs: 14
  • Palisades: 6.5 mi
  • Palisades: 6.8 mi
  • Palisades: 8.3 mi
  • Coogan's Bluff: 9.4 mi
  • Palisades: 13.5 mi
Waterfalls: 11
  • Ambergill Falls: 2.9 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 2.9 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 3.1 mi
  • The Loch: 6.9 mi
  • The Falls: 14.2 mi
Lighthouses: 9
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 19.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High MountainNW 324°268 m23.4 mi
Beech MountainNW 323°260 m24.5 mi
Mount CecchinoNW 323°230 m23.2 mi
Mount NeboN 1°208 m24.4 mi
Poacher PeakNW 322°185 m24.8 mi
Moon HillNW 322°180 m24.5 mi
Stony HillWNW 296°179 m18.0 mi
Mayapple HillWNW 286°175 m19.2 mi
Conditions

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 solstice07:1715:4816:32

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343643546372787669584839
Precip in3.63.24.34.14.04.54.64.64.34.43.64.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NY City Cntrl Park, 6 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Spotted Lanternfly586 obs
  • tree-of-heaven458 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee409 obs
  • common mugwort361 obs
  • Rock Pigeon340 obs
  • princess tree335 obs
  • Brown-belted Bumble Bee263 obs
  • Mourning Dove261 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.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/256057420

More gardens in New York

Day trips start here

Drive to it

Byway plans a real route around stops like this one.

Plan a driveMore gardens
Private beta · Free to join

Take the scenic way to John the Baptist Community Center Inc..

Byway plans around your taste, verified places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.

Private beta · Free to join · No card · Invite when a spot opens