Garden · New York
La Plaza Cultural
La Plaza Cultural is a garden in New York, at a modelled elevation of 3 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Casita Garden, a garden less than a tenth of a mile away. Bronx River Parkway passes 8.8 miles off.
What the record says
- Built
- 1976
What to expect
- Operated by
- New York City Department of Parks and Recreation
How to reach it
Coordinates40.72532, -73.97854
- 8.8 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 8.9 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 26.7 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
Gardens
- Casita Garden: 0.0 mi
- Earth People Garden: 0.0 mi
- Ninth Street Community Garden: 0.1 mi
- De Colores Community Yard & Cultural Center: 0.1 mi
- Lower East Side Ecology Center Garden: 0.1 mi
Museums
- Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space: 0.0 mi
- The Brant Foundation Art Study Center: 0.3 mi
- The Ukrainian Museum: 0.6 mi
- Merchant's House Museum: 0.7 mi
- International Center of Photography: 0.7 mi
Parks
- Dry Dock Playground: 0.2 mi
- Tompkins Square Park: 0.2 mi
- Joseph C. Sauer Park: 0.2 mi
- Yu Suen Garden: 0.2 mi
- Orchard Alley: 0.3 mi
Historic sites
- Slocum Disaster Memorial: 0.2 mi
- Samuel Sullivan Cox: 0.2 mi
- Milan R. Stefanik: 0.2 mi
- Peter Stuyvesant: 0.6 mi
- Daniel D. Tompkins: 0.6 mi
Attractions
- Couv Led Zepp 5e album: 0.4 mi
- Anarchy 99: 0.4 mi
- Jump into the Light VR Arcade: 0.6 mi
- Zohramp: 0.6 mi
- Liz Christy Garden: 0.7 mi
Artworks
- Michael Jackson Mural: 0.4 mi
- Vladimir Lenin: 0.5 mi
- Stop Guns: 0.6 mi
- Penn Station Eagle: 0.6 mi
- Peter Cooper Statue: 0.7 mi
Nature reserves
- WNYC Transmitter Park: 1.0 mi
- Bird Island: 2.3 mi
- Hallett Nature Sanctuary: 2.8 mi
- Audubon Park: 5.8 mi
- Riverbend Wetlands Preserve: 6.1 mi
Beaches
- Pebble Beach: 1.6 mi
- Gansevoort Peninsula Sand Bluff: 2.0 mi
- Pier 4 Beach: 2.3 mi
- Newport Sand Beach: 2.8 mi
- Maxwell Place Beach: 2.8 mi
Peaks
- Laurel Hill: 2.9 mi
- Kings Bluff: 3.5 mi
- Grassy Hill: 3.5 mi
- Slide Hill: 3.6 mi
- Outlook Hill: 3.6 mi
Picnic sites: 41
- Pier 3 Greenway Terrace: 2.2 mi
- Street Seats: 2.3 mi
- Pier 5 Uplands Seating Area: 2.4 mi
- Picnic Peninsula: 2.4 mi
- Freedom Field: 4.6 mi
Cliffs: 14
- Palisades: 3.6 mi
- Palisades: 3.8 mi
- Palisades: 5.8 mi
- Coogan's Bluff: 7.7 mi
- Palisades: 11.6 mi
Waterfalls: 11
- Ambergill Falls: 4.2 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 4.4 mi
- Binnen Falls: 4.4 mi
- The Loch: 4.9 mi
- The Falls: 13.4 mi
Lighthouses: 9
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 2.7 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 16.2 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 16.4 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 18.3 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 18.3 mi
Rest areas: 4
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 7.3 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 13.1 mi
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 18.9 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 18.9 mi
Ghost towns: 2
- Barber: 19.9 mi
- Feltville Historic District: 21.6 mi
Springs: 1
- Tulip Springs: 16.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.9 miles of La Plaza Cultural. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Mountain | NW 326° | 268 m | 20.5 mi |
| Beech Mountain | NW 325° | 260 m | 21.5 mi |
| Mount Cecchino | NW 325° | 230 m | 20.2 mi |
| Mount Nebo | N 7° | 208 m | 22.5 mi |
| Poacher Peak | NW 323° | 185 m | 21.9 mi |
| Moon Hill | NW 324° | 180 m | 21.6 mi |
| Stony Hill | WNW 293° | 179 m | 15.1 mi |
| Mayapple Hill | WNW 282° | 175 m | 16.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:32 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:26 | 19:50 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:19 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:48 | 16:32 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 34 | 36 | 43 | 54 | 63 | 72 | 78 | 76 | 69 | 58 | 48 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.2 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 3.6 | 4.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NY City Cntrl Park, 4 mi away.
- Rock Pigeon3,676 obs
- House Sparrow1,742 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel1,567 obs
- Spotted Lanternfly1,271 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee1,057 obs
- European Starling1,032 obs
- Monarch938 obs
- Western Honey Bee918 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.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/237586858
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