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Leslie's Garden

Leslie's Garden from directly overhead

Leslie's Garden is a garden in New York, at a modelled elevation of 7 m. Berlin Mountain stands 853 m to the east, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is 11th Ward WWII Memorial, a park 0.1 miles away. Mohawk Towpath Byway passes 3.6 miles off.

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What to expect

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Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.72297, -73.69304

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • 11th Ward WWII Memorial: 0.1 mi
  • Washington Park: 0.1 mi
  • Market Square: 0.2 mi
  • Osgood Tot Lot: 0.2 mi
  • Liberty Square: 0.2 mi
Historic sites
Nature reserves
Peaks
Museums: 53
Gardens: 36
  • Gretchen's Garden: 0.3 mi
  • Troy Rocks: 0.3 mi
  • Avery's Garden: 0.4 mi
  • Wildflowers: 0.4 mi
  • Brinton and Avery's Place: 0.4 mi
Waterfalls: 35
  • Poesten Kill Falls: 0.8 mi
  • Poesten Kill Falls: 0.8 mi
  • Smart's Cascade: 1.2 mi
  • Upper Burden Falls: 1.2 mi
  • Lower Burden Falls: 1.3 mi
Artworks: 34
Attractions: 31
  • United Methodist Church bell: 0.7 mi
  • Saint Brigid's Bell: 1.4 mi
  • John Van Buren Grave: 2.0 mi
  • William Learned Marcy Grave: 2.0 mi
  • Stanford Mausoleum: 2.2 mi
Springs: 13
  • Spring Avenue Spring: 0.9 mi
  • Bathtub Spring: 17.6 mi
  • Karista Spring: 23.3 mi
  • Tallulah Spring: 23.3 mi
  • Polaris: 23.3 mi
Cliffs: 12
Beaches: 5
Rest areas: 3
  • Rest Area I-87 (South Bound): 10.1 mi
  • Clifton Park Rest Area: 11.4 mi
  • Rest Area I-90 (West Bound): 15.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.0 miles of Leslie's Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Berlin MountainE 96°853 m20.8 mi
Misery MountainESE 111°793 m20.4 mi
Mount RaimerE 91°784 m20.8 mi
Bald MountainE 82°757 m21.0 mi
Misery MountainESE 111°662 m20.8 mi
Rocky HillESE 107°625 m16.6 mi
Perigo HillESE 108°571 m12.2 mi
Buck RockESE 112°562 m16.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3019:07
June solstice05:1719:5420:37
September equinox06:4318:1718:54
December solstice07:2315:3916:25

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262836496170757366534232
Precip in2.62.42.93.13.84.64.63.93.84.22.83.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Troy L&D, 2 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • tree-of-heaven117 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel88 obs
  • Japanese creeper85 obs
  • white snakeroot81 obs
  • White-tailed Deer76 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee74 obs
  • House Sparrow50 obs
  • Eastern Carpenter Bee50 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/1125512066

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