Merestead Formal Garden
Merestead Formal Garden is a garden in New York, at a modelled elevation of 162 m. Turkey Mountain stands 253 m to the northwest, 6.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Merestead County Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 6.3 miles off.
What to expect
- Access
- Permitted
How to reach it
- 6.3 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
- 8.0 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 16.0 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Grumman ave/ Merritt pkwy bridge · 16 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Merestead County Park: 0.1 mi
- Merestead County Park: 0.2 mi
- Marsh Sanctuary Connector: 1.0 mi
- Leonard Park: 1.3 mi
- Clock Park: 2.5 mi
- Arthur W Butler Memorial Sanctuary: 0.7 mi
- Burden Preserve: 1.2 mi
- Haas Sanctuary: 1.3 mi
- Marsh Sanctuary East Parcel: 1.3 mi
- Eugene and Agnes Meyer Nature Preserve: 1.4 mi
- Meyer Estate House Ruins: 1.2 mi
- Foundation of former fire tower: 1.3 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 2.3 mi
- Memorial to Korean War veterans from Chappaqua: 3.9 mi
- NRHP Plaque: 4.2 mi
- Guard Hill: 1.9 mi
- Ray Hill: 3.3 mi
- McKesson Hill: 3.4 mi
- Chappaqua Hill: 3.4 mi
- Crow Hill: 4.0 mi
- Prayer Garden: 3.3 mi
- Call to Worship Garden: 3.3 mi
- Founders Garden: 3.3 mi
- Potting Garden: 5.6 mi
- Formal Garden: 5.6 mi
- Katonah Museum of Art: 6.1 mi
- Trailside Nature Museum: 8.1 mi
- Old Croton Aqueduct Sing Sing Kill Weir Chamber: 8.4 mi
- Sing Sing Prison Museum: 8.4 mi
- Neuberger Musuem of Art: 9.0 mi
- Castle Rock: 7.1 mi
- Indian Rock Shelter: 7.9 mi
- Raven's Rock: 8.1 mi
- Old Raven Rocks: 8.2 mi
- Scenic Overlook: 17.1 mi
- Annunaki: 8.4 mi
- River Arch: 8.8 mi
- Pollinator Pathway Mural: 10.8 mi
- Current: 11.3 mi
- Converging Vistas: 11.4 mi
- Harbor Point Beach: 12.7 mi
- Fords Beach: 13.1 mi
- Hawthorne Beach: 13.3 mi
- Mamanasco Beach: 13.3 mi
- Uncas Point Beach: 13.4 mi
- Bedford Village Historic District: 3.6 mi
- Van Cortlandt Manor: 9.0 mi
- Headless Horseman Bridge Sign: 10.2 mi
- Headless Horseman Statue: 10.2 mi
- Philipsburg Manor: 10.3 mi
- Farms Falls: 5.9 mi
- Cascade: 14.1 mi
- Sheep Falls: 14.1 mi
- Cascade: 16.3 mi
- Saugatuck Falls: 17.7 mi
- Pell Hill: 8.2 mi
- Bergfield Picnic Site: 8.3 mi
- The Meadow: 9.0 mi
- Reserved Picnic Site: 14.8 mi
- Excelsior Picnic Area: 18.8 mi
- Stamford Harbor Ledge Light: 14.1 mi
- Stamford Harbor Ledge Light: 14.1 mi
- Peck Ledge Light: 18.7 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 20.8 mi
- Cold Spring Harbor Light: 21.3 mi
- RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 12.3 mi
- RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 12.4 mi
- Danbury Rest Area: 17.4 mi
- Cuties Island: 14.1 mi
- Doodletown: 17.6 mi
- Dicktown: 20.9 mi
- The Silver Spring: 11.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.9 miles of Merestead Formal Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey Mountain | NW 315° | 253 m | 6.9 mi |
| Dickerson Mountain | WNW 304° | 237 m | 10.1 mi |
| French Hill | NW 323° | 236 m | 7.8 mi |
| Mount Aspetong | NE 42° | 229 m | 4.6 mi |
| Guard Hill | N 5° | 226 m | 1.9 mi |
| Fox Hill | NE 49° | 223 m | 7.8 mi |
| Round Top | N 1° | 222 m | 10.9 mi |
| Cat Hill | NW 326° | 221 m | 6.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:31 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:23 | 19:50 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:18 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 15:45 | 16:30 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 26 | 28 | 36 | 48 | 58 | 67 | 72 | 70 | 63 | 52 | 41 | 32 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.1 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 5.0 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.2 | 4.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Yorktown HTS 1W, 8 mi away.
- Hollow-spotted Blepharomastix Moth76 obs
- Lesser Maple Spanworm Moth66 obs
- Confused Eusarca Moth65 obs
- red trillium62 obs
- American wintergreen59 obs
- Eastern Skunk Cabbage57 obs
- Green Cloverworm Moth52 obs
- Christmas fern49 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.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/479624770
Day trips start here
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- Purchase · 9 mi
- Croton-on-Hudson · 10 mi
- Elmsford · 10 mi
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