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Neily's Garden

Neily's Garden from directly overhead

Neily's Garden is a garden in New York, at a modelled elevation of 17 m. Buttermilk Hill stands 211 m to the north, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Amphitrite Pool, a garden 0.2 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 5.9 miles off.

Nelly's formal garden survived the construction of Patten Hospital and is still in use today.

How to reach it

Coordinates40.80984, -73.76168

Named places within 25 miles

Gardens
Historic sites
Artworks
Museums
Parks
  • Stepping Stone Park and Marina: 0.6 mi
  • Steppingstone Park: 0.6 mi
  • Kings Point Park: 0.7 mi
  • Parkwood Pool and Sports Complex: 0.9 mi
  • Saddle Rock Village Park: 1.0 mi
Nature reserves
Beaches
  • Parsons Beach: 2.6 mi
  • Leeds Pond Beach: 3.0 mi
  • PWEA Beach: 3.1 mi
  • Manhasset Bay Estates Association Beach: 3.1 mi
  • Baxter Estates Village Beach: 3.7 mi
Peaks
  • Queens High Point: 4.2 mi
  • Harbor Hill: 6.4 mi
  • Janes Hill: 7.8 mi
  • Maspeth Plateau: 9.0 mi
  • Marble Hill: 9.0 mi
Attractions
  • Cherry Circle & Four Season Border: 5.3 mi
  • Circle Garden: 5.3 mi
  • Pinetum: 5.3 mi
  • Oak Allée: 5.3 mi
  • Wetland & Woodland Garden: 5.3 mi
Picnic sites: 40
Cliffs: 19
Waterfalls: 8
  • The Falls: 6.8 mi
  • The Loch: 10.4 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 14.8 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 14.8 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 15.0 mi
Lighthouses: 7
Rest areas: 3
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.5 miles of Neily's Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Buttermilk HillN 353°211 m20.9 mi
Mount NeboNNW 333°208 m18.6 mi
Reynolds HillN 359°180 m20.4 mi
Round HillNNE 13°172 m20.8 mi
Cooney HillN 4°170 m20.2 mi
Kennelwood HillN 1°156 m17.8 mi
Kykuit HillNNW 347°147 m19.8 mi
Beaver HillN 349°140 m18.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3119:07
June solstice05:2419:4920:31
September equinox06:4318:1818:54
December solstice07:1715:4716:31

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343642536373787770584839
Precip in3.73.24.43.94.14.64.44.84.64.13.44.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bronx, 5 mi away.

  • common mugwort40 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly40 obs
  • American Robin37 obs
  • eastern poison ivy35 obs
  • Osprey35 obs
  • Atlantic Horseshoe Crab33 obs
  • chicory31 obs
  • Canada Goose30 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.

National Register of Historic Places, reference 14000538OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1014039402

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