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Peace Maker Community Garden

Peace Maker Community Garden from directly overhead

Peace Maker Community Garden is a garden in New York, at a modelled elevation of 163 m. Oak Mountain stands 358 m to the south-southeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Aberdeen Square, a park 0.4 miles away. Great Lakes Seaway Trail passes 5.1 miles off. 60 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The sign says: "Peace Maker Community Garden. Dedicated Oct. 8, 1998. Rededicated June 22, 2018 In Memory of Michael Nelson, Jr. Honoring Brandon Dunham and Mario Stewart." A community member told me that Michael Nelson Jr. was a victim of gun violence.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Monroe County, NY
Access
Yes
Fee
No
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates43.14519, -77.65083

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Aberdeen Square: 0.4 mi
  • Grape/Wilder Park: 1.3 mi
  • Anthony Square: 1.3 mi
  • Bausch & Lomb Riverside Park: 1.5 mi
  • Verona Playground: 1.7 mi
Artworks
  • Martin Brewer Anderson Statue: 1.5 mi
  • George Eastman Statue: 1.6 mi
  • Commerce Statue: 1.6 mi
  • The Four Muses: 1.6 mi
  • Think and Be Free: 1.7 mi
Historic sites
Attractions
Peaks: 60
Museums: 33
Nature reserves: 29
Gardens: 18
Waterfalls: 11
  • Upper Falls: 2.2 mi
  • High Falls: 2.2 mi
  • Middle Falls: 2.5 mi
  • Lower Falls: 2.6 mi
  • Norton’s Falls: 3.5 mi
Beaches: 3
  • Windsor Beach: 8.0 mi
  • Ontario Beach: 8.3 mi
  • Hamlin Beach: 21.7 mi
Lighthouses: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Peace Maker Community Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Oak MountainSSE 148°358 m21.1 mi
Jakman HillS 180°357 m21.1 mi
Baptist HillSSE 151°356 m23.7 mi
Hopper HillsSSE 148°335 m16.2 mi
Allens HillSSE 163°317 m22.3 mi
Woodchuck HillSSE 161°297 m19.0 mi
Taft HillSSE 159°287 m19.8 mi
Baker HillESE 124°282 m13.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1518:4519:23
June solstice05:3220:1120:55
September equinox06:5918:3219:10
December solstice07:4015:5316:39

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262735475968727164524232
Precip in2.52.12.53.02.93.43.63.33.23.22.82.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rochester GTR Intl, 2 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel354 obs
  • Groundhog243 obs
  • American Robin209 obs
  • Eastern Cottontail204 obs
  • House Sparrow178 obs
  • Canada Goose142 obs
  • Mallard134 obs
  • Northern Cardinal105 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/1247313045

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