Pier 6 Flower Field
Pier 6 Flower Field is a garden in New York, at a modelled elevation of 3 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the north-northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Exploratory Marsh, a garden 0.1 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 11 miles off. 59 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Brooklyn Bridge Park
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 11.3 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 11.3 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 29.2 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Exploratory Marsh: 0.1 mi
- Willowtown Community Garden: 0.2 mi
- South Brooklyn Children's Garden: 0.6 mi
- Human Compass Garden: 0.6 mi
- Urban Meadow: 0.6 mi
- Adam Yauch Park: 0.2 mi
- Henry Street Park III: 0.4 mi
- Cobble Hill Park: 0.5 mi
- Fruit Street Sitting Area: 0.6 mi
- Squibb Park: 0.6 mi
- Brooklyn Heights Promenade: 0.3 mi
- Brooklyn Heights Promenade: 0.5 mi
- Kayak Brooklyn: 0.5 mi
- Governor's Island Kayaking: 0.5 mi
- Wavertree: 0.8 mi
- Bird Island: 0.3 mi
- WNYC Transmitter Park: 3.3 mi
- Audubon Park: 4.5 mi
- Hallett Nature Sanctuary: 5.3 mi
- Jones Woods Park: 6.0 mi
- Pier 4 Beach: 0.3 mi
- Pebble Beach: 1.0 mi
- Beach/Kayak launch ramp: 1.3 mi
- Newport Sand Beach: 3.0 mi
- Gansevoort Peninsula Sand Bluff: 3.2 mi
- Walk-in Kaleidoscope: 0.4 mi
- Turning Stone: 0.4 mi
- Statue of Christopher Columbus: 0.7 mi
- Akua: 0.7 mi
- Unity: 0.7 mi
- Center for Brooklyn History: 0.5 mi
- Commanding Officer's Quarters: 0.6 mi
- New York Transit Museum: 0.7 mi
- The Trust for Governors Island: 0.7 mi
- Fraunces Tavern Museum: 0.8 mi
- Henry Ward Beecher: 0.6 mi
- Robert F. Kennedy Memorial: 0.7 mi
- Henry Ward Beecher Monument: 0.7 mi
- Washington A. Roebling: 0.7 mi
- Fort Jay: 0.7 mi
- Grassy Hill: 1.2 mi
- Slide Hill: 1.2 mi
- Outlook Hill: 1.2 mi
- Discovery Hill: 1.3 mi
- Battle Hill: 2.6 mi
- Picnic Peninsula: 0.2 mi
- Pier 5 Uplands Seating Area: 0.2 mi
- Pier 3 Greenway Terrace: 0.4 mi
- Freedom Field: 2.9 mi
- Street Seats: 4.8 mi
- Palisades: 4.1 mi
- Palisades: 5.4 mi
- Palisades: 8.0 mi
- Coogan's Bluff: 10.2 mi
- Palisades: 14.1 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 2.7 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 2.7 mi
- Binnen Falls: 2.9 mi
- The Loch: 7.4 mi
- Hemlock Falls: 15.5 mi
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 2.7 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 16.0 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 16.0 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 18.6 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 18.8 mi
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 9.1 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 13.7 mi
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 16.6 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 16.6 mi
- Barber: 17.5 mi
- Feltville Historic District: 20.2 mi
- Tulip Springs: 15.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Pier 6 Flower Field. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Mountain | NNW 332° | 268 m | 21.7 mi |
| Beech Mountain | NNW 331° | 260 m | 22.7 mi |
| Mount Cecchino | NNW 331° | 230 m | 21.4 mi |
| Mount Nebo | N 9° | 208 m | 24.9 mi |
| Poacher Peak | NNW 329° | 185 m | 23.0 mi |
| Moon Hill | NNW 330° | 180 m | 22.7 mi |
| Stony Hill | WNW 303° | 179 m | 15.0 mi |
| Mayapple Hill | WNW 290° | 175 m | 15.9 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 | 15:49 | 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, 6 mi away.
- Rock Pigeon1,641 obs
- Spotted Lanternfly1,256 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel1,124 obs
- House Sparrow1,089 obs
- Monarch1,075 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee969 obs
- Western Honey Bee943 obs
- European Starling773 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/1201720393
Day trips start here
- Brooklyn/Downtown · 1 mi
- Manhattan/Financial District · 1 mi
- Downstate New York · 2 mi
- Manhattan/Chinatown · 2 mi
- Manhattan/Lower East Side · 2 mi
- Manhattan/SoHo · 2 mi
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