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Public School 4k Paradise Garden

Public School 4k Paradise Garden from directly overhead

Public School 4k Paradise Garden is a garden in New York, at a modelled elevation of 11 m. Stony Hill stands 179 m to the west-northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Ashford Variety Garden, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Bronx River Parkway passes 10 miles off. 50 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Built
1989

How to reach it

Coordinates40.67468, -73.88500

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Gardens
Nature reserves
Attractions
Artworks
Beaches
Peaks: 50
  • Maspeth Plateau: 4.0 mi
  • Willink Hill: 4.2 mi
  • Laurel Hill: 4.3 mi
  • Breeze Hill: 4.4 mi
  • Sullivan Hill: 4.4 mi
Picnic sites: 42
Cliffs: 14
  • Palisades: 9.6 mi
  • Palisades: 9.7 mi
  • Palisades: 10.8 mi
  • Coogan's Bluff: 11.3 mi
  • Palisades: 15.3 mi
Waterfalls: 9
  • Binnen Falls: 4.4 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 4.5 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 4.6 mi
  • The Loch: 9.2 mi
  • The Falls: 15.0 mi
Lighthouses: 9
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 1
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 22.0 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Public School 4k Paradise Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Stony HillWNW 297°179 m21.0 mi
Mayapple HillWNW 288°175 m22.2 mi
Riker HillWNW 292°134 m24.9 mi
Todt HillWSW 247°125 m13.1 mi
Harbor HillNE 56°106 m15.5 mi
Telegraph HillSW 218°106 m24.5 mi
Nook HillW 281°92 m22.6 mi
Bronx High PointN 356°85 m15.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3219:08
June solstice05:2519:4920:31
September equinox06:4418:1818:55
December solstice07:1715:4816:32

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333541516170767568574738
Precip in3.22.83.93.63.73.93.94.13.63.73.14.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — JFK Intl AP, 7 mi away.

  • Spotted Lanternfly132 obs
  • princess tree111 obs
  • common mugwort92 obs
  • Porcelain Berry91 obs
  • Rock Pigeon78 obs
  • House Sparrow73 obs
  • sassafras72 obs
  • Asian bittersweet70 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.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/316220745

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