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Q Gardens

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Q Gardens is a garden in New York, at a modelled elevation of 16 m. Stony Hill stands 179 m to the northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Caton Migration Garden, a garden 0.2 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 13 miles off. 48 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates40.64967, -73.96331

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Parks
Attractions
Artworks
Beaches
Nature reserves
Peaks: 48
Picnic sites: 40
Cliffs: 14
  • Palisades: 7.7 mi
  • Palisades: 8.8 mi
  • Palisades: 11.1 mi
  • Coogan's Bluff: 12.7 mi
  • Palisades: 16.7 mi
Waterfalls: 10
  • Binnen Falls: 0.8 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 0.9 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 1.1 mi
  • The Loch: 10.0 mi
  • The Falls: 17.7 mi
Lighthouses: 9
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 18.7 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Stony HillNW 308°179 m18.5 mi
Mayapple HillWNW 297°175 m19.0 mi
Packanack MountainNW 323°144 m24.3 mi
Riker HillWNW 300°134 m22.0 mi
Todt HillWSW 247°125 m8.6 mi
Crawford HillSSW 213°120 m21.3 mi
Harbor HillENE 59°106 m19.9 mi
Telegraph HillSSW 212°106 m20.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3219:08
June solstice05:2619:5020:31
September equinox06:4418:1918:55
December solstice07:1715:4916:32

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343643536272787670584839
Precip in3.53.04.43.84.04.44.83.93.94.03.24.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NY AVE V Brooklyn, 4 mi away.

  • American Robin2,017 obs
  • Pond Slider1,692 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee1,493 obs
  • Northern Cardinal1,465 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk1,400 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel1,357 obs
  • House Sparrow1,257 obs
  • Mallard1,202 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/362680768

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