Riverside Valley Community Garden
Riverside Valley Community Garden is a garden in New York, at a modelled elevation of 13 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the northwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Riverbank State Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 2.1 miles off.
Community Garden run under the auspices of the Riverside Park Conservancy and NYC Green Thumb.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Green Thumb
- Access
- Permitted
- Fee
- No
How to reach it
- 2.1 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 4.3 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 20.8 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Riverbank State Park: 0.2 mi
- Montefiore Park: 0.2 mi
- Alexander Hamilton Playground: 0.2 mi
- Jacob H. Schiff Playground: 0.3 mi
- Johnny Hartman Square: 0.4 mi
- Frank White Memorial Garden: 0.3 mi
- Hope Steven Garden: 0.3 mi
- Mo' Pals: 0.5 mi
- Maggie's Garden: 0.5 mi
- Hope the Friendly Garden on Hill: 0.8 mi
- Portrait of t.: 0.3 mi
- Our Gates: 0.3 mi
- Welcome to Harlem: 0.5 mi
- Invisible Man: A Memorial to Ralph Ellison: 0.6 mi
- Rolling Benches: 0.8 mi
- Original brown stone houses: 0.4 mi
- La casa de los Tenenbaums: 0.5 mi
- Abyssinian Baptist Church: 0.9 mi
- Taste Harlem Tour: 1.2 mi
- Joker Stairs: 1.9 mi
- Amiable Child Memorial: 0.7 mi
- Japanese Tori: 0.8 mi
- General Grant National Memorial: 0.8 mi
- Riverside Drive: 0.8 mi
- Riverside Drive: 0.8 mi
- Coogan's Bluff: 1.1 mi
- Palisades: 2.1 mi
- Palisades: 4.8 mi
- Palisades: 5.0 mi
- Palisades: 7.2 mi
- Mount Morris: 1.5 mi
- Great Hill: 1.8 mi
- Manhattan High Point: 2.2 mi
- Janes Hill: 2.5 mi
- Summit Rock: 2.9 mi
- Hazard Beach: 2.1 mi
- Dyckman Street Beach: 3.4 mi
- Hallet’s Cove: 3.9 mi
- Spuyten Duyvil Beach: 4.0 mi
- Bloomer Beach: 4.0 mi
- Cabrini Woods Nature Sanctuary: 2.6 mi
- Hallett Nature Sanctuary: 4.1 mi
- Hackensack Meadowlands Conservation and Wildlife Area: 4.5 mi
- Pugsley Creek Park: 5.4 mi
- WNYC Transmitter Park: 6.5 mi
- Picnic Area on Marcus Garvey Pool Deck: 1.4 mi
- Street Seats: 5.1 mi
- The Backyard: 6.0 mi
- Alpine picnic area: 8.8 mi
- Pier 3 Greenway Terrace: 9.0 mi
- The Loch: 2.0 mi
- The Falls: 7.5 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 11.0 mi
- Binnen Falls: 11.2 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 11.2 mi
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 3.9 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 11.7 mi
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 24.4 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 24.4 mi
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 7.8 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 12.0 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 12.2 mi
- Cold Spring Harbor Light: 24.0 mi
- Tulip Springs: 18.2 mi
- Feltville Historic District: 24.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.0 miles of Riverside Valley Community Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Mountain | NW 309° | 268 m | 16.2 mi |
| Beech Mountain | NW 308° | 260 m | 17.4 mi |
| Mount Cecchino | NW 308° | 230 m | 16.0 mi |
| Mount Nebo | N 6° | 208 m | 15.7 mi |
| Poacher Peak | NW 307° | 185 m | 17.8 mi |
| Moon Hill | NW 307° | 180 m | 17.5 mi |
| Stony Hill | W 267° | 179 m | 15.1 mi |
| Mayapple Hill | W 259° | 175 m | 17.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:32 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:25 | 19:50 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:19 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:48 | 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, 3 mi away.
- Eastern Gray Squirrel997 obs
- white snakeroot996 obs
- Spotted Lanternfly922 obs
- American Robin768 obs
- House Sparrow741 obs
- common mugwort630 obs
- Rock Pigeon565 obs
- American pokeweed477 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.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/943557533
Day trips start here
- Manhattan/Harlem and Upper Manhattan · 1 mi
- Fort Lee · 2 mi
- Manhattan · 3 mi
- Manhattan/Central Park · 3 mi
- Manhattan/Upper West Side · 3 mi
- Bronx · 4 mi
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