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School Garden of City-As

School Garden of City-As from directly overhead

School Garden of City-As is a garden in New York, at a modelled elevation of 6 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the north-northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is James J Walker Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 8.9 miles off.

Benches and seats with waterproof roof available.

What to expect

Operated by
City As School
Access
Yes
Fee
No

How to reach it

Coordinates40.72927, -74.00615

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks
Gardens
  • Greenstreets: 0.2 mi
  • Charlton Plaza: 0.2 mi
  • Grove Court: 0.2 mi
  • Winston Churchill Square Garden: 0.2 mi
  • Golden Swan Garden: 0.3 mi
Historic sites
Attractions
Museums
Beaches
Peaks
  • Kings Bluff: 2.6 mi
  • Grassy Hill: 3.1 mi
  • Outlook Hill: 3.1 mi
  • Slide Hill: 3.1 mi
  • Discovery Hill: 3.1 mi
Picnic sites: 41
Cliffs: 14
  • Palisades: 2.2 mi
  • Palisades: 2.9 mi
  • Palisades: 5.6 mi
  • Coogan's Bluff: 8.0 mi
  • Palisades: 11.7 mi
Waterfalls: 12
  • Ambergill Falls: 4.9 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 5.0 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 5.1 mi
  • The Loch: 5.1 mi
  • The Falls: 14.0 mi
Lighthouses: 9
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 15.0 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.5 miles of School Garden of City-As. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High MountainNNW 329°268 m19.5 mi
Turkey MountainNW 308°268 m24.5 mi
Waughaw MountainNW 310°263 m23.6 mi
Beech MountainNNW 328°260 m20.5 mi
Mount CecchinoNNW 328°230 m19.2 mi
Mount NeboN 11°208 m22.5 mi
Poacher PeakNW 326°185 m20.8 mi
Moon HillNNW 326°180 m20.5 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 °F343643546372787669584839
Precip in3.63.24.34.14.04.54.64.64.34.43.64.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NY City Cntrl Park, 4 mi away.

  • Rock Pigeon3,581 obs
  • House Sparrow1,743 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel1,730 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly1,410 obs
  • Western Honey Bee1,395 obs
  • European Starling1,132 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee1,072 obs
  • White-throated Sparrow862 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/777767100

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