Garden · New York
Sensory Garden
Sensory Garden is a garden in New York, at a modelled elevation of 62 m. Buttermilk Hill stands 211 m to the northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Long Island Daylily Society Display Garden, a garden 0.1 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 14 miles off.
What the record says
- Built
- 2015
How to reach it
Coordinates40.86318, -73.55530
- 13.5 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
- 15.4 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 19.9 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Grumman ave/ Merritt pkwy bridge · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Gardens
- Long Island Daylily Society Display Garden: 0.1 mi
- Paul Callahan Dahlia Garden: 0.1 mi
- South Rhododendron Park: 0.1 mi
- Piet Oudolf Garden: 0.1 mi
- North Rhododendron Park: 0.2 mi
Artworks
- Orpheus and Eurydice: 0.1 mi
- Circular Pool Cherub: 0.1 mi
- The West Portico: 0.2 mi
- The Outside In: 0.2 mi
- Coach Meeting House Mural: 0.9 mi
Historic sites
- Planting Fields Arboretum: 0.1 mi
- William Robertson Coe: 0.2 mi
- Paul F. Callahan: 0.2 mi
- Claire Robbins: 0.3 mi
- The Edwin H. Costich Wild Flower Plantings: 0.3 mi
Museums
- Coe Hall: 0.2 mi
- Raynham Hall Museum: 1.4 mi
- Angela P. Koenig Research and Collections Center: 1.4 mi
- Earle-Wightman House Museum: 1.4 mi
- 20th Century Cycles: 1.4 mi
Nature reserves
- Bertha and Reginald Rose Refuge: 0.7 mi
- Upper Francis Pond Preserve: 0.7 mi
- Smithers Connector Parcel: 0.8 mi
- Hope Goddard Iselin Preserve: 0.8 mi
- Cushman Woods: 1.0 mi
Peaks
- Mill Neck Peak: 1.1 mi
- Sagamore Hill: 3.2 mi
- Harrison Williams Woods Peak: 3.2 mi
- Harbor Hill: 6.2 mi
- Caumsett State Historic Park Preserve Peak: 6.8 mi
Parks
- Gerard Beekman Memorial Park: 1.2 mi
- Triangle Park: 1.2 mi
- Senator Ralph J. Marino Memorial Park: 1.3 mi
- Townsend Park: 1.4 mi
- Raynham Hall Museum: 1.4 mi
Beaches
- Beekman Beach: 1.2 mi
- West Harbor Beach: 2.9 mi
- Ferry Beach: 3.2 mi
- Soundside Beach: 3.3 mi
- Charles E. Ransom Beach: 3.4 mi
Attractions
- Oyster Bay Railroad Station Turntable: 1.6 mi
- ATCG Tower: 4.6 mi
- Suffolk County Vanderbilt Planetarium: 10.2 mi
- Bush-Lyon Homestead: 11.9 mi
- Recreated 1904 Wantagh Post Office: 12.8 mi
Picnic sites: 32
- Upper Education Area: 2.5 mi
- Lower Education Area: 2.5 mi
- Picnic Area C: 5.2 mi
- Picnic Area A & B: 5.2 mi
- Black Pine: 9.2 mi
Cliffs: 11
- Cooper Bluff: 3.8 mi
- Northwest Bluff: 5.3 mi
- Caumsett State Historic Park Bluffs: 6.8 mi
- Caumsett State Historic Park Bluffs: 7.0 mi
- Duck Island Bluff: 10.2 mi
Lighthouses: 7
- Cold Spring Harbor Light: 3.9 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 9.1 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 9.6 mi
- Stamford Harbor Ledge Light: 10.4 mi
- Stamford Harbor Ledge Light: 10.4 mi
Rest areas: 3
- Long Island Welcome Center: 13.2 mi
- RT. 15 New Canaan NB Service Plaza: 18.2 mi
- RT. 15 New Canaan SB Service Plaza: 18.2 mi
Waterfalls: 3
- The Falls: 15.0 mi
- Farms Falls: 18.4 mi
- The Loch: 21.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1
- Cuties Island: 12.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.1 miles of Sensory Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buttermilk Hill | NW 322° | 211 m | 21.7 mi |
| Reynolds Hill | NNW 326° | 180 m | 20.1 mi |
| Round Hill | NNW 340° | 172 m | 17.7 mi |
| Cooney Hill | NNW 331° | 170 m | 18.8 mi |
| Kennelwood Hill | NW 323° | 156 m | 17.6 mi |
| Kykuit Hill | NW 316° | 147 m | 21.7 mi |
| Beaver Hill | NW 315° | 140 m | 20.0 mi |
| Hackley Hill | NW 313° | 140 m | 21.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:30 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:23 | 19:49 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:17 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:46 | 16:30 |
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 | 53 | 62 | 71 | 77 | 75 | 69 | 58 | 48 | 40 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.0 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 3.1 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 4.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mineola, 10 mi away.
- Eastern Skunk Cabbage234 obs
- yellow trout lily120 obs
- mountain laurel96 obs
- American tuliptree95 obs
- marsh marigold95 obs
- green false hellebore89 obs
- Sweet Pepperbush86 obs
- Asian Lady Beetle84 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/1069709675
Day trips start here
- Oyster Bay · 1 mi
- Bayville · 3 mi
- Glen Cove · 4 mi
- Flower Hill · 7 mi
- North Hempstead · 7 mi
- Port Washington · 7 mi
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