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St. Mark's Avenue/Prospect Heights Community Garden

St. Mark's Avenue/Prospect Heights Community Garden from directly overhead

St. Mark's Avenue/Prospect Heights Community Garden is a garden in New York, at a modelled elevation of 28 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the north-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Prospect Heights Community Farm, a garden 0.1 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 11 miles off. 56 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Built
1975

How to reach it

Coordinates40.67889, -73.96904

Named places within 25 miles

Gardens
Parks
Historic sites
Artworks
Museums
Attractions
Beaches
Nature reserves
Peaks: 56
Picnic sites: 40
Cliffs: 14
  • Palisades: 5.9 mi
  • Palisades: 6.8 mi
  • Palisades: 9.1 mi
  • Coogan's Bluff: 10.7 mi
  • Palisades: 14.8 mi
Waterfalls: 11
  • Ambergill Falls: 1.0 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 1.2 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 1.2 mi
  • The Loch: 8.0 mi
  • The Falls: 16.0 mi
Lighthouses: 9
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 17.7 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of St. Mark's Avenue/Prospect Heights Community Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High MountainNNW 329°268 m23.4 mi
Beech MountainNNW 328°260 m24.5 mi
Mount CecchinoNNW 329°230 m23.2 mi
Poacher PeakNNW 327°185 m24.8 mi
Moon HillNNW 327°180 m24.5 mi
Stony HillWNW 303°179 m17.1 mi
Mayapple HillWNW 291°175 m17.9 mi
Packanack MountainNW 321°144 m22.5 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 °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, 6 mi away.

  • American Robin1,808 obs
  • Pond Slider1,480 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel1,273 obs
  • Northern Cardinal1,270 obs
  • House Sparrow1,215 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly1,182 obs
  • Mallard1,101 obs
  • Mourning Dove981 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/313994682

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