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SUNY New Paltz Student Garden

SUNY New Paltz Student Garden from directly overhead

SUNY New Paltz Student Garden is a garden in New York, at a modelled elevation of 98 m. Ashokan High Point stands 939 m to the northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Large Hybrid, 1971, a artwork 0.6 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway runs past it.

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Getting there

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Coordinates41.73285, -74.08883

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Parks
  • Hasbrouck Park: 0.9 mi
  • Peace Park: 0.9 mi
  • Blueberry Fields: 0.9 mi
  • Huguenot Riverfront Park: 1.3 mi
  • Moriello Park and Pool: 1.5 mi
Historic sites
Peaks
Nature reserves
Museums: 44
  • Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art: 0.6 mi
  • Ulster County Fair Agricultural Museum: 1.8 mi
  • Fire Department Museum: 1.9 mi
  • D & H Canal Museum and Visitor Center: 6.8 mi
  • Widow Jane Mine Museum: 7.5 mi
Cliffs: 37
  • Skytop: 4.0 mi
  • Eagle Cliff: 4.3 mi
  • The Trapps: 4.8 mi
  • Outback Slab: 4.9 mi
  • Split Rock: 5.6 mi
Waterfalls: 30
  • Mossy Brook Waterfall: 5.1 mi
  • Saw Mill Falls: 7.1 mi
  • High Falls Waterfall: 7.1 mi
  • Peter's Kill Falls: 7.3 mi
  • Sheldon Falls: 7.3 mi
Gardens: 23
  • Butterfly Garden: 5.1 mi
  • The Teaching Garden: 8.0 mi
  • Rose Garden: 8.3 mi
  • Roosevelt Home Garden: 8.3 mi
  • The Wild Garden: 8.5 mi
Beaches: 19
Attractions: 10
Springs: 6
  • Bear Wallow: 16.8 mi
  • Bear Wallow: 16.9 mi
  • Keyhole Spring: 17.5 mi
  • Box Spring: 20.9 mi
  • Table Mountain Spring: 22.9 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Wallkill Rest Area: 20.6 mi
  • Stormville Rest Area: 22.8 mi
  • East Fishkill Rest Area: 22.9 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Picnic sites: 1
Lighthouses: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.9 miles of SUNY New Paltz Student Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Ashokan High PointNW 322°939 m16.8 mi
Southeast Little RockyNW 316°922 m17.4 mi
Mombaccus MountainNW 317°865 m16.8 mi
HilltopENE 66°862 m6.6 mi
Little High PointNW 323°854 m16.5 mi
High PointW 261°684 m13.3 mi
Big Rosy Bone KnobNW 311°677 m17.5 mi
Losees HillWSW 253°647 m15.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3219:09
June solstice05:2319:5320:35
September equinox06:4418:1918:55
December solstice07:2115:4516:29

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262937496069737164534232
Precip in3.83.24.34.04.04.84.74.85.25.23.84.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mohonk Lake, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Great Blue Heron64 obs
  • purple loosestrife64 obs
  • Northern Cardinal63 obs
  • chicory61 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk59 obs
  • common mugwort55 obs
  • giant ragweed50 obs
  • sensitive fern49 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1108870019

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