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The Garden of Angels

The Garden of Angels from directly overhead

The Garden of Angels is a garden in New York, at a modelled elevation of 16 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Patchen Avenue Garden, a garden 0.1 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 9.6 miles off. 54 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Built
1996
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.69078, -73.92862
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Gardens
Parks
Historic sites
Artworks
Museums
Attractions
Nature reserves
Beaches
Peaks: 54
  • Laurel Hill: 2.7 mi
  • Willink Hill: 2.7 mi
  • Sullivan Hill: 2.8 mi
  • Breeze Hill: 2.9 mi
  • Quaker Hill: 3.1 mi
Picnic sites: 43
Cliffs: 14
  • Palisades: 7.0 mi
  • Palisades: 7.3 mi
  • Palisades: 8.8 mi
  • Coogan's Bluff: 9.8 mi
  • Palisades: 13.9 mi
Waterfalls: 10
  • Ambergill Falls: 2.8 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 2.8 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 3.0 mi
  • The Loch: 7.4 mi
  • The Falls: 14.4 mi
Lighthouses: 9
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 19.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of The Garden of Angels. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High MountainNW 324°268 m23.9 mi
Beech MountainNW 323°260 m25.0 mi
Mount CecchinoNW 323°230 m23.7 mi
Mount NeboN 0°208 m24.7 mi
Stony HillWNW 297°179 m18.5 mi
Mayapple HillWNW 287°175 m19.7 mi
Packanack MountainNW 315°144 m23.3 mi
Riker HillWNW 292°134 m22.4 mi
Conditions

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 solstice07:1715:4816:32

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, 6 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Spotted Lanternfly481 obs
  • tree-of-heaven389 obs
  • Rock Pigeon316 obs
  • common mugwort292 obs
  • princess tree267 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee256 obs
  • Mourning Dove205 obs
  • House Sparrow205 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.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/314364534

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