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The Humanitarians Garden

The Humanitarians Garden from directly overhead

The Humanitarians Garden is a garden in New York, at a modelled elevation of 5 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the north-northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Brisas del Caribe, a garden less than a tenth of a mile away. Bronx River Parkway passes 9.0 miles off. 59 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
New York City Department of Parks and Recreation

How to reach it

Coordinates40.72260, -73.98141

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks
Historic sites
Museums
Attractions
  • Jump into the Light VR Arcade: 0.4 mi
  • Couv Led Zepp 5e album: 0.4 mi
  • Zohramp: 0.4 mi
  • Anarchy 99: 0.4 mi
  • Liz Christy Garden: 0.6 mi
Beaches
Peaks: 59
  • Laurel Hill: 3.1 mi
  • Grassy Hill: 3.3 mi
  • Slide Hill: 3.3 mi
  • Outlook Hill: 3.4 mi
  • Discovery Hill: 3.4 mi
Picnic sites: 41
Cliffs: 14
  • Palisades: 3.5 mi
  • Palisades: 3.9 mi
  • Palisades: 6.0 mi
  • Coogan's Bluff: 7.9 mi
  • Palisades: 11.9 mi
Waterfalls: 11
  • Ambergill Falls: 4.1 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 4.2 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 4.3 mi
  • The Loch: 5.1 mi
  • The Falls: 13.6 mi
Lighthouses: 9
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 16.4 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High MountainNNW 327°268 m20.5 mi
Waughaw MountainNW 309°263 m24.9 mi
Beech MountainNW 325°260 m21.6 mi
Mount CecchinoNW 326°230 m20.3 mi
Mount NeboN 7°208 m22.7 mi
Poacher PeakNW 324°185 m21.9 mi
Moon HillNW 324°180 m21.6 mi
Stony HillWNW 294°179 m15.0 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 solstice07:1715:4816:32

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, 4 mi away.

  • Rock Pigeon3,331 obs
  • House Sparrow1,736 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel1,683 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly1,527 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee1,126 obs
  • Monarch1,056 obs
  • European Starling1,041 obs
  • Western Honey Bee1,041 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/1096162156

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