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Vassar College Community Gardens

Vassar College Community Gardens from directly overhead

Vassar College Community Gardens is a garden in New York, at a modelled elevation of 48 m. Hilltop stands 862 m to the north-northwest, 7.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Shakespeare Garden, a garden 0.5 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 10 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Vassar College
Fee
No
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.67689, -73.89675

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks
Historic sites
  • World War Memorial Park: 1.4 mi
  • Civil War Memorial: 1.8 mi
  • Police Memorial: 1.9 mi
  • Spanish American War Memorial: 2.0 mi
  • Civil War Memorial: 2.1 mi
Artworks
  • Dutchess County Map: 3.0 mi
  • Evelyn Rimai Fisher Sculpture: 3.6 mi
  • Sojourner Truth Statue: 3.8 mi
  • Mitchell Gate: 5.3 mi
  • Winston Chruchill: 6.6 mi
Nature reserves
Museums: 47
Cliffs: 35
Waterfalls: 26
  • LG waterfall: 2.0 mi
  • Mossy Brook Waterfall: 15.1 mi
  • High Falls Waterfall: 16.1 mi
  • Saw Mill Falls: 17.5 mi
  • Peter's Kill Falls: 17.7 mi
Gardens: 23
  • Shakespeare Garden: 0.5 mi
  • Cut Garden: 1.8 mi
  • Vegetable Garden: 1.8 mi
  • The Teaching Garden: 5.3 mi
  • Rose Garden: 6.6 mi
Beaches: 21
  • Berean Park Beach: 5.1 mi
  • East Cove Beach: 10.5 mi
  • West Cove Beach: 10.5 mi
  • North Landing Beach: 10.8 mi
  • Private Beach: 11.2 mi
Attractions: 11
  • Huguenot Street Historic District: 11.1 mi
  • Historic Huguenot District: 11.1 mi
  • Ulster County Fair: 12.0 mi
  • Headless Horseman Hayrides and Haunted Houses: 12.7 mi
  • wings castle: 15.9 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Stormville Rest Area: 12.6 mi
  • East Fishkill Rest Area: 12.7 mi
  • Wallkill Rest Area: 24.8 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Picnic sites: 1
Covered bridges: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.3 miles of Vassar College Community Gardens. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
HilltopNNW 329°862 m7.6 mi
South Beacon MountainS 190°491 m13.7 mi
North Beacon MountainS 191°465 m13.3 mi
Bald HillS 185°456 m12.1 mi
Lambs HillS 187°454 m12.7 mi
Clove MountainE 86°426 m10.5 mi
Dennis HillE 96°416 m14.1 mi
Mount EgbertSE 126°405 m13.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3119:08
June solstice05:2219:5220:34
September equinox06:4418:1818:55
December solstice07:2015:4416:29

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272938496068747264524232
Precip in2.82.23.13.63.53.93.84.34.33.73.33.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Poughkeepsie AP, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee78 obs
  • lesser celandine50 obs
  • White-tailed Deer46 obs
  • Monarch46 obs
  • Japanese barberry46 obs
  • Western Honey Bee45 obs
  • sensitive fern45 obs
  • Porcelain Berry43 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/449617053

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