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Veteran Memorial Garden Of Queens

Veteran Memorial Garden Of Queens from directly overhead

Veteran Memorial Garden Of Queens is a garden in New York, at a modelled elevation of 24 m. Mount Nebo stands 208 m to the north-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Maple Grove Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 7.9 miles off. 57 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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What to expect

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Getting there

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Coordinates40.71372, -73.82870
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks
Historic sites
  • Memorial to the Veterans of World War I of Forest Hills: 0.8 mi
  • Mast of Yacht Columbia: 0.8 mi
  • Richmond Hill Branch: 0.9 mi
  • Haym Salomon: 0.9 mi
  • Captain Gerald McDonald: 1.1 mi
Gardens
  • George Eagle Carr Community Garden: 1.3 mi
  • Ian MacLennan Garden: 1.5 mi
  • Urban Agriculture: 1.5 mi
  • Project Eden: 1.5 mi
  • The Compost Collective: 1.6 mi
Museums
Attractions
Nature reserves
Beaches
Peaks: 57
  • Maspeth Plateau: 3.8 mi
  • Laurel Hill: 5.1 mi
  • Queens High Point: 6.5 mi
  • Willink Hill: 7.9 mi
  • Janes Hill: 8.0 mi
Picnic sites: 41
  • Picnic Area D: 6.6 mi
  • Picnic Area C: 6.6 mi
  • Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge: 6.7 mi
  • Picnic Area F: 6.8 mi
  • Street Seats: 6.8 mi
Cliffs: 17
  • Coogan's Bluff: 10.1 mi
  • Palisades: 10.7 mi
  • Palisades: 10.8 mi
  • Palisades: 11.4 mi
  • Palisades: 13.6 mi
Lighthouses: 10
Waterfalls: 8
  • Binnen Falls: 8.1 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 8.1 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 8.3 mi
  • The Loch: 8.9 mi
  • The Falls: 12.1 mi
Rest areas: 2
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 24.4 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount NeboNNW 348°208 m23.7 mi
Stony HillWNW 288°179 m22.7 mi
Mayapple HillW 280°175 m24.4 mi
Kennelwood HillN 9°156 m24.7 mi
Beaver HillN 0°140 m24.4 mi
Hackley HillN 358°140 m24.8 mi
Tappan HillN 357°127 m24.8 mi
Todt HillWSW 243°125 m16.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3119:08
June solstice05:2519:4920:31
September equinox06:4318:1818:54
December solstice07:1715:4816:32

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343643546473797871604940
Precip in3.22.94.03.83.64.04.34.43.93.83.24.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Laguardia AP, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel404 obs
  • Rock Pigeon351 obs
  • garlic mustard299 obs
  • Asian bittersweet298 obs
  • American Robin297 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly259 obs
  • common mugwort251 obs
  • multiflora rose209 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/995890319

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