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Vinegar HIll Community Garden

Vinegar HIll Community Garden from directly overhead

Vinegar HIll Community Garden is a garden in New York, at a modelled elevation of 11 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the north-northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Susan Smith McKinney Steward Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 10 miles off. 58 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Built
2013

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates40.70153, -73.98265

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites
Artworks
Gardens
Beaches
Attractions
Peaks: 58
  • Grassy Hill: 2.3 mi
  • Slide Hill: 2.4 mi
  • Outlook Hill: 2.4 mi
  • Discovery Hill: 2.5 mi
  • Sullivan Hill: 2.6 mi
Picnic sites: 41
Cliffs: 14
  • Palisades: 4.3 mi
  • Palisades: 5.1 mi
  • Palisades: 7.4 mi
  • Coogan's Bluff: 9.3 mi
  • Palisades: 13.3 mi
Waterfalls: 11
  • Ambergill Falls: 2.7 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 2.8 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 2.9 mi
  • The Loch: 6.6 mi
  • The Falls: 14.9 mi
Lighthouses: 9
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 16.6 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High MountainNNW 329°268 m21.7 mi
Beech MountainNNW 328°260 m22.8 mi
Mount CecchinoNNW 328°230 m21.5 mi
Mount NeboN 7°208 m24.2 mi
Poacher PeakNNW 326°185 m23.1 mi
Moon HillNNW 327°180 m22.8 mi
Stony HillWNW 299°179 m15.6 mi
Mayapple HillWNW 287°175 m16.7 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 solstice07:1715:4916:32

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, 5 mi away.

  • Rock Pigeon1,903 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly1,368 obs
  • Monarch1,201 obs
  • House Sparrow1,194 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel1,162 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee1,113 obs
  • Western Honey Bee924 obs
  • European Starling840 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.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/313994433

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