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Garden Of Awareness

Garden Of Awareness from directly overhead

Garden Of Awareness is a historic site in New York, at a modelled elevation of 29 m. Jayne's Hill stands 122 m to the north, 4.4 miles off. The nearest named place is The Great Lawn, a park 0.1 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 23 miles off. 20 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Inscription
MADD Garden of Awareness, Etched In Bricks Memorial,

How to reach it

Coordinates40.75139, -73.43038

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • The Great Lawn: 0.1 mi
  • The Mall: 0.2 mi
  • The Ellipse: 0.2 mi
  • Northside Park: 1.2 mi
  • Barry Lane Park P-27: 1.2 mi
Museums
  • American Airpower Museum: 1.3 mi
  • Long Island Fair Exhibition Hall: 1.5 mi
  • Old Bethpage Village Restoration Visitor Center: 1.5 mi
  • Old Bethpage Village Restoration: 1.9 mi
  • Museum of American Armor: 1.9 mi
Artworks
Nature reserves
  • Pineridge Park: 1.8 mi
  • West Hills Nature Preserve: 3.2 mi
  • Paumanok Wetlands Preserve: 5.2 mi
  • Tackapusha Nature Preserve Entrance: 5.4 mi
  • Ketcham Creek Preserve: 5.8 mi
Beaches
Attractions: 56
Historic sites: 55
Gardens: 54
  • Garden of Hope: 0.3 mi
  • Robert F. Ench Teaching Gardens: 0.3 mi
  • The Sustainable Garden: 0.3 mi
  • Complex III: 1.3 mi
  • Garden of Pines: 1.4 mi
Picnic sites: 26
  • Picnic Area A & B: 5.0 mi
  • Picnic Area C: 5.0 mi
  • Birches: 7.5 mi
  • Black Pine: 7.5 mi
  • Sycamore: 7.8 mi
Peaks: 20
Cliffs: 4
Rest areas: 1
  • Long Island Welcome Center: 6.9 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Jayne's HillN122 m4.4 mi
West HillsN106 m4.5 mi
Harbor HillWNW106 m11.4 mi
Dix HillsNE92 m6.1 mi
Signal HillNE90 m5.5 mi
Mannetto HillsNNW85 m3.5 mi
Queens High PointW79 m15.1 mi
Half Hollow HillsNE77 m3.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:3019:06
June solstice05:2319:4820:29
September equinox06:4218:1718:53
December solstice07:1515:4616:30

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323440506069757467564638
Precip in2.72.03.53.63.23.43.13.33.73.42.93.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Farmingdale Republic AP, 1 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/556158867

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