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John Riedl Wildflower Meadow

John Riedl Wildflower Meadow from directly overhead

John Riedl Wildflower Meadow is a historic site in New York, at a modelled elevation of 2 m. Mount Nebo stands 208 m to the north-northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Oakland Lake Wildflower Meadow, a park 0.3 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 7.2 miles off.

The record

What the record says

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John Riedl Wildflower Meadow
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.76558, -73.75875
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Beaches
  • Parsons Beach: 0.5 mi
  • Leeds Pond Beach: 4.6 mi
  • Manhasset Bay Estates Association Beach: 4.7 mi
  • PWEA Beach: 4.8 mi
  • Baxter Estates Village Beach: 5.7 mi
Artworks
  • Dog: 0.6 mi
  • Turtle Statue: 1.0 mi
  • Reclaimed Habitat: 1.7 mi
  • Seal: 2.8 mi
  • Wood Pile: 2.9 mi
Historic sites
Gardens
  • Mitchel Wallace Triangle: 0.9 mi
  • Cloverdale Gardens at Bayside: 1.1 mi
  • House Beautiful: 1.4 mi
  • The Estates at Bayside: 1.4 mi
  • Winsor Oaks: 1.6 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Queens High Point: 2.1 mi
  • Harbor Hill: 6.7 mi
  • Maspeth Plateau: 7.7 mi
  • Janes Hill: 8.6 mi
  • Laurel Hill: 8.9 mi
Museums
Attractions
  • Welcome Center: 3.7 mi
  • Circle Garden: 3.7 mi
  • Cherry Circle & Four Season Border: 3.7 mi
  • Wetland & Woodland Garden: 3.7 mi
  • Unity Garden: 3.7 mi
Picnic sites: 38
  • Picnic Area D: 8.3 mi
  • Picnic Area C: 8.3 mi
  • Picnic Area F: 8.4 mi
  • Picnic Area G: 8.4 mi
  • Accessible Picnic Area: 8.5 mi
Cliffs: 18
  • Coogan's Bluff: 10.5 mi
  • Palisades: 12.5 mi
  • Palisades: 12.9 mi
  • Palisades: 13.7 mi
  • Palisades: 15.0 mi
Lighthouses: 9
Waterfalls: 6
  • The Falls: 9.5 mi
  • The Loch: 10.7 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 13.0 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 13.1 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 13.3 mi
Rest areas: 3
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.5 miles of John Riedl Wildflower Meadow. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount NeboNNW 336°208 m21.5 mi
Reynolds HillN 359°180 m23.5 mi
Cooney HillN 3°170 m23.2 mi
Kennelwood HillN 0°156 m20.8 mi
Kykuit HillNNW 349°147 m22.8 mi
Beaver HillN 350°140 m21.2 mi
Hackley HillNNW 348°140 m21.7 mi
Tappan HillNNW 347°127 m21.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3119:07
June solstice05:2519:4920:31
September equinox06:4318:1818:54
December solstice07:1715:4716:31

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, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/8177568969

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