New York Botanical Garden
New York Botanical Garden is a historic site in New York, at a modelled elevation of 32 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the west-northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Native Plant Garden, a garden 0.1 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 0.3 miles off.
The story
Botanical garden in the Bronx, New York City.
Dates from 1891.
Wikidata Q636275, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
- Fee
- Yes
- Step-free access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 0.3 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 3.9 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 16.0 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Native Plant Garden: 0.1 mi
- Azalea Garden: 0.1 mi
- Chlidren's Adventure Garden: 0.1 mi
- Rock Garden: 0.1 mi
- Perennial and Herb Gardens: 0.2 mi
- Jack Coffey Field: 0.3 mi
- Bronx Park: 0.3 mi
- Sergeant Johnson Triangle: 0.4 mi
- Edwards Parade: 0.4 mi
- Hawthorne/Rooney Tennis Courts: 0.4 mi
- Steere Herbarium: 0.3 mi
- Poe Cottage: 0.9 mi
- Museum of Bronx History: 1.0 mi
- Dyckman Farmhouse Museum: 2.4 mi
- The Met Cloisters: 2.8 mi
- Bruce Lee Mural: 0.7 mi
- Coyote: 2.0 mi
- Farragut Monument: 2.1 mi
- Roberto Clemente: 2.3 mi
- Welcome to Woodlawn Mural: 2.5 mi
- Marble Hill: 2.0 mi
- Spuyten Duyvil Hill: 2.4 mi
- Tetards Hill: 2.5 mi
- Vault Hill: 2.6 mi
- Inwood Hill: 2.6 mi
- Cabrini Woods Nature Sanctuary: 3.1 mi
- Pugsley Creek Park: 3.6 mi
- Hunt's Woods Park: 5.4 mi
- Glenwood Lake Park: 5.6 mi
- Titus Mill Pond State Tidal Wetlands: 5.9 mi
- Spuyten Duyvil Beach: 2.7 mi
- Dyckman Street Beach: 2.9 mi
- Bloomer Beach: 3.7 mi
- Undercliff Beach: 3.8 mi
- Canoe Beach: 3.9 mi
- Birds of Prey: 0.7 mi
- Madagascar!: 0.7 mi
- World of Birds: 0.7 mi
- Monkey House: 0.7 mi
- Amazing Amphibians: 0.8 mi
- Coogan's Bluff: 3.8 mi
- Palisades: 3.9 mi
- The Palisades: 6.4 mi
- Raven's Rock: 16.5 mi
- Thor: 17.2 mi
- Picnic Area on Marcus Garvey Pool Deck: 5.2 mi
- Alpine picnic area: 6.3 mi
- Excelsior Picnic Area: 6.8 mi
- Street Seats: 8.6 mi
- The Backyard: 10.6 mi
- Ghost Bike: Michael Needham: 0.8 mi
- 9/11: 1.2 mi
- Broadway: 2.0 mi
- Van Cortlandt Station ruins: 2.0 mi
- Grand Central Stones: 2.1 mi
- The Loch: 6.3 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 14.5 mi
- Binnen Falls: 14.6 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 14.7 mi
- Great Falls: 16.3 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 7.4 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 7.8 mi
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 12.3 mi
- Cold Spring Harbor Light: 19.5 mi
- Stamford Harbor Ledge Light: 20.4 mi
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 8.4 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 15.8 mi
- Cuties Island: 22.6 mi
- Tulip Springs: 22.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.0 miles of New York Botanical Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Mountain | WNW 294° | 268 m | 18.3 mi |
| Beech Mountain | WNW 295° | 260 m | 19.4 mi |
| Mount Cecchino | WNW 293° | 230 m | 18.2 mi |
| Hook Mountain | N 353° | 214 m | 18.0 mi |
| Buttermilk Hill | NNE 11° | 211 m | 17.5 mi |
| Mount Nebo | N 349° | 208 m | 13.1 mi |
| Poacher Peak | WNW 294° | 185 m | 20.0 mi |
| Reynolds Hill | NNE 19° | 180 m | 17.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:32 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:25 | 19:50 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:18 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:48 | 16:31 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 34 | 36 | 42 | 53 | 63 | 73 | 78 | 77 | 70 | 58 | 48 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.2 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bronx, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
National Register of Historic Places, reference 67000009OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/38839186
Day trips start here
- Bronx · 2 mi
- Mount Vernon · 4 mi
- Englewood · 5 mi
- Fort Lee · 5 mi
- Manhattan/Harlem and Upper Manhattan · 5 mi
- Pelham · 5 mi
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