Skip to content

Poet's Garden

Poet's Garden from directly overhead

Poet's Garden is a historic site in New York, at a modelled elevation of 184 m. Oak Mountain stands 358 m to the south-southeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Highland Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Great Lakes Seaway Trail passes 4.0 miles off.

Historic garden established in 1916 to honor William Shakespeare on the 300th anniversary of his death

What to expect

Operated by
Highland Park
Access
Yes
Fee
No

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates43.13137, -77.60805

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Highland Park: 0.1 mi
  • Ellwanger Barry: 0.6 mi
  • Marie Daley Park: 0.8 mi
  • Persimmon Park: 0.8 mi
  • Otto Henderberg Square Park: 0.9 mi
Historic sites
  • Frederick Douglass Statue: 0.1 mi
  • Workers' Rights Memorial: 0.1 mi
  • Remember Garden: 0.2 mi
  • Warner Castle: 0.2 mi
  • AIDS Memorial: 0.2 mi
Artworks
  • Lilac Arches: 0.2 mi
  • BoulevART: 0.5 mi
  • Ore* (Crow statue): 0.8 mi
  • The Four Muses: 1.1 mi
  • George Eastman Statue: 1.1 mi
Peaks
Gardens: 19
  • Sunken Garden: 0.2 mi
  • Pansy Bed: 0.3 mi
  • 490 Farms: 1.0 mi
  • Swillburg Comm. Garden: 1.1 mi
  • Swillburg Community Garden: 1.1 mi
Waterfalls: 11
  • Upper Falls: 1.4 mi
  • High Falls: 2.1 mi
  • Middle Falls: 3.3 mi
  • Lower Falls: 3.5 mi
  • Norton’s Falls: 4.1 mi
Beaches: 5
  • Windsor Beach: 8.5 mi
  • Ontario Beach: 9.0 mi
  • Hamlin Beach: 24.0 mi
  • Kershaw Beach: 24.8 mi
  • Kershaw Park Small Marine Craft Launch Area: 24.9 mi
Lighthouses: 2

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.2 miles of Poet's Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Oak MountainSSE 151°358 m19.2 mi
Jakman HillS 186°357 m20.2 mi
Baptist HillSSE 155°356 m21.9 mi
Hopper HillsSSE 154°335 m14.3 mi
Allens HillSSE 168°317 m20.8 mi
Woodchuck HillSSE 167°297 m17.4 mi
Taft HillSSE 164°287 m18.2 mi
Baker HillSE 126°282 m11.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1518:4519:23
June solstice05:3220:1120:54
September equinox06:5818:3219:10
December solstice07:4015:5216:39

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262735475968727164524232
Precip in2.52.12.53.02.93.43.63.33.23.22.82.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rochester GTR Intl, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/10693801343

More historic sites in New York

Day trips start here

Drive to it

Byway plans a real route around stops like this one.

Private beta · Free to join

Take the scenic way to Poet's Garden.

Byway plans around your taste, verified places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.

Private beta · Free to join · No card · Invite when a spot opens