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Site of Home and SeedHouse

Site of Home and SeedHouse from directly overhead

Site of Home and SeedHouse is a historic site in New York, at a modelled elevation of 28 m. Kennelwood Hill stands 156 m to the north, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is America the Beautiful, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 11 miles off. 50 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Material
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Inscription
Site of Home and Seedhouse of John Lewis Childs Founder and first President of Floral Park. Publisher, State Senator, Author
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.72545, -73.70597
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Museums
Nature reserves
Beaches
  • Parsons Beach: 4.1 mi
  • Leeds Pond Beach: 6.4 mi
  • Manhasset Bay Estates Association Beach: 6.5 mi
  • PWEA Beach: 6.6 mi
  • Baxter Estates Village Beach: 7.5 mi
Historic sites: 57
Parks
  • Heritage Park: 0.1 mi
  • Veterans Memorial Park: 0.2 mi
  • Bellerose Village Park: 0.5 mi
  • Floral Park Recreation Center: 0.6 mi
  • Colonial Gardens Park: 0.6 mi
Attractions: 56
  • Welcome Center: 5.8 mi
  • Circle Garden: 6.5 mi
  • Wetland & Woodland Garden: 6.5 mi
  • Unity Garden: 6.5 mi
  • Cherry Circle & Four Season Border: 6.5 mi
Gardens: 55
  • Giving Garden: 0.9 mi
  • Childrens Garden: 0.9 mi
  • Greenstreets: 1.1 mi
  • Pollinator Place: 2.1 mi
  • Garden World: 2.3 mi
Peaks: 50
  • Queens High Point: 2.3 mi
  • Harbor Hill: 6.2 mi
  • Maspeth Plateau: 10.1 mi
  • Laurel Hill: 11.4 mi
  • Janes Hill: 12.3 mi
Artworks
  • Reclaimed Habitat: 2.5 mi
  • Jam Master Jay: 2.8 mi
  • Turnabout: 2.8 mi
  • Two Bottles: 2.8 mi
  • Turtle Statue: 2.9 mi
Picnic sites: 30
  • Accessible Picnic Area: 4.6 mi
  • Picnic Area D: 5.7 mi
  • Picnic Area C: 5.7 mi
  • Picnic Area F: 5.8 mi
  • Picnic Area G: 5.8 mi
Lighthouses: 8
Cliffs: 7
Waterfalls: 4
  • The Loch: 14.1 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 14.3 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 14.4 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 14.6 mi
Rest areas: 2
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Site of Home and SeedHouse. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Kennelwood HillN156 m23.8 mi
Beaver HillNNW140 m24.5 mi
Todt HillWSW125 m23.1 mi
Jayne's HillENE122 m15.9 mi
Harbor HillNE106 m6.2 mi
West HillsENE106 m15.6 mi
Dix HillsENE92 m19.5 mi
Signal HillENE90 m18.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3119:07
June solstice05:2519:4920:30
September equinox06:4318:1818:54
December solstice07:1615:4716:31

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343643536271777569584840
Precip in3.73.04.43.83.13.84.03.94.14.03.44.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mineola, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/12734097607

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