Museum · New York
Steere Herbarium
Steere Herbarium is a museum in New York, at a modelled elevation of 29 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the west-northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Rock Garden, a garden 0.2 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 0.4 miles off.
What the record says
- Height
- 26.0 m
What to expect
- Fee
- No
How to reach it
Coordinates40.86711, -73.87880
- 0.4 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 3.7 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 15.8 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
Gardens
- Rock Garden: 0.2 mi
- Native Plant Garden: 0.3 mi
- Perennial and Herb Gardens: 0.3 mi
- The Bainbridge Avenue Garden: 0.4 mi
- Chlidren's Adventure Garden: 0.4 mi
Historic sites
- New York Botanical Garden: 0.3 mi
- Ghost Bike: Michael Needham: 0.8 mi
- 9/11: 1.3 mi
- Van Cortlandt Station ruins: 1.7 mi
- Grand Central Stones: 1.8 mi
Parks
- Hawthorne/Rooney Tennis Courts: 0.4 mi
- Mosholu Playground: 0.4 mi
- Jack Coffey Field: 0.4 mi
- Whalen Park: 0.5 mi
- Queen's Court: 0.5 mi
Museums
- Museum of Bronx History: 0.7 mi
- Poe Cottage: 0.8 mi
- Dyckman Farmhouse Museum: 2.3 mi
- Glyndor Gallery: 2.7 mi
- The Met Cloisters: 2.8 mi
Artworks
- Bruce Lee Mural: 0.7 mi
- Coyote: 1.7 mi
- Farragut Monument: 1.9 mi
- Welcome to Woodlawn Mural: 2.2 mi
- Roberto Clemente: 2.4 mi
Attractions
- Parking: 0.8 mi
- Birds of Prey: 1.0 mi
- Madagascar!: 1.0 mi
- Monkey House: 1.0 mi
- World of Birds: 1.0 mi
Peaks
- Marble Hill: 1.8 mi
- Spuyten Duyvil Hill: 2.2 mi
- Vault Hill: 2.2 mi
- Tetards Hill: 2.3 mi
- Inwood Hill: 2.5 mi
Beaches
- Spuyten Duyvil Beach: 2.6 mi
- Dyckman Street Beach: 2.8 mi
- Bloomer Beach: 3.6 mi
- Undercliff Beach: 3.6 mi
- Canoe Beach: 3.6 mi
Nature reserves
- Cabrini Woods Nature Sanctuary: 3.1 mi
- Pugsley Creek Park: 3.9 mi
- Hunt's Woods Park: 5.1 mi
- Glenwood Lake Park: 5.4 mi
- Titus Mill Pond State Tidal Wetlands: 5.9 mi
Cliffs
- Palisades: 3.7 mi
- Coogan's Bluff: 3.9 mi
- The Palisades: 6.1 mi
- Palisades: 7.1 mi
- Palisades: 7.2 mi
Picnic sites: 42
- Picnic Area on Marcus Garvey Pool Deck: 5.4 mi
- Alpine picnic area: 5.9 mi
- Excelsior Picnic Area: 6.5 mi
- Street Seats: 8.9 mi
- The Backyard: 10.6 mi
Waterfalls: 12
- The Falls: 2.5 mi
- The Loch: 6.5 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 14.8 mi
- Binnen Falls: 14.9 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 15.0 mi
Lighthouses: 6
- Execution Rocks Light: 7.4 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 7.8 mi
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 12.5 mi
- Cold Spring Harbor Light: 19.5 mi
- Stamford Harbor Ledge Light: 20.3 mi
Rest areas: 2
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 8.5 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 15.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1
- Cuties Island: 22.5 mi
Springs: 1
- Tulip Springs: 22.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.8 miles of Steere Herbarium. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Mountain | WNW 293° | 268 m | 18.1 mi |
| Beech Mountain | WNW 294° | 260 m | 19.3 mi |
| Mount Cecchino | WNW 292° | 230 m | 18.1 mi |
| Hook Mountain | N 353° | 214 m | 17.6 mi |
| Buttermilk Hill | NNE 12° | 211 m | 17.2 mi |
| Mount Nebo | NNW 349° | 208 m | 12.8 mi |
| Reynolds Hill | NNE 19° | 180 m | 17.4 mi |
| Moon Hill | WNW 293° | 180 m | 19.5 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 | 15:47 | 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, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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- Englewood · 5 mi
- Fort Lee · 5 mi
- Manhattan/Harlem and Upper Manhattan · 5 mi
- Pelham · 5 mi
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