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Garden Island

Garden Island from directly overhead

Garden Island is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 30 m. Old Rang Mountain stands 694 m to the south-southwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is NOMAD Soldier Sailor Dedication, a historic site 1.0 miles away. Lakes to Locks Passage passes 1.4 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates44.60328, -73.41035

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks
Nature reserves: 59
Historic sites: 35
  • NOMAD Soldier Sailor Dedication: 1.0 mi
  • Double Cantilever Hangar Foundation: 4.4 mi
  • Fort Scott Memorial: 6.1 mi
  • First Building: 6.8 mi
  • MacDonough Monument: 6.9 mi
Museums: 23
  • War of 1812 Museum: 5.7 mi
  • Plattsburgh Air Force Base Museum: 5.7 mi
  • Clinton County Historical Museum: 5.8 mi
  • Champlain Valley Transportation Museum: 5.8 mi
  • Kids' Station Children's Museum: 5.8 mi
Gardens: 15
Beaches: 12
  • Port Kent Public Beach Park: 5.3 mi
  • Plattsburgh City Beach: 8.2 mi
  • Thayer Beach: 8.2 mi
  • Thayer Beach: 8.5 mi
  • Leddy Park Beach: 10.4 mi
Artworks: 11
Attractions: 9
Waterfalls: 7
  • Horseshoe Falls: 6.0 mi
  • Rainbow Falls: 6.0 mi
  • Alice Falls: 6.4 mi
  • Winooski Falls: 13.7 mi
  • Five Chutes: 17.4 mi
Cliffs: 7
Picnic sites: 3
Covered bridges: 2
Rest areas: 2
  • Rest Area I-89 (North Bound): 20.0 mi
  • Rest Area I-89 (South Bound): 20.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.7 miles of Garden Island. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Old Rang MountainSSW 206°694 m14.4 mi
Baldface MountainSSW 205°673 m13.5 mi
Rocky MountainSSW 209°665 m14.3 mi
McGuire MountainSSW 205°664 m14.2 mi
Buckley MountainWSW 250°648 m13.8 mi
Big Nineteen MountainWSW 251°637 m13.9 mi
Barber MountainSSW 209°634 m14.0 mi
Terry MountainW 261°628 m13.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:2819:06
June solstice05:0919:5820:43
September equinox06:4118:1518:53
December solstice07:2815:2916:17

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F192130445664706860483726
Precip in1.41.21.32.62.94.13.63.63.13.02.31.8

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

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/431327894

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