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Boston Road Garden

Boston Road Garden from directly overhead

Boston Road Garden is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 38 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the west-northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Ghost Bike: Michael Needham, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 0.5 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
38 m

How to reach it

Coordinates40.86572, -73.86182

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Artworks
  • Bruce Lee Mural: 0.2 mi
  • Farragut Monument: 1.8 mi
  • Welcome to Woodlawn Mural: 2.2 mi
  • Coyote: 2.4 mi
  • 242 St. station: 2.6 mi
Parks
Gardens
Attractions
Peaks
Beaches
Nature reserves
Cliffs: 47
Picnic sites: 42
Waterfalls: 12
  • The Falls: 1.9 mi
  • The Loch: 7.1 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 15.0 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 15.1 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 15.2 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Rest areas: 2
Ghost towns: 1
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 23.7 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.3 miles of Boston Road Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High MountainWNW 293°268 m19.0 mi
Beech MountainWNW 293°260 m20.1 mi
Mount CecchinoWNW 291°230 m18.9 mi
Sarles HillN 11°216 m20.0 mi
Hook MountainN 351°214 m17.9 mi
Buttermilk HillN 9°211 m17.1 mi
Mount NeboNNW 345°208 m13.1 mi
Reynolds HillNNE 16°180 m17.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3119:08
June solstice05:2519:5020:31
September equinox06:4418:1818:54
December solstice07:1715:4716:31

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343642536373787770584839
Precip in3.73.24.43.94.14.64.44.84.64.13.44.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bronx, 2 mi away.

  • lesser celandine2,637 obs
  • common mugwort2,219 obs
  • white snakeroot1,914 obs
  • American Robin669 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel603 obs
  • American pokeweed561 obs
  • garlic mustard518 obs
  • northern spicebush506 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/879261209

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