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Channel Gardens

Channel Gardens from directly overhead

Channel Gardens is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 21 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Prometheus, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 6.6 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
21 m

How to reach it

Coordinates40.75841, -73.97787

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Attractions
Historic sites
Parks
  • 437 Madison Avenue - POPS: 0.1 mi
  • Paley Park: 0.2 mi
  • Marsh & McLennan Public Space: 0.2 mi
  • 745 Plaza: 0.3 mi
  • McGraw-Hill Park: 0.3 mi
Museums
Gardens
Peaks
Beaches
Picnic sites: 41
Cliffs: 15
  • Palisades: 2.4 mi
  • Palisades: 3.6 mi
  • Palisades: 3.6 mi
  • Coogan's Bluff: 5.5 mi
  • Palisades: 9.4 mi
Waterfalls: 12
  • The Loch: 2.7 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 6.5 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 6.7 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 6.7 mi
  • The Falls: 11.5 mi
Lighthouses: 5
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 16.4 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.6 miles of Channel Gardens. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High MountainNW 322°268 m18.6 mi
Waughaw MountainWNW 304°263 m23.6 mi
Beech MountainNW 321°260 m19.7 mi
Mount CecchinoNW 321°230 m18.4 mi
Campgaw MountainNNW 331°224 m23.5 mi
Mount NeboN 8°208 m20.3 mi
Poacher PeakNW 320°185 m20.1 mi
Moon HillNW 320°180 m19.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3219:08
June solstice05:2519:5020:31
September equinox06:4418:1918:55
December solstice07:1715:4816:32

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343643546372787669584839
Precip in3.63.24.34.14.04.54.64.64.34.43.64.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NY City Cntrl Park, 2 mi away.

  • Rock Pigeon8,304 obs
  • white snakeroot8,000 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel4,239 obs
  • House Sparrow3,886 obs
  • American Robin3,552 obs
  • tree-of-heaven2,802 obs
  • European Starling2,668 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly2,557 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/159028631

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