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Fordham Bedford Lot-Busters Garden

Fordham Bedford Lot-Busters Garden from directly overhead

Fordham Bedford Lot-Busters Garden is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 30 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the west-northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Poe Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 1.1 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
30 m

How to reach it

Coordinates40.86412, -73.89266

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Gardens
Historic sites
Attractions
Peaks
Artworks
Beaches
Nature reserves
Cliffs
Picnic sites: 41
Waterfalls: 12
  • The Falls: 3.2 mi
  • The Loch: 5.9 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 14.4 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 14.5 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 14.6 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Rest areas: 2
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 22.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.6 miles of Fordham Bedford Lot-Busters Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High MountainWNW 295°268 m17.6 mi
Beech MountainWNW 295°260 m18.7 mi
Mount CecchinoWNW 294°230 m17.5 mi
Hook MountainN 356°214 m17.8 mi
Buttermilk HillNNE 14°211 m17.5 mi
Mount NeboN 352°208 m12.9 mi
Poacher PeakWNW 295°185 m19.2 mi
Reynolds HillNNE 21°180 m17.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3219:08
June solstice05:2519:5020:31
September equinox06:4418:1818:55
December solstice07:1715:4816:31

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, 3 mi away.

  • lesser celandine3,000 obs
  • common mugwort2,676 obs
  • white snakeroot2,582 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel1,321 obs
  • northern spicebush1,117 obs
  • garlic mustard1,011 obs
  • American Robin986 obs
  • American pokeweed972 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/878718719

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