Park · New York
Garden of Life
Garden of Life is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 23 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the west-northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Morris Mesa Playground, a park 0.2 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 1.8 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 23 m
How to reach it
Coordinates40.84361, -73.90778
- 1.8 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 2.9 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 18.0 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Morris Mesa Playground: 0.2 mi
- Barry Plaza: 0.2 mi
- Peace Park: 0.2 mi
- Cleopatra Playground: 0.2 mi
- Claremont Park: 0.3 mi
Gardens
- Green Patch on Walton: 0.3 mi
- Jardin De La Familia: 0.4 mi
- Dred Scott Bird Sanctuary: 0.6 mi
- Claremont Neighborhood Garden: 0.7 mi
- Victory Garden: 0.7 mi
Artworks
- Renaissance Youth Center: 0.9 mi
- Roberto Clemente: 1.0 mi
- Sidewalk Flowers: 1.5 mi
- Columnade: 1.8 mi
- 3000 A.D. Diffusion Piece: 1.8 mi
Attractions
- Joker Stairs: 1.0 mi
- East 165th Street steps: 1.2 mi
- Congo Gorilla Forest: 1.4 mi
- African Wild Dogs: 1.4 mi
- Carter Giraffe Building: 1.5 mi
Museums
- Bronx Museum of the Arts: 1.1 mi
- The Yankees Museum: 1.4 mi
- Poe Cottage: 1.7 mi
- Morris-Jumel Mansion: 1.7 mi
- Malcolm X & Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial and Educational Center: 1.7 mi
Historic sites
- McNally Plaza: 1.2 mi
- West 181st Street: 1.3 mi
- West 184th Street: 1.3 mi
- West 183rd Street: 1.3 mi
- West 181st Street: 1.3 mi
Peaks
- Manhattan High Point: 1.7 mi
- Long Hill: 1.9 mi
- Janes Hill: 2.2 mi
- Marble Hill: 2.3 mi
- Inwood Hill: 2.3 mi
Cliffs
- Coogan's Bluff: 1.8 mi
- Palisades: 3.8 mi
- Palisades: 4.9 mi
- The Palisades: 7.4 mi
- Palisades: 7.8 mi
Nature reserves
- Cabrini Woods Nature Sanctuary: 1.8 mi
- Pugsley Creek Park: 3.5 mi
- Hallett Nature Sanctuary: 6.4 mi
- Hackensack Meadowlands Conservation and Wildlife Area: 7.3 mi
- Hunt's Woods Park: 7.3 mi
Beaches
- Dyckman Street Beach: 2.2 mi
- Spuyten Duyvil Beach: 2.5 mi
- Hazard Beach: 2.8 mi
- Bloomer Beach: 3.2 mi
- Undercliff Beach: 3.5 mi
Picnic sites: 42
- Picnic Area on Marcus Garvey Pool Deck: 3.2 mi
- Street Seats: 6.8 mi
- Alpine picnic area: 7.2 mi
- Excelsior Picnic Area: 7.8 mi
- The Backyard: 8.7 mi
Waterfalls: 12
- The Loch: 4.3 mi
- The Falls: 4.7 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 12.8 mi
- Binnen Falls: 12.9 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 13.0 mi
Lighthouses: 6
- Execution Rocks Light: 9.2 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 9.4 mi
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 10.3 mi
- Cold Spring Harbor Light: 21.2 mi
- Stamford Harbor Ledge Light: 22.4 mi
Rest areas: 2
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 6.5 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 14.2 mi
Springs: 1
- Tulip Springs: 21.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1
- Cuties Island: 24.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.5 miles of Garden of Life. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Mountain | WNW 300° | 268 m | 17.5 mi |
| Beech Mountain | WNW 300° | 260 m | 18.7 mi |
| Mount Cecchino | WNW 299° | 230 m | 17.4 mi |
| Hook Mountain | N 358° | 214 m | 19.2 mi |
| Buttermilk Hill | NNE 15° | 211 m | 19.1 mi |
| Mount Nebo | N 356° | 208 m | 14.2 mi |
| Poacher Peak | WNW 299° | 185 m | 19.2 mi |
| Moon Hill | WNW 299° | 180 m | 18.9 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 | 15:48 | 16:32 |
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.
- Porcelain Berry589 obs
- Spotted Lanternfly511 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel449 obs
- tree-of-heaven395 obs
- American Robin393 obs
- Rock Pigeon314 obs
- House Sparrow303 obs
- Mallard292 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357634901
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- Bronx · 1 mi
- Fort Lee · 3 mi
- Manhattan/Harlem and Upper Manhattan · 3 mi
- Englewood · 5 mi
- Manhattan/Central Park · 5 mi
- Manhattan/Upper West Side · 5 mi
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