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Hattie Carthan Garden

Hattie Carthan Garden from directly overhead

Hattie Carthan Garden is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 14 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Herbert Von King Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 10 miles off. 56 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
14 m
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

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Coordinates40.69000, -73.94861
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks
  • Tiger: 0.1 mi
  • Brooklyn: 0.4 mi
  • ODB Mural: 0.6 mi
  • Mathematical Star: 0.7 mi
  • Yusuf Hawkins: 0.7 mi
Historic sites
Gardens
  • Greene Avenue United Neighbors Community Garden: 0.2 mi
  • Hart to Hart Community Garden: 0.2 mi
  • American Heart Garden: 0.2 mi
  • Hattie Carthan Herban Farm: 0.3 mi
  • First Quincy Street Community Garden: 0.3 mi
Museums
Attractions
Beaches
Nature reserves
Peaks: 56
Picnic sites: 41
Cliffs: 14
  • Palisades: 6.2 mi
  • Palisades: 6.7 mi
  • Palisades: 8.5 mi
  • Coogan's Bluff: 9.9 mi
  • Palisades: 13.9 mi
Waterfalls: 11
  • Ambergill Falls: 2.1 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 2.2 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 2.3 mi
  • The Loch: 7.3 mi
  • The Falls: 14.8 mi
Lighthouses: 9
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 18.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Hattie Carthan Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High MountainNW 326°268 m23.4 mi
Beech MountainNW 325°260 m24.4 mi
Mount CecchinoNW 326°230 m23.1 mi
Mount NeboN 3°208 m24.8 mi
Poacher PeakNW 324°185 m24.8 mi
Moon HillNW 324°180 m24.5 mi
Stony HillWNW 299°179 m17.6 mi
Mayapple HillWNW 288°175 m18.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3219:08
June solstice05:2619:5020:31
September equinox06:4418:1918:55
December solstice07:1715:4916:32

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, 6 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • American Robin881 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly853 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel678 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee676 obs
  • Mourning Dove613 obs
  • House Sparrow612 obs
  • Rock Pigeon583 obs
  • Northern Cardinal505 obs

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

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/357638265

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