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Kosciuszko’s Garden

Kosciuszko’s Garden from directly overhead

Kosciuszko’s Garden is a park in New York, at a modelled elevation of 17 m. South Beacon Mountain stands 491 m to the north, 6.2 miles off. The nearest named place is South Dock Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 18 miles off.

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Coordinates41.39175, -73.95374

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • South Dock Park: 0.1 mi
  • Trophy Point: 0.3 mi
  • Foundry Dock Park: 1.6 mi
  • Veteran's Park: 1.7 mi
  • End of Main St Park: 1.8 mi
Artworks
Historic sites
Nature reserves
  • Open Space Conservancy: 1.3 mi
  • Hudson Highlands Land Trust: 1.7 mi
  • Open Space Conservancy: 1.8 mi
  • Garrison School Forest: 1.8 mi
  • Hudson Highlands Land Trust: 1.9 mi
Peaks
Cliffs: 57
  • Eagle Cliff: 4.0 mi
  • Hell Hole: 5.1 mi
  • Lemon Squeezer: 13.1 mi
  • Scenic Overlook: 14.9 mi
  • Claudius Smith Den: 17.4 mi
Gardens: 50
  • Boscobel Gardens: 1.6 mi
  • Haldane School Garden: 2.1 mi
  • Lasdon Public Gardens and & Veterans Memorial: 13.8 mi
  • Ossining Organic Community Garden: 14.8 mi
  • Garden: 17.3 mi
Museums: 41
Attractions: 35
Beaches: 10
Picnic sites: 5
  • Princess circle picnic site: 14.2 mi
  • Kakiat Park: 18.9 mi
  • Bergfield Picnic Site: 21.1 mi
  • Pell Hill: 21.4 mi
  • Reservable Picnic Area: 22.8 mi
Rest areas: 5
  • East Fishkill Rest Area: 16.0 mi
  • Stormville Rest Area: 16.1 mi
  • Wallkill Rest Area: 18.8 mi
  • Danbury Rest Area: 22.5 mi
  • Middletown Rest Area: 23.0 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • LG waterfall: 19.4 mi
  • Upper Falls: 23.2 mi
  • Lower Falls: 23.3 mi
  • MacMillan Brook Falls: 25.0 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.4 miles of Kosciuszko’s Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
South Beacon MountainN 5°491 m6.2 mi
North Beacon MountainN 4°465 m6.7 mi
Lambs HillN 10°454 m7.3 mi
Spy RockW 269°441 m3.5 mi
Bull HillN 358°433 m3.2 mi
Crows NestNW 307°429 m1.9 mi
Rattlesnake HillW 274°429 m2.7 mi
Black RockWNW 288°424 m3.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3219:08
June solstice05:2319:5220:33
September equinox06:4418:1818:55
December solstice07:1915:4616:30

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283139506170757466554434
Precip in3.82.94.04.03.84.64.65.04.65.34.24.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — W PT, under a mile away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Water caltrop48 obs
  • American pokeweed28 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee27 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly27 obs
  • lesser celandine26 obs
  • wineberry25 obs
  • winged euonymus24 obs
  • common mugwort23 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.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/1411189408

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