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Mount Hope Garden

Mount Hope Garden from directly overhead

Mount Hope Garden is a park in New York, at a modelled elevation of 25 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the west-northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Devanney Triangle, a park 0.1 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 1.7 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
New York City Department of Parks and Recreation

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates40.85252, -73.90535

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Gardens
Artworks
Attractions
Historic sites
Peaks
Nature reserves
Beaches
Cliffs
Picnic sites: 42
Waterfalls: 12
  • The Falls: 4.2 mi
  • The Loch: 4.9 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 13.4 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 13.6 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 13.6 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Rest areas: 2
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 21.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.4 miles of Mount Hope Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High MountainWNW 298°268 m17.3 mi
Beech MountainWNW 298°260 m18.5 mi
Mount CecchinoWNW 297°230 m17.2 mi
Hook MountainN 358°214 m18.5 mi
Buttermilk HillNNE 15°211 m18.5 mi
Mount NeboN 355°208 m13.6 mi
Poacher PeakWNW 298°185 m19.0 mi
Moon HillWNW 297°180 m18.7 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 solstice07:1715:4816:32

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.

  • common mugwort2,085 obs
  • white snakeroot2,036 obs
  • northern spicebush1,169 obs
  • lesser celandine1,166 obs
  • Porcelain Berry1,155 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel1,056 obs
  • American Robin882 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly808 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/562586513

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