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Orchard Alley

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Orchard Alley from directly overhead

Orchard Alley is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 4 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the north-northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is All People's Garden, a garden 0.1 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 9.0 miles off. 58 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
4 m

What to expect

Operated by
New York City Department of Parks and Recreation

How to reach it

Coordinates40.72131, -73.97849

Named places within 25 miles

Gardens
Museums
Artworks
Historic sites
Attractions
  • Zohramp: 0.5 mi
  • Jump into the Light VR Arcade: 0.5 mi
  • Couv Led Zepp 5e album: 0.5 mi
  • Anarchy 99: 0.6 mi
  • Freeman Alley - Graffiti: 0.7 mi
Beaches
Peaks: 58
  • Laurel Hill: 3.0 mi
  • Grassy Hill: 3.3 mi
  • Slide Hill: 3.4 mi
  • Outlook Hill: 3.4 mi
  • Discovery Hill: 3.5 mi
Picnic sites: 41
Cliffs: 14
  • Palisades: 3.7 mi
  • Palisades: 4.0 mi
  • Palisades: 6.1 mi
  • Coogan's Bluff: 8.0 mi
  • Palisades: 11.9 mi
Waterfalls: 11
  • Ambergill Falls: 4.0 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 4.1 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 4.2 mi
  • The Loch: 5.2 mi
  • The Falls: 13.6 mi
Lighthouses: 9
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 16.6 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High MountainNNW 326°268 m20.7 mi
Beech MountainNW 325°260 m21.7 mi
Mount CecchinoNW 326°230 m20.4 mi
Mount NeboN 7°208 m22.8 mi
Poacher PeakNW 324°185 m22.1 mi
Moon HillNW 324°180 m21.8 mi
Stony HillWNW 294°179 m15.2 mi
Mayapple HillWNW 283°175 m16.6 mi

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 solstice07:1715:4816:32

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, 4 mi away.

  • Rock Pigeon3,117 obs
  • House Sparrow1,702 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel1,613 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly1,404 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee1,121 obs
  • Monarch1,038 obs
  • European Starling1,036 obs
  • Western Honey Bee956 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/250265371

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