Snug Harbor Cultural Center and Botanical Garden
Snug Harbor Cultural Center and Botanical Garden is a park in New York, at a modelled elevation of 11 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the north-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is NEAKA, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 16 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- New York City Department of Parks and Recreation
How to reach it
- 16.2 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 17.3 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 26.9 mi off the Millstone Valley Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art: 0.0 mi
- Staten Island Museum: 0.1 mi
- Noble Maritime Collection: 0.1 mi
- World Trade Center Educational Tribute: 0.1 mi
- Staten Island Children’s Museum: 0.1 mi
- Pollinator Garden: 0.1 mi
- Perennial Garden: 0.1 mi
- Shade Garden: 0.1 mi
- Peony Collection: 0.1 mi
- White Garden: 0.1 mi
- Randall’s Grave: 0.1 mi
- Robert Richard Randall: 0.1 mi
- Granito / Smith: 0.8 mi
- Augustinian Academy Historical Monument: 1.2 mi
- Postcards: 1.4 mi
- Walker Park: 0.4 mi
- Allison Pond Park: 0.4 mi
- Goodhue Park: 0.6 mi
- Skyline Park: 0.8 mi
- Mahoney Playground: 0.9 mi
- Jones Woods Park: 0.8 mi
- Eibs Pond Park: 2.5 mi
- Ingram Woods: 3.0 mi
- Saint Francis Woodlands: 3.2 mi
- Todt Hill Woods: 3.3 mi
- Signal Hill: 1.9 mi
- Park Hill: 2.2 mi
- Fox Hills: 2.4 mi
- Emerson Hill: 2.5 mi
- Todt Hill: 3.1 mi
- Matthew J. Buono Beach: 2.9 mi
- Caven Point Beach: 3.9 mi
- South Beach: 4.3 mi
- Midland Beach: 5.0 mi
- Beach/Kayak launch ramp: 5.0 mi
- Jurassic Park: 3.5 mi
- Billiou-Stillwell-Perine House: 3.5 mi
- The Gingerbread House: 3.5 mi
- New York City Farm Colony: 3.9 mi
- Carousel for All Children: 4.0 mi
- Freedom Field: 4.3 mi
- Picnic Peninsula: 6.4 mi
- Pier 5 Uplands Seating Area: 6.4 mi
- Pier 3 Greenway Terrace: 6.6 mi
- Linden Airport mini-park: 7.7 mi
- Palisades: 7.5 mi
- Palisades: 9.7 mi
- Hawk Hill: 12.5 mi
- Palisades: 12.8 mi
- Coogan's Bluff: 15.6 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 7.0 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 7.1 mi
- Binnen Falls: 7.3 mi
- Hemlock Falls: 12.2 mi
- Hobble Falls: 12.3 mi
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 6.8 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 13.6 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 13.6 mi
- North Tower: 18.1 mi
- Twin Lights State Historic Site: 18.2 mi
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 10.3 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 10.3 mi
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 13.0 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 14.1 mi
- Harding Truck Rest Area: 22.9 mi
- Barber: 11.3 mi
- Feltville Historic District: 15.1 mi
- Raritan Landing: 21.0 mi
- Tulip Springs: 12.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.8 miles of Snug Harbor Cultural Center and Botanical Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Mountain | NNW 348° | 268 m | 23.1 mi |
| Mount Cecchino | NNW 347° | 230 m | 22.8 mi |
| Gillespie Hill | WNW 295° | 217 m | 23.4 mi |
| Mount Kemble | WNW 291° | 215 m | 23.5 mi |
| Kinneys Hill | WNW 297° | 180 m | 22.7 mi |
| Moon Hill | NNW 345° | 180 m | 23.8 mi |
| Stony Hill | NNW 328° | 179 m | 13.8 mi |
| Mayapple Hill | NW 313° | 175 m | 13.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:01 | 18:33 | 19:09 |
| June solstice | 05:26 | 19:50 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:45 | 18:19 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 15:49 | 16:33 |
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 | 33 | 35 | 43 | 53 | 63 | 73 | 78 | 76 | 69 | 58 | 47 | 38 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 3.0 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Newark Liberty Intl AP, 4 mi away.
- Porcelain Berry177 obs
- Spotted Lanternfly160 obs
- Mallard156 obs
- Canada Goose122 obs
- American Robin118 obs
- Pond Slider108 obs
- white snakeroot107 obs
- Great Blue Heron104 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.
National Register of Historic Places, reference 72000909OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/33900027
Day trips start here
- Bayonne · 2 mi
- Staten Island · 5 mi
- Elizabeth · 6 mi
- Hudson County · 6 mi
- Manhattan/Financial District · 6 mi
- Brooklyn/Downtown · 7 mi
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