World's Largest Garden Gnome

Kerhonkson, New York, United States

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Gnome Chomsky is a garden gnome statue at Kelder's Farm, 5755 US Route 209, Kerhonkson, which a 2010 farm announcement gave as 13 feet 6 inches tall. A 2010 farm announcement reported that a Polish group's 17-foot-8-inch fiberglass gnome had been recognised by Guinness World Records, and that a 15-foot cement gnome had been unveiled in Iowa. The farm's website still promotes it as the World's Largest Garden Gnome.

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Approximate location · 41.775° N, 74.298° W

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A 13-foot-6-inch garden gnome called Chomsky, which Time Out described in 2014 as standing sentry at the entrance to a Hudson Valley farm, is promoted by the farm as the World's Largest Garden Gnome.

Kelder's Farm, 5755 US Route 209 in Kerhonkson, says it offers over 35 attractions, including a taproom. Local radio reported in 2021 that Chomsky was built in 2006 and was 13 feet 6 inches tall, and the farm's website still invites visitors to take a photo with him.

The title has been disputed. In August 2010 a blog reproduced a farm release saying Chomsky had lost the Guinness record he had held since 2006 to a fiberglass gnome from Poland, made in 2009 and 17 feet 8 inches tall. The farm said it had written to Guinness to ask about the decision. The release added that a 15-foot cement gnome unveiled in Iowa that April had been told the record was already taken. A 2010 Watershed Post report likewise said two newer statues, one from Iowa State University and one from Poland, now ranked above him.

The 2021 radio report says instead that the farm's website states Guinness lists Chomsky as one of the largest garden gnomes in existence. The farm still promotes him as the World's Largest Garden Gnome today; that is the farm's own claim, and Guinness's current position is unknown.

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Stands at Kelder's Farm, 5755 US Route 209, Kerhonkson. The farm lists the gnome among its attractions and invites visitors to take a photo.

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On a working farm attraction; Kelder's Farm lists admission tickets for its attractions and publishes seasonal hours, so check the farm's current hours before visiting. Whether the gnome can be seen without paying admission was not established.

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