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Adventure Playground

Adventure Playground from directly overhead

Adventure Playground is a historic site in New York, at a modelled elevation of 28 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Giuseppe Mazzini, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 5.6 miles off.

The story

Adventure playground in Central Park, New York.

Dates from 1967-05.

Wikidata Q138603061, matched on coordinates and name (27 m apart).

What the record says

Inscription
Gift to the children of New York City, The Lauder Family Foundation, 1966

How to reach it

Coordinates40.77342, -73.97733

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Attractions
Beaches
Gardens: 59
Peaks
Historic sites: 55
Picnic sites: 41
Waterfalls: 12
  • The Loch: 1.7 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 7.6 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 7.7 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 7.7 mi
  • Great Falls: 14.6 mi
Cliffs: 12
Lighthouses: 5
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 16.5 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.0 miles of Adventure Playground. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High MountainNW268 m17.9 mi
Beech MountainNW260 m18.9 mi
Mount CecchinoNW230 m17.6 mi
Campgaw MountainNNW224 m22.7 mi
Mount NeboN208 m19.2 mi
Poacher PeakNW185 m19.3 mi
Moon HillNW180 m19.0 mi
Stony HillW179 m14.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3219:08
June solstice05:2519:5020:31
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, under a mile away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/7952829146

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