Historic site · New York
Playground Addition
Playground Addition is a historic site in New York, at a modelled elevation of 67 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the west-northwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Jacob K. Javits Playground, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 1.2 miles off.
What the record says
- Material
- stone
- Inscription
- The site for this playground addition to Fort Tryon Park was presented to the City of New York by John D. Rockefeller JR 1941
How to reach it
Coordinates40.85875, -73.93398
- 1.2 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 3.2 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 18.2 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Jacob K. Javits Playground: 0.0 mi
- Gorman Memorial Park: 0.2 mi
- Bennett Park: 0.5 mi
- Fort Washington Park: 0.5 mi
- Wallenberg Playground: 0.5 mi
Historic sites
- Margaret Cochran Corbin | 1751–1800: 0.1 mi
- Broadway: 0.1 mi
- David Rockefeller Plaque: 0.2 mi
- Fort Tryon Park Tablet: 0.2 mi
- Broadway: 0.2 mi
Nature reserves
- Cabrini Woods Nature Sanctuary: 0.2 mi
- Pugsley Creek Park: 5.2 mi
- Hackensack Meadowlands Conservation and Wildlife Area: 6.5 mi
- Hallett Nature Sanctuary: 6.7 mi
- Hunt's Woods Park: 7.4 mi
Artworks
- Columnade: 0.2 mi
- Sidewalk Flowers: 0.3 mi
- Roberto Clemente: 0.8 mi
- 3000 A.D. Diffusion Piece: 0.9 mi
- Invisible Man: A Memorial to Ralph Ellison: 2.1 mi
Gardens
- Trie Cloister: 0.4 mi
- Bonnefont Cloister: 0.4 mi
- Cuxa Cloister: 0.4 mi
- Saint-Guilhem Cloister: 0.5 mi
- Riley-Levin Children's Garden: 0.6 mi
Museums
Peaks
- Long Hill: 0.4 mi
- Manhattan High Point: 0.5 mi
- Inwood Hill: 1.1 mi
- Spuyten Duyvil Hill: 1.7 mi
- Marble Hill: 1.7 mi
Beaches
- Dyckman Street Beach: 0.8 mi
- Spuyten Duyvil Beach: 1.3 mi
- Hazard Beach: 1.4 mi
- Bloomer Beach: 1.7 mi
- Undercliff Beach: 2.0 mi
Attractions
- Joker Stairs: 1.7 mi
- La casa de los Tenenbaums: 2.5 mi
- Original brown stone houses: 2.6 mi
- East 165th Street steps: 2.7 mi
- Congo Gorilla Forest: 2.8 mi
Cliffs
- Coogan's Bluff: 1.8 mi
- Palisades: 2.3 mi
- Palisades: 4.5 mi
- The Palisades: 6.4 mi
- Palisades: 7.7 mi
Picnic sites: 43
- Picnic Area on Marcus Garvey Pool Deck: 3.7 mi
- Alpine picnic area: 6.2 mi
- Excelsior Picnic Area: 6.9 mi
- Street Seats: 7.5 mi
- The Backyard: 7.7 mi
Waterfalls: 13
- The Loch: 4.6 mi
- The Falls: 5.3 mi
- Great Falls: 13.5 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 13.6 mi
- Binnen Falls: 13.7 mi
Lighthouses: 6
- Execution Rocks Light: 10.3 mi
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 10.4 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 10.7 mi
- Cold Spring Harbor Light: 22.4 mi
- Stamford Harbor Ledge Light: 23.1 mi
Rest areas: 2
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 5.6 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 12.9 mi
Springs: 1
- Tulip Springs: 20.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.4 miles of Playground Addition. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Mountain | WNW 299° | 268 m | 15.8 mi |
| Beech Mountain | WNW 300° | 260 m | 16.9 mi |
| Mount Cecchino | WNW 298° | 230 m | 15.7 mi |
| Campgaw Mountain | NW 314° | 224 m | 19.4 mi |
| Hook Mountain | N 3° | 214 m | 18.1 mi |
| Buttermilk Hill | NNE 20° | 211 m | 18.5 mi |
| Mount Nebo | N 2° | 208 m | 13.1 mi |
| Poacher Peak | WNW 299° | 185 m | 17.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:32 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:25 | 19:50 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:19 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 15:48 | 16:32 |
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 | 34 | 36 | 42 | 53 | 63 | 73 | 78 | 77 | 70 | 58 | 48 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.2 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bronx, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/11787761723
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- Fort Lee · 2 mi
- Bronx · 3 mi
- Englewood · 3 mi
- Manhattan/Harlem and Upper Manhattan · 4 mi
- Manhattan/Central Park · 5 mi
- Manhattan/Upper West Side · 5 mi
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