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Albemarle Playground

Albemarle Playground from directly overhead

Albemarle Playground is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 19 m. Mount Cecchino stands 230 m to the north-northwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Colonel Donald Cook Square, a park 0.1 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 14 miles off. 50 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
19 m

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates40.64595, -73.98063

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Gardens
Historic sites
Attractions
Beaches
Nature reserves
Peaks: 50
Picnic sites: 40
Cliffs: 14
  • Palisades: 7.5 mi
  • Palisades: 8.8 mi
  • Palisades: 11.3 mi
  • Coogan's Bluff: 13.1 mi
  • Palisades: 17.1 mi
Waterfalls: 10
  • Fallkill Falls: 1.2 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 1.3 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 1.4 mi
  • The Loch: 10.3 mi
  • Hemlock Falls: 17.7 mi
Lighthouses: 9
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 17.9 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount CecchinoNNW 333°230 m24.9 mi
Stony HillNW 310°179 m17.9 mi
Mayapple HillWNW 299°175 m18.4 mi
Packanack MountainNW 325°144 m24.0 mi
Riker HillWNW 302°134 m21.4 mi
Long HillW 279°126 m24.3 mi
Todt HillWSW 246°125 m7.7 mi
Crawford HillSSW 212°120 m20.6 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 solstice07:1715:4916:33

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343643536272787670584839
Precip in3.53.04.43.84.04.44.83.93.94.03.24.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NY AVE V Brooklyn, 4 mi away.

  • American Robin1,858 obs
  • Pond Slider1,691 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk1,636 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee1,450 obs
  • Northern Cardinal1,424 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel1,325 obs
  • Mallard1,259 obs
  • House Sparrow1,214 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1017935481

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