Park · New York
American Playground
American Playground is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 4 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is 61 Franklin Street Garden, a park 0.1 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 7.9 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 4 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- New York City Department of Parks and Recreation
How to reach it
Coordinates40.72873, -73.95798
- 7.9 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 8.6 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 25.9 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- 61 Franklin Street Garden: 0.1 mi
- Public Plaza: 0.4 mi
- Bushwick Inlet Park: 0.4 mi
- Public Plaza: 0.4 mi
- Bushwick Inlet Park: 0.4 mi
Artworks
- #saytheirname: 0.1 mi
- Waiting: 0.3 mi
- Levescere: Prima Materia: 0.4 mi
- Deluge of Movement: 0.5 mi
- Watertower 5: 0.6 mi
Gardens
- Java Street Garden: 0.2 mi
- Eagle Street Rooftop Farm: 0.4 mi
- Mary D's Senior Housing Garden: 0.5 mi
- Green Dome Fenced Garden: 0.7 mi
- Paul Clinton Garden: 0.8 mi
Nature reserves
- WNYC Transmitter Park: 0.2 mi
- Hallett Nature Sanctuary: 2.8 mi
- Bird Island: 3.1 mi
- Audubon Park: 6.9 mi
- Riverbend Wetlands Preserve: 7.1 mi
Historic sites
- Rip Aaron Swartz: 0.5 mi
- Jerzy Popieluszko: 0.5 mi
- Joseph Studzinki Square: 0.7 mi
- Greenpoint World War I Memorial: 0.8 mi
- Teddy Orzechowski: 0.9 mi
Museums
- Museum of Food and Drink: 0.8 mi
- Underpenny Museum Antique & Collectables: 1.0 mi
- The City Reliquary: 1.0 mi
- Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space: 1.1 mi
- MoMA PS1: 1.3 mi
Attractions
- Pepsi-Cola Sign: 1.3 mi
- Anarchy 99: 1.4 mi
- Historical landmark from 1877: 1.4 mi
- Freedom plaza: 1.4 mi
- Couv Led Zepp 5e album: 1.4 mi
Peaks
- Laurel Hill: 1.8 mi
- Maspeth Plateau: 3.1 mi
- Vista Rock: 3.5 mi
- Summit Rock: 3.8 mi
- Kings Bluff: 4.1 mi
Beaches
- Pebble Beach: 2.4 mi
- Gansevoort Peninsula Sand Bluff: 2.9 mi
- Hallet’s Cove: 3.1 mi
- Pier 4 Beach: 3.1 mi
- Maxwell Place Beach: 3.7 mi
Picnic sites: 40
- Street Seats: 1.6 mi
- Pier 3 Greenway Terrace: 3.0 mi
- Pier 5 Uplands Seating Area: 3.2 mi
- Picnic Peninsula: 3.2 mi
- Picnic Area on Marcus Garvey Pool Deck: 5.3 mi
Cliffs: 14
- Palisades: 4.4 mi
- Palisades: 4.6 mi
- Palisades: 5.8 mi
- Coogan's Bluff: 7.3 mi
- Palisades: 11.3 mi
Waterfalls: 11
- Ambergill Falls: 4.5 mi
- The Loch: 4.6 mi
- Binnen Falls: 4.7 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 4.7 mi
- The Falls: 12.6 mi
Lighthouses: 9
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 3.8 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 15.3 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 15.5 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 18.6 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 18.6 mi
Rest areas: 4
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 7.6 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 13.9 mi
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 19.9 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 19.9 mi
Ghost towns: 2
- Barber: 20.9 mi
- Feltville Historic District: 22.7 mi
Springs: 1
- Tulip Springs: 17.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 24.4 miles of American Playground. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Mountain | NW 323° | 268 m | 20.9 mi |
| Beech Mountain | NW 322° | 260 m | 22.0 mi |
| Mount Cecchino | NW 322° | 230 m | 20.7 mi |
| Mount Nebo | N 4° | 208 m | 22.2 mi |
| Poacher Peak | NW 321° | 185 m | 22.3 mi |
| Moon Hill | NW 321° | 180 m | 22.0 mi |
| Stony Hill | WNW 291° | 179 m | 16.0 mi |
| Mayapple Hill | W 280° | 175 m | 17.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:32 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:26 | 19:50 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:19 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 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 | 43 | 54 | 63 | 72 | 78 | 76 | 69 | 58 | 48 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.2 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 3.6 | 4.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NY City Cntrl Park, 4 mi away.
- Rock Pigeon3,878 obs
- tree-of-heaven1,400 obs
- Spotted Lanternfly1,166 obs
- House Sparrow1,128 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel912 obs
- European Starling802 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee789 obs
- Monarch762 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/372050312
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