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Austin J. McDonald Playground

Austin J. McDonald Playground from directly overhead

Austin J. McDonald Playground is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 38 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the north, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Prall Playground, a park 0.2 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 17 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
38 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
New York City Department of Parks and Recreation

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.62940, -74.11529
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Prall Playground: 0.2 mi
  • Corporal Thompson Park: 0.6 mi
  • Levy Playground: 0.8 mi
  • Heritage Park: 0.9 mi
  • Allison Pond Park: 0.9 mi
Museums
Gardens
Artworks
  • Wingdale: 0.9 mi
  • Anchor: 1.1 mi
  • Icon II: 1.2 mi
  • NEAKA: 1.2 mi
  • St. Anthony: 2.0 mi
Historic sites
Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Signal Hill: 1.6 mi
  • Emerson Hill: 1.8 mi
  • Todt Hill: 2.0 mi
  • Park Hill: 2.0 mi
  • Fox Hills: 2.2 mi
Attractions
Beaches
Picnic sites: 42
Waterfalls: 13
  • Fallkill Falls: 7.9 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 8.0 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 8.1 mi
  • Hemlock Falls: 12.3 mi
  • Hobble Falls: 12.4 mi
Cliffs: 13
  • Palisades: 8.7 mi
  • Palisades: 10.9 mi
  • Hawk Hill: 12.6 mi
  • Palisades: 14.0 mi
  • little daddy Maginot: 16.7 mi
Lighthouses: 7
Rest areas: 5
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 12.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.0 miles of Austin J. McDonald Playground. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High MountainN 350°268 m24.0 mi
Mount CecchinoN 349°230 m23.6 mi
Gillespie HillWNW 297°217 m23.3 mi
Mount KembleWNW 294°215 m23.3 mi
Kinneys HillWNW 300°180 m22.6 mi
Stony HillNNW 332°179 m14.3 mi
Mayapple HillNW 318°175 m13.4 mi
Second Watchung MountainW 266°168 m22.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3319:09
June solstice05:2619:5020:32
September equinox06:4518:1918:55
December solstice07:1815:4916:33

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333543536373787669584738
Precip in3.43.04.13.94.04.34.74.13.83.83.34.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Newark Liberty Intl AP, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Porcelain Berry205 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly169 obs
  • Mallard155 obs
  • Wild Turkey128 obs
  • American Robin124 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel121 obs
  • white snakeroot111 obs
  • Pond Slider109 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/34968930

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