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Bartlett Playground

Bartlett Playground from directly overhead

Bartlett Playground is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 4 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Charlie's Place, a park 0.1 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 9.3 miles off. 57 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
4 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
New York City Department of Parks and Recreation

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates40.70080, -73.94627
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Gardens
  • George Washington Carver Community Garden: 0.2 mi
  • Oko Farms Aquaponics Education Garden: 0.3 mi
  • Vernon and Throop Community Garden: 0.4 mi
  • Tranquility Farm: 0.4 mi
  • All People's Church of the Apostolic Faith: 0.4 mi
Artworks
  • Brooklyn: 0.5 mi
  • Tiger: 0.7 mi
  • Boar: 0.9 mi
  • Boar: 0.9 mi
  • I Ought To: 1.0 mi
Museums
Historic sites
Attractions
  • MV Schamonchi: 1.0 mi
  • Zohramp: 2.4 mi
  • Jane's Carousel: 2.4 mi
  • Brooklyn Flea: 2.5 mi
  • Mosaic House: 2.5 mi
Nature reserves
Beaches
  • Pebble Beach: 2.3 mi
  • Pier 4 Beach: 2.8 mi
  • Beach/Kayak launch ramp: 4.1 mi
  • Gansevoort Peninsula Sand Bluff: 4.3 mi
  • Hallet’s Cove: 4.8 mi
Peaks: 57
  • Laurel Hill: 2.3 mi
  • Sullivan Hill: 2.7 mi
  • Willink Hill: 2.9 mi
  • Quaker Hill: 3.1 mi
  • Breeze Hill: 3.1 mi
Picnic sites: 41
Cliffs: 14
  • Palisades: 5.9 mi
  • Palisades: 6.2 mi
  • Palisades: 7.8 mi
  • Coogan's Bluff: 9.1 mi
  • Palisades: 13.2 mi
Waterfalls: 11
  • Ambergill Falls: 2.8 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 2.9 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 3.0 mi
  • The Loch: 6.5 mi
  • The Falls: 14.1 mi
Lighthouses: 9
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 18.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High MountainNW 325°268 m22.8 mi
Beech MountainNW 324°260 m23.9 mi
Mount CecchinoNW 324°230 m22.6 mi
Mount NeboN 2°208 m24.1 mi
Poacher PeakNW 323°185 m24.2 mi
Moon HillNW 323°180 m23.9 mi
Stony HillWNW 296°179 m17.4 mi
Mayapple HillWNW 286°175 m18.6 mi
Conditions

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 solstice07:1715:4816:32

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, 6 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Spotted Lanternfly915 obs
  • Monarch660 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee616 obs
  • tree-of-heaven578 obs
  • Rock Pigeon513 obs
  • common mugwort466 obs
  • House Sparrow418 obs
  • Mourning Dove412 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/1223837947

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