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Bleecker Playground

Bleecker Playground from directly overhead

Bleecker Playground is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 6 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the north-northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Arthur Strickler Triangle, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 8.4 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
6 m

How to reach it

Coordinates40.73650, -74.00550

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Arthur Strickler Triangle: 0.0 mi
  • Abingdon Square: 0.1 mi
  • Jane Street Garden: 0.1 mi
  • Corporal John A. Seravalli Playground: 0.2 mi
  • Washington Commons: 0.2 mi
Historic sites
Attractions
Artworks
Gardens
Beaches
Peaks
Picnic sites: 41
Cliffs: 14
  • Palisades: 2.0 mi
  • Palisades: 2.4 mi
  • Palisades: 5.1 mi
  • Coogan's Bluff: 7.5 mi
  • Palisades: 11.2 mi
Waterfalls: 12
  • The Loch: 4.7 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 5.3 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 5.5 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 5.6 mi
  • The Falls: 13.6 mi
Lighthouses: 9
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 15.0 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.2 miles of Bleecker Playground. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High MountainNNW 328°268 m19.1 mi
Turkey MountainNW 307°268 m24.2 mi
Waughaw MountainNW 309°263 m23.3 mi
Beech MountainNNW 327°260 m20.1 mi
Mount CecchinoNNW 327°230 m18.8 mi
LeGrande HillNNW 327°219 m24.2 mi
Mount NeboN 11°208 m22.0 mi
Poacher PeakNW 325°185 m20.4 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 solstice07:1715:4916:32

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, 4 mi away.

  • Rock Pigeon3,874 obs
  • House Sparrow1,789 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel1,555 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly1,414 obs
  • Western Honey Bee1,237 obs
  • European Starling1,033 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee979 obs
  • White-throated Sparrow940 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357650406

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