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Bushwick Playground

Bushwick Playground from directly overhead

Bushwick Playground is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 14 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Arboleda de Ninos/Children's Grove, a garden 0.3 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 9.1 miles off. 54 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
14 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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Coordinates40.69601, -73.91223
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Gardens
Parks
Historic sites
Museums
Artworks
Attractions
Nature reserves
Beaches
Peaks: 54
  • Laurel Hill: 2.4 mi
  • Maspeth Plateau: 2.5 mi
  • Willink Hill: 3.6 mi
  • Sullivan Hill: 3.7 mi
  • Breeze Hill: 3.8 mi
Picnic sites: 43
Cliffs: 14
  • Palisades: 7.6 mi
  • Palisades: 7.6 mi
  • Palisades: 8.8 mi
  • Coogan's Bluff: 9.6 mi
  • Palisades: 13.6 mi
Waterfalls: 9
  • Binnen Falls: 3.7 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 3.7 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 3.9 mi
  • The Loch: 7.3 mi
  • The Falls: 13.8 mi
Lighthouses: 9
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 20.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High MountainNW 322°268 m24.2 mi
Mount CecchinoNW 321°230 m23.9 mi
Mount NeboN 358°208 m24.4 mi
Stony HillWNW 295°179 m19.1 mi
Mayapple HillWNW 285°175 m20.4 mi
Packanack MountainNW 313°144 m23.7 mi
Riker HillWNW 290°134 m23.1 mi
Todt HillWSW 238°125 m12.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3219:08
June solstice05:2519:5020:31
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 °F343643546473797871604940
Precip in3.22.94.03.83.64.04.34.43.93.83.24.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Laguardia AP, 6 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Spotted Lanternfly328 obs
  • tree-of-heaven327 obs
  • common mugwort258 obs
  • Rock Pigeon235 obs
  • princess tree217 obs
  • prickly lettuce158 obs
  • white snakeroot155 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee153 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/925546282

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