Park · New York
Cadwallader Colden Playground
Cadwallader Colden Playground is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 5 m. Buttermilk Hill stands 211 m to the north, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Leavitts Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 4.4 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 5 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- New York City Department of Parks and Recreation
How to reach it
Coordinates40.77014, -73.82729
- 4.4 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 9.2 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 20.0 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Leavitts Park: 0.3 mi
- Margaret I. Carman Green - Weeping Beech: 0.5 mi
- Daniel Carter Beard Mall: 0.5 mi
- Flushing Greens: 0.5 mi
- Hart Playground: 0.5 mi
Museums
- Lewis Howard Latimer House Museum: 0.3 mi
- Kingsland Homestead: 0.5 mi
- John Bowne House: 0.5 mi
- The Voelker Orth Museum: 0.7 mi
- Queens Museum: 2.0 mi
Historic sites
- Flushing Memorial: 0.5 mi
- Weeping Beech Historical Marker: 0.5 mi
- Fox Oaks: 0.5 mi
- Site of Shea Stadium Second Base 1964-2008: 1.5 mi
- World War 2: 1.5 mi
Artworks
- Perpetual Nature: 0.8 mi
- Tom Seaver: 1.4 mi
- Home Run Apple: 1.4 mi
- Queens: 1.4 mi
- Poppenhusen: 1.6 mi
Attractions
- Deciduous Conifer Forest: 1.3 mi
- Oak Allée: 1.3 mi
- Cherry Circle & Four Season Border: 1.3 mi
- Pinetum: 1.3 mi
- Herb Garden: 1.3 mi
Gardens
- Children's Garden: 1.4 mi
- Wedding Garden: 1.4 mi
- Queens Botanical Garden: 1.4 mi
- Evergreen Community Garden: 1.5 mi
- Althea Gibson Sculpture Garden: 1.7 mi
Nature reserves
- Pugsley Creek Park: 3.3 mi
- Virginia Point: 4.4 mi
- Harbor Hill Preserve: 6.4 mi
- WNYC Transmitter Park: 7.6 mi
- Hallett Nature Sanctuary: 7.7 mi
Beaches
- Parsons Beach: 3.8 mi
- Hallet’s Cove: 5.6 mi
- Leeds Pond Beach: 7.2 mi
- Manhasset Bay Estates Association Beach: 7.3 mi
- PWEA Beach: 7.3 mi
Peaks
- Maspeth Plateau: 4.6 mi
- Janes Hill: 5.3 mi
- Laurel Hill: 5.7 mi
- Queens High Point: 5.7 mi
- Mount Morris: 6.5 mi
Picnic sites: 41
- Street Seats: 6.5 mi
- Picnic Area on Marcus Garvey Pool Deck: 6.5 mi
- Picnic Area D: 9.7 mi
- Picnic Area C: 9.7 mi
- Picnic Area F: 9.9 mi
Cliffs: 18
- Coogan's Bluff: 7.3 mi
- Palisades: 9.0 mi
- Palisades: 10.1 mi
- Palisades: 10.3 mi
- Palisades: 11.5 mi
Waterfalls: 9
- The Loch: 7.1 mi
- The Falls: 8.2 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 10.4 mi
- Binnen Falls: 10.4 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 10.6 mi
Lighthouses: 8
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 8.4 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 8.8 mi
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 11.1 mi
- Cold Spring Harbor Light: 19.1 mi
- Stamford Harbor Ledge Light: 22.5 mi
Rest areas: 2
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 11.2 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 19.0 mi
Springs: 1
- Tulip Springs: 24.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1
- Cuties Island: 24.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.5 miles of Cadwallader Colden Playground. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buttermilk Hill | N 2° | 211 m | 23.5 mi |
| Mount Nebo | NNW 345° | 208 m | 20.0 mi |
| Reynolds Hill | N 7° | 180 m | 23.4 mi |
| Stony Hill | W 278° | 179 m | 22.0 mi |
| Cooney Hill | NNE 12° | 170 m | 23.4 mi |
| Kennelwood Hill | N 10° | 156 m | 20.9 mi |
| Kykuit Hill | N 358° | 147 m | 22.1 mi |
| Beaver Hill | N 360° | 140 m | 20.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:31 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:25 | 19:49 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:18 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:48 | 16:31 |
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 | 64 | 73 | 79 | 78 | 71 | 60 | 49 | 40 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.9 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 3.2 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Laguardia AP, 3 mi away.
- Rock Pigeon196 obs
- Spotted Lanternfly179 obs
- marsh elder158 obs
- common mugwort154 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel150 obs
- Mallard134 obs
- American Robin128 obs
- House Sparrow122 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/113727170
Day trips start here
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- Queens/Jamaica · 5 mi
- Bronx · 6 mi
- Queens/Long Island City and Astoria · 6 mi
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