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Captain Rivera Playground

Captain Rivera Playground from directly overhead

Captain Rivera Playground is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 18 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Abigail Playground, a park 0.1 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 1.8 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
18 m

How to reach it

Coordinates40.81806, -73.90667

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Gardens
Peaks
Attractions
Museums
Artworks
  • Renaissance Youth Center: 0.9 mi
  • Coral: 1.1 mi
  • Dream Machine Ⅱ: 1.5 mi
  • Crack Is Wack: 1.6 mi
  • Lincoln Holding a Child: 1.6 mi
Historic sites
Nature reserves
Beaches
Picnic sites: 41
Cliffs: 19
  • Coogan's Bluff: 2.0 mi
  • Palisades: 4.4 mi
  • Palisades: 5.4 mi
  • Palisades: 6.9 mi
  • Palisades: 8.8 mi
Waterfalls: 11
  • The Loch: 3.2 mi
  • The Falls: 6.0 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 11.1 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 11.2 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 11.3 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Rest areas: 2
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 20.6 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.8 miles of Captain Rivera Playground. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High MountainNW 305°268 m18.5 mi
Beech MountainNW 305°260 m19.6 mi
Mount CecchinoNW 304°230 m18.4 mi
Buttermilk HillNNE 14°211 m20.8 mi
Mount NeboN 356°208 m16.0 mi
Poacher PeakWNW 304°185 m20.1 mi
Moon HillWNW 304°180 m19.8 mi
Stony HillW 269°179 m17.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3219:08
June solstice05:2519:5020:31
September equinox06:4418:1818:55
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, 3 mi away.

  • common mugwort547 obs
  • tree-of-heaven285 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly266 obs
  • groundsel tree238 obs
  • Canada Goose220 obs
  • red deadnettle191 obs
  • common dandelion170 obs
  • Rock Pigeon161 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/357635137

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