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Carmansville Playground

Carmansville Playground from directly overhead

Carmansville Playground is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 39 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the northwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Hope the Friendly Garden on Hill, a garden 0.1 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 2.0 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
39 m

What to expect

Operated by
New York City Department of Parks and Recreation

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates40.82921, -73.94422

Named places within 25 miles

Gardens
Parks
Artworks
Cliffs
  • Coogan's Bluff: 0.4 mi
  • Palisades: 2.8 mi
  • Palisades: 4.3 mi
  • Palisades: 5.8 mi
  • Palisades: 7.9 mi
Attractions
Peaks
Beaches
Nature reserves
Picnic sites: 45
Waterfalls: 11
  • The Loch: 2.5 mi
  • The Falls: 6.8 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 11.5 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 11.6 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 11.7 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Rest areas: 2
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 18.9 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.2 miles of Carmansville Playground. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High MountainNW 306°268 m16.5 mi
Beech MountainNW 306°260 m17.6 mi
Mount CecchinoNW 305°230 m16.3 mi
Hook MountainN 4°214 m20.2 mi
Mount NeboN 3°208 m15.2 mi
Poacher PeakNW 305°185 m18.1 mi
Moon HillNW 305°180 m17.8 mi
Stony HillW 266°179 m15.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3219:08
June solstice05:2519:5020:32
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, 4 mi away.

  • Spotted Lanternfly934 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel869 obs
  • House Sparrow589 obs
  • American Robin562 obs
  • common mugwort517 obs
  • Rock Pigeon446 obs
  • white snakeroot418 obs
  • American pokeweed406 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 site

OpenStreetMap element way/254594896

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