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Cauldwell Playground

Cauldwell Playground from directly overhead

Cauldwell Playground is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 22 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Dunbar Playground, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Bronx River Parkway passes 1.8 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
22 m

How to reach it

Coordinates40.82288, -73.90731

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions
Gardens
Artworks
  • Renaissance Youth Center: 0.5 mi
  • Coral: 1.3 mi
  • Lincoln Holding a Child: 1.7 mi
  • Dream Machine Ⅱ: 1.7 mi
  • Crack Is Wack: 1.8 mi
Museums
Peaks
Historic sites
Nature reserves
Beaches
Picnic sites: 42
Cliffs: 19
Waterfalls: 11
  • The Loch: 3.4 mi
  • The Falls: 5.7 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 11.4 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 11.6 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 11.6 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Rest areas: 2
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 20.6 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.5 miles of Cauldwell Playground. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High MountainNW 304°268 m18.3 mi
Beech MountainNW 304°260 m19.4 mi
Mount CecchinoWNW 303°230 m18.1 mi
Buttermilk HillNNE 14°211 m20.5 mi
Mount NeboN 356°208 m15.7 mi
Poacher PeakWNW 303°185 m19.9 mi
Moon HillWNW 303°180 m19.6 mi
Stony HillW 268°179 m17.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3219:08
June solstice05:2519:5020:31
September equinox06:4418:1918:55
December solstice07:1715:4816:32

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343642536373787770584839
Precip in3.73.24.43.94.14.64.44.84.64.13.44.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bronx, 3 mi away.

  • common mugwort489 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly288 obs
  • tree-of-heaven225 obs
  • red deadnettle200 obs
  • Canada Goose189 obs
  • Rock Pigeon156 obs
  • Great Blue Heron146 obs
  • American pokeweed140 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 way/927203001

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