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Classon Playground

Classon Playground from directly overhead

Classon Playground is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 10 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the north-northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Classon Triangle, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Bronx River Parkway passes 9.8 miles off. 57 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
10 m

How to reach it

Coordinates40.69940, -73.96159

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
  • Boar: 0.2 mi
  • Boar: 0.2 mi
  • Old crane: 0.3 mi
  • I Ought To: 0.4 mi
  • Brooklyn: 0.6 mi
Gardens
Museums
Beaches
Attractions
Peaks: 57
  • Sullivan Hill: 2.4 mi
  • Willink Hill: 2.6 mi
  • Quaker Hill: 2.7 mi
  • Breeze Hill: 2.8 mi
  • Laurel Hill: 2.9 mi
Picnic sites: 41
Cliffs: 14
  • Palisades: 5.2 mi
  • Palisades: 5.8 mi
  • Palisades: 7.7 mi
  • Coogan's Bluff: 9.3 mi
  • Palisades: 13.3 mi
Waterfalls: 11
  • Ambergill Falls: 2.5 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 2.6 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 2.7 mi
  • The Loch: 6.6 mi
  • The Falls: 14.5 mi
Lighthouses: 9
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 17.7 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High MountainNNW 327°268 m22.5 mi
Beech MountainNW 326°260 m23.5 mi
Mount CecchinoNW 326°230 m22.2 mi
Mount NeboN 4°208 m24.2 mi
Poacher PeakNW 324°185 m23.8 mi
Moon HillNW 325°180 m23.5 mi
Stony HillWNW 298°179 m16.7 mi
Mayapple HillWNW 287°175 m17.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3219:08
June solstice05:2619:5020:31
September equinox06:4418:1918:55
December solstice07:1715:4916:32

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, 6 mi away.

  • Spotted Lanternfly1,159 obs
  • Monarch862 obs
  • Rock Pigeon766 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee719 obs
  • House Sparrow580 obs
  • tree-of-heaven571 obs
  • American Robin521 obs
  • Western Honey Bee517 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/365937277

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