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Commander Eugene S Sarsfield Playground

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Commander Eugene S Sarsfield Playground is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 5 m. Stony Hill stands 179 m to the northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Father Kehoe Triangle, a garden less than a tenth of a mile away. Bronx River Parkway passes 14 miles off. 47 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
5 m

What to expect

Operated by
New York City Department of Parks and Recreation

How to reach it

Coordinates40.62024, -73.93753

Named places within 25 miles

Gardens
Historic sites
Attractions
Artworks
Nature reserves
Beaches
Peaks: 47
Picnic sites: 35
Cliffs: 14
  • Palisades: 10.1 mi
  • Palisades: 11.2 mi
  • Palisades: 13.3 mi
  • Coogan's Bluff: 14.7 mi
  • Palisades: 18.7 mi
Waterfalls: 9
  • Binnen Falls: 3.2 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 3.4 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 3.5 mi
  • The Loch: 12.1 mi
  • The Falls: 19.2 mi
Lighthouses: 9
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 20.8 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Stony HillNW 310°179 m20.8 mi
Mayapple HillWNW 300°175 m21.2 mi
Riker HillWNW 303°134 m24.2 mi
Todt HillW 262°125 m9.4 mi
Crawford HillSW 220°120 m20.5 mi
Telegraph HillSW 218°106 m19.9 mi
Harbor HillNE 52°106 m19.9 mi
Nook HillWNW 293°92 m21.0 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 °F343643536272787670584839
Precip in3.53.04.43.84.04.44.83.93.94.03.24.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NY AVE V Brooklyn, 3 mi away.

  • common mugwort262 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly252 obs
  • red deadnettle247 obs
  • Osprey226 obs
  • common milkweed209 obs
  • Yellow-crowned Night Heron206 obs
  • American Robin187 obs
  • European Starling177 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/873203204

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