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Crispus Attucks Playground

Crispus Attucks Playground from directly overhead

Crispus Attucks Playground is a park in New York, at a modelled elevation of 22 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the north-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Lefferts Place Block Association, a garden 0.1 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 11 miles off. 54 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates40.68157, -73.95930

Named places within 25 miles

Gardens
  • Lefferts Place Block Association: 0.1 mi
  • Brooklyn's Finest Garden: 0.1 mi
  • 100 Quincy Community Garden: 0.3 mi
  • Walt L. Shamil Community Garden: 0.4 mi
  • Hollenback Community Garden: 0.4 mi
Artworks
Parks
Historic sites
Museums
Attractions
Beaches
Nature reserves
Peaks: 54
Picnic sites: 41
Cliffs: 14
  • Palisades: 6.1 mi
  • Palisades: 6.9 mi
  • Palisades: 9.0 mi
  • Coogan's Bluff: 10.5 mi
  • Palisades: 14.5 mi
Waterfalls: 11
  • Ambergill Falls: 1.3 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 1.4 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 1.5 mi
  • The Loch: 7.8 mi
  • The Falls: 15.6 mi
Lighthouses: 9
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 18.1 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High MountainNNW 328°268 m23.6 mi
Beech MountainNNW 327°260 m24.6 mi
Mount CecchinoNNW 327°230 m23.3 mi
Poacher PeakNW 326°185 m24.9 mi
Moon HillNW 326°180 m24.6 mi
Stony HillWNW 301°179 m17.4 mi
Mayapple HillWNW 290°175 m18.3 mi
Packanack MountainNW 319°144 m22.7 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, 6 mi away.

  • American Robin1,669 obs
  • Pond Slider1,360 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel1,176 obs
  • Northern Cardinal1,171 obs
  • House Sparrow1,105 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly1,042 obs
  • Mourning Dove929 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee886 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/264529159

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