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Davidson Playground

Davidson Playground from directly overhead

Davidson Playground is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 33 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the west-northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Grand Playground, a park 0.1 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 1.8 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
33 m

How to reach it

Coordinates40.85505, -73.90776

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Gardens
  • Bean Morris Garden: 0.2 mi
  • Green Patch on Walton: 0.5 mi
  • A Farm In The Bronx: 0.7 mi
  • Cooke Community Garden: 0.7 mi
  • Riley-Levin Children's Garden: 0.8 mi
Artworks
Historic sites
Peaks
Attractions
Nature reserves
Beaches
Cliffs
Picnic sites: 42
Waterfalls: 12
  • The Falls: 4.2 mi
  • The Loch: 5.0 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 13.6 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 13.7 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 13.8 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Rest areas: 2
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 21.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.3 miles of Davidson Playground. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High MountainWNW 298°268 m17.1 mi
Beech MountainWNW 298°260 m18.3 mi
Mount CecchinoWNW 297°230 m17.0 mi
Hook MountainN 358°214 m18.4 mi
Buttermilk HillNNE 16°211 m18.3 mi
Mount NeboN 356°208 m13.4 mi
Poacher PeakWNW 297°185 m18.8 mi
Moon HillWNW 297°180 m18.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3219:08
June solstice05:2519:5020:31
September equinox06:4418:1818:55
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.

  • white snakeroot2,093 obs
  • common mugwort1,906 obs
  • Porcelain Berry1,213 obs
  • northern spicebush1,172 obs
  • lesser celandine1,084 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel1,071 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly893 obs
  • American Robin887 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/878675243

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