Park · New York
Desalvio Playground
Desalvio Playground is a park in New York, at a modelled elevation of 11 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the north-northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Petrosino Square, a park 0.1 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 9.3 miles off. 60 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- New York City Department of Parks and Recreation
How to reach it
Coordinates40.72161, -73.99610
- 9.3 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 9.6 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 27.5 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Petrosino Square: 0.1 mi
- Elizabeth Street Garden: 0.1 mi
- Rapkin-Gayle Plaza: 0.2 mi
- First Street Green Cultural Park: 0.3 mi
- First Park: 0.4 mi
Artworks
- Audrey Hepburn: 0.1 mi
- Bust and monument to Archbishop John J. Hughes: 0.1 mi
- Lorca-El Niño de las Pinturas: 0.3 mi
- Stop Guns: 0.3 mi
- Bust of Sylvette: 0.3 mi
Historic sites
- Rt. Rev. John Dubois, 3rd Bishop of New York, burial marker: 0.1 mi
- Charly García Corner: 0.4 mi
- Juan Pablo Duarte: 0.5 mi
- General José Artigas: 0.5 mi
- Kimlau War Memorial: 0.6 mi
Attractions
- SoHo: 0.2 mi
- Freeman Alley - Graffiti: 0.2 mi
- Little Singer Building: 0.2 mi
- Italian flag painted Apartments: 0.3 mi
- King of Green Street: 0.3 mi
Museums
- New Museum: 0.2 mi
- Museum of Ice Cream: 0.2 mi
- Italian American Museum: 0.2 mi
- Museum of Chinese in America: 0.2 mi
- Museum of African Art: 0.2 mi
Gardens
- M’Finda Kalunga Garden: 0.2 mi
- Liz Christy Community Garden: 0.3 mi
- Albert's Garden: 0.4 mi
- First Street Garden: 0.4 mi
- Sasaki Garden: 0.5 mi
Beaches
- Pebble Beach: 1.2 mi
- Gansevoort Peninsula Sand Bluff: 1.5 mi
- Pier 4 Beach: 1.7 mi
- Newport Sand Beach: 2.0 mi
- Maxwell Place Beach: 2.3 mi
Nature reserves
- Bird Island: 1.7 mi
- WNYC Transmitter Park: 1.9 mi
- Hallett Nature Sanctuary: 3.3 mi
- Audubon Park: 4.9 mi
- Riverbend Wetlands Preserve: 5.3 mi
Peaks: 60
- Grassy Hill: 2.8 mi
- Slide Hill: 2.8 mi
- Outlook Hill: 2.8 mi
- Discovery Hill: 2.9 mi
- Kings Bluff: 3.3 mi
Picnic sites: 42
- Pier 3 Greenway Terrace: 1.6 mi
- Pier 5 Uplands Seating Area: 1.9 mi
- Picnic Peninsula: 1.9 mi
- Street Seats: 3.2 mi
- Freedom Field: 3.7 mi
Cliffs: 14
- Palisades: 2.9 mi
- Palisades: 3.6 mi
- Palisades: 6.1 mi
- Coogan's Bluff: 8.2 mi
- Palisades: 12.1 mi
Waterfalls: 11
- Ambergill Falls: 4.2 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 4.3 mi
- Binnen Falls: 4.4 mi
- The Loch: 5.4 mi
- The Falls: 14.1 mi
Lighthouses: 9
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 1.8 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 17.1 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 17.3 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 18.0 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 18.0 mi
Rest areas: 4
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 7.3 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 12.6 mi
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 18.0 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 18.0 mi
Ghost towns: 2
- Barber: 19.1 mi
- Feltville Historic District: 20.7 mi
Springs: 1
- Tulip Springs: 15.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Desalvio Playground. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Mountain | NNW 328° | 268 m | 20.2 mi |
| Waughaw Mountain | NW 310° | 263 m | 24.4 mi |
| Beech Mountain | NNW 327° | 260 m | 21.2 mi |
| Mount Cecchino | NNW 328° | 230 m | 19.9 mi |
| Mount Nebo | N 9° | 208 m | 22.9 mi |
| Poacher Peak | NW 326° | 185 m | 21.5 mi |
| Moon Hill | NW 326° | 180 m | 21.2 mi |
| Stony Hill | WNW 296° | 179 m | 14.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:32 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:26 | 19:50 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:19 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:49 | 16:32 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 34 | 36 | 43 | 54 | 63 | 72 | 78 | 76 | 69 | 58 | 48 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.2 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 3.6 | 4.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NY City Cntrl Park, 4 mi away.
- Rock Pigeon3,475 obs
- House Sparrow1,961 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel1,919 obs
- Western Honey Bee1,566 obs
- Spotted Lanternfly1,405 obs
- Monarch1,306 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee1,273 obs
- European Starling1,245 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.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/36865288
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