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Dodger Playground

Dodger Playground from directly overhead

Dodger Playground is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 26 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the north-northwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Marc And Jason's Playground, a park 0.2 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 12 miles off. 50 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
26 m

What to expect

Operated by
New York City Department of Parks and Recreation

How to reach it

Coordinates40.66486, -73.95242

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Gardens
Historic sites
Attractions
Artworks
Beaches
Nature reserves
Peaks: 50
Picnic sites: 40
Cliffs: 14
  • Palisades: 7.2 mi
  • Palisades: 8.1 mi
  • Palisades: 10.2 mi
  • Coogan's Bluff: 11.6 mi
  • Palisades: 15.7 mi
Waterfalls: 10
  • Binnen Falls: 0.8 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 0.9 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 1.0 mi
  • The Loch: 9.0 mi
  • The Falls: 16.5 mi
Lighthouses: 9
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 18.8 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High MountainNNW 329°268 m24.7 mi
Mount CecchinoNNW 328°230 m24.5 mi
Stony HillNW 304°179 m18.3 mi
Mayapple HillWNW 293°175 m19.1 mi
Packanack MountainNW 321°144 m23.8 mi
Riker HillWNW 297°134 m22.0 mi
Todt HillWSW 242°125 m9.6 mi
Crawford HillSSW 213°120 m22.5 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, 5 mi away.

  • American Robin1,731 obs
  • Pond Slider1,483 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee1,392 obs
  • Northern Cardinal1,307 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel1,185 obs
  • House Sparrow1,184 obs
  • Mallard1,099 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly1,006 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/1101355274

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