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Double Nickel Playground

Double Nickel Playground from directly overhead

Double Nickel Playground is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 31 m. Gillespie Hill stands 217 m to the northwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Olmsted–Beil House Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Millstone Valley Scenic Byway passes 22 miles off. 51 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
31 m
Visiting

What to expect

Step-free access
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates40.53691, -74.16264
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Olmsted–Beil House Park: 0.4 mi
  • Crescent Beach Park: 0.6 mi
  • Blueberry Park: 0.6 mi
  • Crescent Beach Park: 0.6 mi
  • Bayview Terrace Park: 0.7 mi
Artworks
Historic sites
  • Flag of Honor: 0.6 mi
  • Battle of the Bulge Monument: 1.8 mi
  • Barn Foundation: 2.5 mi
  • First County Jail: 2.5 mi
  • Site of 1st County Courthouse: 2.6 mi
Beaches
Nature reserves
Museums
Attractions
Gardens
  • Native Rhododendron Garden: 3.8 mi
  • Greenbelt Native Plant Center: 4.2 mi
  • Butterfly garden: 6.3 mi
  • Compost and Community Garden: 6.4 mi
  • Mariners Harbor Houses Farm: 6.5 mi
Peaks: 51
  • Todt Hill: 5.1 mi
  • Emerson Hill: 6.1 mi
  • Signal Hill: 6.9 mi
  • Fox Hills: 7.0 mi
  • Park Hill: 7.1 mi
Picnic sites: 32
  • Linden Airport mini-park: 6.8 mi
  • Telegraph Hill Picnic Area: 10.5 mi
  • Freedom Field: 12.3 mi
  • Holy Trinity Picnic Site: 13.0 mi
  • The Park: 13.6 mi
Cliffs: 11
  • Palisades: 15.6 mi
  • Hawk Hill: 15.9 mi
  • Palisades: 17.7 mi
  • Palisades: 20.9 mi
  • little daddy Maginot: 22.5 mi
Waterfalls: 8
  • Fallkill Falls: 13.2 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 13.4 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 13.4 mi
  • Seele: 15.5 mi
  • Hemlock Falls: 16.2 mi
Lighthouses: 7
Rest areas: 6
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 16.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Gillespie HillNW 313°217 m24.9 mi
Mount KembleNW 310°215 m24.6 mi
Kinneys HillNW 316°180 m24.6 mi
Stony HillNNW 347°179 m19.5 mi
Mayapple HillNNW 338°175 m17.6 mi
Second Watchung MountainWNW 283°168 m20.8 mi
Kemble MountainNW 315°166 m24.6 mi
Riker HillNNW 336°134 m20.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3319:09
June solstice05:2719:5020:31
September equinox06:4518:2018:56
December solstice07:1715:5016:34

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333543536373787669584738
Precip in3.43.04.13.94.04.34.74.13.83.83.34.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Newark Liberty Intl AP, 10 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Asian bittersweet232 obs
  • Western Honey Bee131 obs
  • American Robin126 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee121 obs
  • Huron Skipper116 obs
  • Northern Mockingbird104 obs
  • Mallard95 obs
  • Canada Goose94 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/35598421

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