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Dr. Ronald E. McNair Playground

Dr. Ronald E. McNair Playground from directly overhead

Dr. Ronald E. McNair Playground is a park in New York, at a modelled elevation of 5 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Life Spire Garden, a garden less than a tenth of a mile away. Bronx River Parkway passes 3.7 miles off.

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates40.80251, -73.93812

Named places within 25 miles

Gardens
Artworks
  • Growth: 0.1 mi
  • La Luz Que Sale De La Obscuridad: 0.3 mi
  • Crack Is Wack: 0.4 mi
  • Lincoln Holding a Child: 0.6 mi
  • Dream Machine Ⅱ: 0.7 mi
Parks
Peaks
  • Mount Morris: 0.3 mi
  • Great Hill: 1.2 mi
  • Janes Hill: 1.5 mi
  • Summit Rock: 2.1 mi
  • Vista Rock: 2.3 mi
Historic sites
Attractions
Beaches
Nature reserves
Picnic sites: 43
Cliffs: 17
  • Coogan's Bluff: 2.1 mi
  • Palisades: 2.8 mi
  • Palisades: 4.9 mi
  • Palisades: 6.2 mi
  • Palisades: 6.9 mi
Waterfalls: 11
  • The Loch: 1.2 mi
  • The Falls: 7.8 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 9.7 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 9.8 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 9.9 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Rest areas: 4
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 18.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.1 miles of Dr. Ronald E. McNair Playground. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High MountainNW 311°268 m17.9 mi
Beech MountainNW 310°260 m19.0 mi
Mount CecchinoNW 310°230 m17.7 mi
Mount NeboN 2°208 m17.0 mi
Poacher PeakNW 309°185 m19.5 mi
Moon HillNW 309°180 m19.1 mi
Stony HillW 272°179 m16.0 mi
Mayapple HillW 264°175 m18.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3219:08
June solstice05:2519:5020:31
September equinox06:4418:1918:55
December solstice07:1715:4816:32

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343643546372787669584839
Precip in3.63.24.34.14.04.54.64.64.34.43.64.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NY City Cntrl Park, 2 mi away.

  • white snakeroot3,033 obs
  • common milkweed2,382 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel1,768 obs
  • American Robin1,712 obs
  • Porcelain Berry1,617 obs
  • common mugwort1,471 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly1,421 obs
  • House Sparrow1,241 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/225132539

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