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Edmonds Playground

Edmonds Playground from directly overhead

Edmonds Playground is a park in New York, at a modelled elevation of 22 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the north-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Albert Lysander Parham Playground, a park 0.1 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 11 miles off. 57 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates40.68925, -73.97165

Named places within 25 miles

Gardens
Museums
Artworks
Historic sites
Attractions
Beaches
Peaks: 57
Picnic sites: 41
Cliffs: 14
  • Palisades: 5.3 mi
  • Palisades: 6.1 mi
  • Palisades: 8.3 mi
  • Coogan's Bluff: 10.1 mi
  • Palisades: 14.1 mi
Waterfalls: 11
  • Ambergill Falls: 1.7 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 1.9 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 1.9 mi
  • The Loch: 7.3 mi
  • The Falls: 15.4 mi
Lighthouses: 9
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 17.4 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High MountainNNW 329°268 m22.8 mi
Beech MountainNNW 328°260 m23.8 mi
Mount CecchinoNNW 328°230 m22.5 mi
Mount NeboN 5°208 m25.0 mi
Poacher PeakNNW 326°185 m24.1 mi
Moon HillNNW 327°180 m23.8 mi
Stony HillWNW 301°179 m16.6 mi
Mayapple HillWNW 289°175 m17.6 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 °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, 6 mi away.

  • American Robin1,357 obs
  • Monarch1,190 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly1,136 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee1,113 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel1,061 obs
  • House Sparrow1,008 obs
  • Mourning Dove855 obs
  • Rock Pigeon841 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/625093345

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