Ehrenreich-Austin Playground
Ehrenreich-Austin Playground is a park in New York, at a modelled elevation of 27 m. Mount Nebo stands 208 m to the north-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Forest Hills Gardens (Private), a park 0.1 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 7.7 miles off. 58 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- New York City Department of Parks and Recreation
How to reach it
- 7.7 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 11.6 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 23.7 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Forest Hills Gardens (Private): 0.1 mi
- Forest Close Park: 0.1 mi
- Arbor Close Park: 0.1 mi
- Olivia Park: 0.2 mi
- Hawthorne Park: 0.2 mi
- Memorial to the Veterans of World War I of Forest Hills: 0.4 mi
- Mast of Yacht Columbia: 0.4 mi
- Captain Gerald McDonald: 0.7 mi
- Richmond Hill War Memorial: 1.0 mi
- Richmond Hill Branch: 1.0 mi
- Veteran Memorial Garden Of Queens: 0.4 mi
- Ian MacLennan Garden: 1.0 mi
- Project Eden: 1.1 mi
- The Compost Collective: 1.1 mi
- Thomas X. Winberry Garden: 1.1 mi
- Egret: 0.9 mi
- The City Don't Sleep: 1.1 mi
- “The Ramp”: 1.2 mi
- Dolphin: 1.4 mi
- More Balls for Klapper Hall: 1.7 mi
- Forest Park Carousel: 1.5 mi
- Welcome Center: 1.7 mi
- Westinghouse Time Capsules: 1.9 mi
- Feltman Carousel: 2.0 mi
- Domestic Animals: 2.0 mi
- Godwin-Ternbach Museum: 1.8 mi
- King Manor Museum: 1.9 mi
- Queens Museum: 2.2 mi
- New York Hall of Science: 2.3 mi
- Louis Armstrong House Museum: 3.0 mi
- Spring Creek Park: 4.4 mi
- Virginia Point: 6.5 mi
- WNYC Transmitter Park: 6.6 mi
- Pugsley Creek Park: 6.9 mi
- Hook Creek Wildlife Sanctuary: 6.9 mi
- Parsons Beach: 5.9 mi
- Hallet’s Cove: 6.4 mi
- Canarsie Beach: 6.5 mi
- Pebble Beach: 8.1 mi
- Pier 4 Beach: 8.6 mi
- Maspeth Plateau: 3.4 mi
- Laurel Hill: 4.6 mi
- Queens High Point: 6.8 mi
- Willink Hill: 7.6 mi
- Janes Hill: 7.7 mi
- Street Seats: 6.3 mi
- Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge: 6.9 mi
- Picnic Area D: 7.0 mi
- Picnic Area C: 7.0 mi
- Picnic Area F: 7.1 mi
- Coogan's Bluff: 9.7 mi
- Palisades: 10.3 mi
- Palisades: 10.4 mi
- Palisades: 11.0 mi
- Palisades: 13.3 mi
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 10.2 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 11.8 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 12.4 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 19.6 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 19.6 mi
- Binnen Falls: 7.7 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 7.8 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 8.0 mi
- The Loch: 8.4 mi
- The Falls: 11.9 mi
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 12.6 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 19.9 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 24.9 mi
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 24.9 mi
- Tulip Springs: 24.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Ehrenreich-Austin Playground. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Nebo | NNW 349° | 208 m | 23.5 mi |
| Stony Hill | WNW 288° | 179 m | 22.3 mi |
| Mayapple Hill | W 280° | 175 m | 24.0 mi |
| Kennelwood Hill | N 10° | 156 m | 24.7 mi |
| Beaver Hill | N 1° | 140 m | 24.3 mi |
| Hackley Hill | N 359° | 140 m | 24.7 mi |
| Tappan Hill | N 358° | 127 m | 24.7 mi |
| Todt Hill | WSW 241° | 125 m | 16.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:31 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:25 | 19:49 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:18 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:48 | 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 | 64 | 73 | 79 | 78 | 71 | 60 | 49 | 40 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.9 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 3.2 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Laguardia AP, 5 mi away.
- Eastern Gray Squirrel365 obs
- American Robin310 obs
- garlic mustard307 obs
- Rock Pigeon305 obs
- Asian bittersweet304 obs
- Spotted Lanternfly262 obs
- Red-winged Blackbird225 obs
- common mugwort222 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 siteOpenStreetMap element way/553578136
Day trips start here
- Queens/Forest Park · 1 mi
- Queens/Jamaica · 2 mi
- Queens/Flushing-Northeast · 3 mi
- Queens · 4 mi
- Queens/Jackson Heights · 4 mi
- Brooklyn/Williamsburg · 6 mi
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