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Elizabeth Stroud Playground

Elizabeth Stroud Playground from directly overhead

Elizabeth Stroud Playground is a park in New York, at a modelled elevation of 18 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Robert Fulton, a artwork 0.1 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 10 miles off. 52 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
New York City Department of Parks and Recreation

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates40.67972, -73.93113

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Museums
Historic sites
Attractions
Beaches
  • Pebble Beach: 3.5 mi
  • Pier 4 Beach: 3.7 mi
  • Canarsie Beach: 4.2 mi
  • Beach/Kayak launch ramp: 4.6 mi
  • Gansevoort Peninsula Sand Bluff: 5.9 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks: 52
Picnic sites: 41
Cliffs: 14
  • Palisades: 7.3 mi
  • Palisades: 7.8 mi
  • Palisades: 9.5 mi
  • Coogan's Bluff: 10.6 mi
  • Palisades: 14.6 mi
Waterfalls: 10
  • Binnen Falls: 2.2 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 2.3 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 2.5 mi
  • The Loch: 8.1 mi
  • The Falls: 15.2 mi
Lighthouses: 9
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 19.6 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High MountainNW 325°268 m24.5 mi
Mount CecchinoNW 325°230 m24.2 mi
Stony HillWNW 299°179 m18.7 mi
Mayapple HillWNW 289°175 m19.8 mi
Packanack MountainNW 317°144 m23.8 mi
Riker HillWNW 294°134 m22.6 mi
Todt HillWSW 240°125 m11.1 mi
Crawford HillSW 214°120 m24.0 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 solstice07:1715:4816:32

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, 7 mi away.

  • Spotted Lanternfly448 obs
  • Rock Pigeon340 obs
  • House Sparrow256 obs
  • European Starling248 obs
  • princess tree248 obs
  • Mourning Dove238 obs
  • American Robin233 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee232 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/1110126064

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