Francis Lewis Playground
Francis Lewis Playground is a park in New York, at a modelled elevation of 22 m. Mount Nebo stands 208 m to the north-northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Veteran's Memorial Triangle, a park 0.6 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 6.4 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- New York City Department of Parks and Recreation
How to reach it
- 6.4 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 11.4 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 19.9 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Veteran's Memorial Triangle: 0.6 mi
- Auburndale Playground: 0.7 mi
- Marie Curie Park: 0.7 mi
- Plaut Triangle: 0.7 mi
- Tustin Triangle: 0.7 mi
- For A Better Union: 1.1 mi
- John Riedl Wildflower Meadow: 1.4 mi
- Kissena Park World War I Monument: 1.5 mi
- Weeping Beech Historical Marker: 2.1 mi
- James J. FitzGerald Memorial Plaque: 2.1 mi
- Mitchel Wallace Triangle: 1.4 mi
- Chris Postiglione Triangle: 1.6 mi
- Cloverdale Gardens at Bayside: 1.8 mi
- House Beautiful: 1.8 mi
- The Estates at Bayside: 1.9 mi
- Seal: 1.4 mi
- Korean War Memorial: 1.6 mi
- Wood Pile: 1.6 mi
- Dog: 2.0 mi
- Turtle Statue: 2.0 mi
- The Voelker Orth Museum: 1.7 mi
- Kingsland Homestead: 2.1 mi
- John Bowne House: 2.1 mi
- Godwin-Ternbach Museum: 2.4 mi
- Lewis Howard Latimer House Museum: 2.4 mi
- Parsons Beach: 1.8 mi
- Leeds Pond Beach: 5.8 mi
- Manhasset Bay Estates Association Beach: 5.8 mi
- PWEA Beach: 5.9 mi
- Baxter Estates Village Beach: 6.8 mi
- Circle Garden: 2.3 mi
- Cherry Circle & Four Season Border: 2.3 mi
- Wetland & Woodland Garden: 2.3 mi
- Unity Garden: 2.3 mi
- Pinetum: 2.3 mi
- Virginia Point: 2.4 mi
- Harbor Hill Preserve: 4.2 mi
- Pugsley Creek Park: 5.2 mi
- Garden City Bird Sanctuary,: 6.1 mi
- Barbara Johnson Preserve: 6.8 mi
- Queens High Point: 3.4 mi
- Maspeth Plateau: 6.3 mi
- Janes Hill: 7.5 mi
- Laurel Hill: 7.6 mi
- Harbor Hill: 8.0 mi
- Picnic Area D: 8.2 mi
- Picnic Area C: 8.2 mi
- Picnic Area F: 8.4 mi
- Picnic Area G: 8.4 mi
- Picnic Area B: 8.4 mi
- Coogan's Bluff: 9.5 mi
- Palisades: 11.3 mi
- Palisades: 12.2 mi
- Palisades: 12.4 mi
- Palisades: 13.6 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 7.8 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 8.5 mi
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 13.1 mi
- Cold Spring Harbor Light: 17.6 mi
- Stamford Harbor Ledge Light: 21.6 mi
- The Falls: 9.3 mi
- The Loch: 9.5 mi
- Binnen Falls: 11.7 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 11.7 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 11.9 mi
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 13.6 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 21.4 mi
- Long Island Welcome Center: 24.6 mi
- Cuties Island: 23.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.8 miles of Francis Lewis Playground. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Nebo | NNW 340° | 208 m | 21.3 mi |
| Cooney Hill | N 7° | 170 m | 23.7 mi |
| Kennelwood Hill | N 4° | 156 m | 21.2 mi |
| Kykuit Hill | N 352° | 147 m | 23.0 mi |
| Beaver Hill | N 354° | 140 m | 21.3 mi |
| Hackley Hill | N 351° | 140 m | 21.8 mi |
| Tappan Hill | N 351° | 127 m | 21.9 mi |
| Todt Hill | WSW 238° | 125 m | 20.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:31 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:25 | 19:49 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:18 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:48 | 16:31 |
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.
- common mugwort377 obs
- common milkweed354 obs
- Canada Goose334 obs
- garlic mustard314 obs
- Mallard300 obs
- Mute Swan292 obs
- lesser celandine272 obs
- common reed265 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/468338079
Day trips start here
- Queens/Flushing-Northeast · 3 mi
- Queens/Jamaica · 4 mi
- Manhasset · 5 mi
- Queens/Forest Park · 5 mi
- Queens/Jackson Heights · 5 mi
- The Plandomes · 5 mi
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