Frederick B. Judge Playground
Frederick B. Judge Playground is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 12 m. Stony Hill stands 179 m to the west-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is William "Dollar" Beamon, a artwork 0.1 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 10 miles off. 52 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 12 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- New York City Department of Parks and Recreation
How to reach it
- 10.3 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 14.3 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 25.4 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- William "Dollar" Beamon: 0.1 mi
- Mastodon: 1.2 mi
- Frog: 1.3 mi
- Frog: 1.3 mi
- Frog: 1.3 mi
- Doctor Charles R Drew Memorial Park: 0.3 mi
- Foch Sitting Area: 0.5 mi
- Norelli-Hargreaves Playground: 0.5 mi
- Sergeant Colyer Square: 0.6 mi
- Playground One-Forty: 0.7 mi
- Dunton Community Garden: 0.5 mi
- Back To Eden Community Garden: 0.5 mi
- Paradise Community Garden NY: 0.6 mi
- 142nd Place & St. Block Association: 0.7 mi
- Better Community Civic Association Mini Park & Garden: 0.8 mi
- Morris Park World War Memorial: 1.3 mi
- Prospect Cemetery: 1.4 mi
- Richmond Hill Branch: 1.8 mi
- Spanish American War: 2.0 mi
- Richmond Hill War Memorial: 2.2 mi
- King Manor Museum: 1.4 mi
- Curly's Cowboy Center: 1.5 mi
- Brooklyn Seltzer Museum: 3.3 mi
- Godwin-Ternbach Museum: 3.7 mi
- Queens Museum: 4.8 mi
- JFK: 2.3 mi
- Forest Park Carousel: 2.8 mi
- Welcome Center: 3.6 mi
- Westinghouse Time Capsules: 4.6 mi
- Feltman Carousel: 4.7 mi
- Spring Creek Park: 3.1 mi
- Hook Creek Wildlife Sanctuary: 4.3 mi
- Broad Channel Wetlands: 5.0 mi
- Inwood Bay State Tidal Wetland: 5.1 mi
- Rookery: 5.6 mi
- Canarsie Beach: 5.6 mi
- Parsons Beach: 6.8 mi
- Rockaway Beach: 6.8 mi
- Sun and Surf Beach Club: 7.3 mi
- Atlantic Beach: 7.9 mi
- Maspeth Plateau: 5.8 mi
- Laurel Hill: 6.8 mi
- Queens High Point: 6.9 mi
- Willink Hill: 8.3 mi
- Breeze Hill: 8.5 mi
- Picnic Area D: 4.4 mi
- Picnic Area C: 4.4 mi
- Picnic Area F: 4.6 mi
- Picnic Area G: 4.6 mi
- Picnic Area B: 4.6 mi
- Coogan's Bluff: 12.4 mi
- Palisades: 12.7 mi
- Palisades: 12.9 mi
- Palisades: 13.0 mi
- Palisades: 16.0 mi
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 12.0 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 13.3 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 14.0 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 18.4 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 18.4 mi
- Binnen Falls: 8.4 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 8.5 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 8.7 mi
- The Loch: 11.1 mi
- The Falls: 14.3 mi
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 15.2 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 22.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Frederick B. Judge Playground. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stony Hill | WNW 291° | 179 m | 24.5 mi |
| Todt Hill | WSW 251° | 125 m | 17.1 mi |
| Jayne's Hill | ENE 65° | 122 m | 22.0 mi |
| Harbor Hill | NE 48° | 106 m | 11.9 mi |
| West Hills | ENE 65° | 106 m | 21.7 mi |
| Signal Hill | ENE 68° | 90 m | 24.7 mi |
| Bronx High Point | NNW 341° | 85 m | 15.7 mi |
| Mannetto Hills | ENE 67° | 85 m | 20.0 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 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:18 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 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 | 33 | 35 | 41 | 51 | 61 | 70 | 76 | 75 | 68 | 57 | 47 | 38 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.8 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 3.1 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — JFK Intl AP, 4 mi away.
- Rock Pigeon152 obs
- House Sparrow58 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel54 obs
- Spotted Lanternfly45 obs
- common mugwort40 obs
- Mourning Dove38 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee37 obs
- Canada Goose33 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/445818971
Day trips start here
- Queens/Jamaica · 1 mi
- Queens/Forest Park · 2 mi
- Queens · 6 mi
- Queens/Flushing-Northeast · 6 mi
- Queens/Jackson Heights · 6 mi
- Brooklyn/Bedford-Stuyvesant and Flatbush · 7 mi
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