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Gilbert Ramirez Playground

Gilbert Ramirez Playground from directly overhead

Gilbert Ramirez Playground is a park in New York, at a modelled elevation of 5 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is The Bone Museum, a museum 0.2 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 8.8 miles off. 57 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Step-free access
Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates40.70602, -73.93439
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Museums
Parks
Gardens
Attractions
  • MV Schamonchi: 0.4 mi
  • Zohramp: 2.8 mi
  • The Geographic Center of NYC: 2.9 mi
  • Historical landmark from 1877: 2.9 mi
  • Jump into the Light VR Arcade: 3.0 mi
Historic sites
  • Leah E. Sylvain: 0.7 mi
  • Cooper Park: 0.7 mi
  • Bushwick War Memorial: 0.7 mi
  • Bushwick-Ridgewood War Memorial: 1.0 mi
  • Society of St. Mary of the Snow: 1.1 mi
Artworks
  • Virgin Mary: 1.1 mi
  • Prayer: 1.1 mi
  • 9/11: 1.2 mi
  • Brooklyn: 1.2 mi
  • Tiger: 1.3 mi
Nature reserves
Beaches
  • Pebble Beach: 2.9 mi
  • Pier 4 Beach: 3.5 mi
  • Hallet’s Cove: 4.4 mi
  • Gansevoort Peninsula Sand Bluff: 4.6 mi
  • Beach/Kayak launch ramp: 4.8 mi
Peaks: 57
  • Laurel Hill: 1.8 mi
  • Maspeth Plateau: 2.6 mi
  • Sullivan Hill: 3.4 mi
  • Willink Hill: 3.4 mi
  • Breeze Hill: 3.7 mi
Picnic sites: 42
Cliffs: 14
  • Palisades: 6.3 mi
  • Palisades: 6.3 mi
  • Palisades: 7.7 mi
  • Coogan's Bluff: 8.8 mi
  • Palisades: 12.8 mi
Waterfalls: 11
  • Ambergill Falls: 3.4 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 3.5 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 3.6 mi
  • The Loch: 6.3 mi
  • The Falls: 13.5 mi
Lighthouses: 9
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 19.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High MountainNW 323°268 m22.9 mi
Beech MountainNW 322°260 m24.0 mi
Mount CecchinoNW 322°230 m22.6 mi
Mount NeboN 1°208 m23.7 mi
Poacher PeakNW 321°185 m24.3 mi
Moon HillNW 321°180 m24.0 mi
Stony HillWNW 294°179 m17.8 mi
Mayapple HillWNW 284°175 m19.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3219:08
June solstice05:2519:5020:31
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 °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, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Spotted Lanternfly826 obs
  • tree-of-heaven611 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee477 obs
  • common mugwort456 obs
  • Rock Pigeon424 obs
  • House Sparrow363 obs
  • princess tree317 obs
  • Mourning Dove305 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/310077175

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