Golconda Playground
Golconda Playground is a park in New York, at a modelled elevation of 7 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the north-northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Bridge Plaza Community Garden, a garden 0.1 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 10 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
- 10.4 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 10.8 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 28.4 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Bridge Plaza Community Garden: 0.1 mi
- Vinegar HIll Community Garden: 0.2 mi
- Juneteenth Grove: 0.4 mi
- Revolutionary Garden: 0.5 mi
- Brooklyn Grange: 0.5 mi
- Arbor Place: 0.2 mi
- Commodore Barry Park: 0.2 mi
- McLaughlin Park: 0.2 mi
- Susan Smith McKinney Steward Park: 0.3 mi
- Maritcha R. Lyons Park: 0.3 mi
- McLaughlin Park World War I Memorial: 0.2 mi
- Matt Brenner: 0.3 mi
- Brooklyn War Memorial: 0.4 mi
- William Jay Gaynor: 0.4 mi
- Henry Ward Beecher Monument: 0.5 mi
- Pageant: 0.2 mi
- Balanced Cylinders: 0.4 mi
- Fat Boy: 0.4 mi
- Unity: 0.4 mi
- Statue of Christopher Columbus: 0.5 mi
- Building 92: 0.5 mi
- Spark Brooklyn Children's Museum Annex: 0.5 mi
- Vistor Center: 0.6 mi
- Brooklyn Bridge Park Environmental Education Center: 0.6 mi
- Center for Brooklyn History: 0.6 mi
- Pebble Beach: 0.6 mi
- Pier 4 Beach: 0.9 mi
- Beach/Kayak launch ramp: 2.3 mi
- Gansevoort Peninsula Sand Bluff: 3.2 mi
- Newport Sand Beach: 3.5 mi
- Jane's Carousel: 0.7 mi
- Brooklyn Flea: 0.7 mi
- Brooklyn Heights Promenade: 0.8 mi
- Brooklyn Bridge: 0.8 mi
- Kayak Brooklyn: 0.8 mi
- Bird Island: 0.9 mi
- WNYC Transmitter Park: 2.5 mi
- Hallett Nature Sanctuary: 4.8 mi
- Audubon Park: 5.5 mi
- Riverbend Wetlands Preserve: 6.8 mi
- Grassy Hill: 2.3 mi
- Slide Hill: 2.3 mi
- Outlook Hill: 2.3 mi
- Sullivan Hill: 2.4 mi
- Discovery Hill: 2.4 mi
- Pier 3 Greenway Terrace: 0.8 mi
- Pier 5 Uplands Seating Area: 0.9 mi
- Picnic Peninsula: 1.0 mi
- Freedom Field: 4.0 mi
- Street Seats: 4.0 mi
- Palisades: 4.5 mi
- Palisades: 5.4 mi
- Palisades: 7.7 mi
- Coogan's Bluff: 9.6 mi
- Palisades: 13.5 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 2.4 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 2.6 mi
- Binnen Falls: 2.6 mi
- The Loch: 6.8 mi
- The Falls: 15.1 mi
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 3.2 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 16.4 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 16.4 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 17.6 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 17.8 mi
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 9.1 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 14.2 mi
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 17.6 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 17.6 mi
- Barber: 18.5 mi
- Feltville Historic District: 21.2 mi
- Tulip Springs: 16.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Golconda Playground. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Mountain | NNW 329° | 268 m | 22.0 mi |
| Beech Mountain | NNW 328° | 260 m | 23.0 mi |
| Mount Cecchino | NNW 329° | 230 m | 21.7 mi |
| Mount Nebo | N 7° | 208 m | 24.4 mi |
| Poacher Peak | NNW 327° | 185 m | 23.3 mi |
| Moon Hill | NNW 327° | 180 m | 23.0 mi |
| Stony Hill | WNW 300° | 179 m | 15.8 mi |
| Mayapple Hill | WNW 288° | 175 m | 16.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:32 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:26 | 19:50 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:19 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:49 | 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 | 63 | 72 | 78 | 76 | 69 | 58 | 48 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.2 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 3.6 | 4.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NY City Cntrl Park, 6 mi away.
- Rock Pigeon1,652 obs
- Monarch1,171 obs
- Spotted Lanternfly1,150 obs
- House Sparrow1,043 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel980 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee947 obs
- Western Honey Bee794 obs
- European Starling770 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/1047745549
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- Brooklyn/Downtown · 0 mi
- Manhattan/Chinatown · 1 mi
- Manhattan/Lower East Side · 1 mi
- Brooklyn/Williamsburg · 2 mi
- Downstate New York · 2 mi
- Manhattan/East Village · 2 mi
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