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Governor Smith Playground

Governor Smith Playground from directly overhead

Governor Smith Playground is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 12 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Bronx Documentary Center, a museum 0.1 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 2.5 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
12 m

How to reach it

Coordinates40.81922, -73.92078

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Gardens
Historic sites
Peaks
Artworks
  • Coral: 0.8 mi
  • Lincoln Holding a Child: 1.0 mi
  • Renaissance Youth Center: 1.1 mi
  • Crack Is Wack: 1.2 mi
  • Dream Machine Ⅱ: 1.2 mi
Attractions
Nature reserves
Beaches
Picnic sites: 42
Cliffs: 18
  • Coogan's Bluff: 1.3 mi
  • Palisades: 3.7 mi
  • Palisades: 5.1 mi
  • Palisades: 6.3 mi
  • Palisades: 8.3 mi
Waterfalls: 11
  • The Loch: 2.6 mi
  • The Falls: 6.4 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 11.0 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 11.1 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 11.2 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Rest areas: 2
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 19.9 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.8 miles of Governor Smith Playground. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High MountainNW 306°268 m17.9 mi
Beech MountainNW 306°260 m19.0 mi
Mount CecchinoNW 305°230 m17.7 mi
Hook MountainN 0°214 m20.8 mi
Mount NeboN 359°208 m15.9 mi
Poacher PeakNW 305°185 m19.5 mi
Moon HillNW 305°180 m19.2 mi
Stony HillW 268°179 m16.9 mi

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 °F343643546473797871604940
Precip in3.22.94.03.83.64.04.34.43.93.83.24.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Laguardia AP, 4 mi away.

  • Eastern Gray Squirrel720 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly669 obs
  • common mugwort552 obs
  • House Sparrow459 obs
  • American Robin389 obs
  • American pokeweed379 obs
  • Porcelain Berry334 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee328 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/894284906

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