Park · New York
Greencroft Playground
Greencroft Playground is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 8 m. Kinneys Hill stands 180 m to the northwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Seidenburg Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 23 miles off. 50 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 8 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- New York City Department of Parks and Recreation
How to reach it
Coordinates40.55202, -74.13642
- 22.7 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 23.3 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 23.4 mi off the Millstone Valley Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Seidenburg Park: 0.5 mi
- Seaside Nature Park: 0.8 mi
- Great Kills Veterans Playground: 0.9 mi
- Captain Roald Amundsen Plaza: 0.9 mi
- King Fisher Park: 1.0 mi
Artworks
- Horseshoe Crab: 0.8 mi
- Vivid Chroma Locomotion: 1.9 mi
- Hail Holy Queen: 2.0 mi
- A Quiet Moment: 2.0 mi
- Willowbrook Milestone 12: 3.2 mi
Museums
- Transportation Museum: 1.4 mi
- Historical Museum: 1.4 mi
- Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art: 1.7 mi
- Seguine Mansion: 4.1 mi
- Sandy Ground Historical Society: 4.3 mi
Historic sites
- Carriage Manufactory: 1.4 mi
- Barn Foundation: 1.4 mi
- First County Jail: 1.5 mi
- Site of 1st County Courthouse: 1.5 mi
- Flag of Honor: 1.6 mi
Beaches
- Oakwood Beach: 1.4 mi
- Cedar Grove Beach: 1.8 mi
- New Dorp Beach: 2.2 mi
- Annadale Beach: 2.3 mi
- Midland Beach: 3.1 mi
Nature reserves
- Sweet Brook Bluebelt: 1.6 mi
- Egbertville Ravine: 1.8 mi
- Laredo Avenue Parcel: 2.0 mi
- Decker Farm: 2.3 mi
- Arden Heights Woods: 2.4 mi
Attractions
- Buck’s Hollow: 2.1 mi
- Heyerdahl Ruins: 2.2 mi
- New York City Farm Colony: 3.0 mi
- Jurassic Park: 3.2 mi
- Billiou-Stillwell-Perine House: 3.4 mi
Gardens
- Native Rhododendron Garden: 2.3 mi
- Greenbelt Native Plant Center: 3.9 mi
- Compost and Community Garden: 4.8 mi
- Hill Street Community Garden: 5.7 mi
- Mariners Harbor Houses Farm: 5.7 mi
Peaks: 50
- Todt Hill: 3.5 mi
- Emerson Hill: 4.5 mi
- Signal Hill: 5.3 mi
- Fox Hills: 5.3 mi
- Park Hill: 5.4 mi
Picnic sites: 32
- Linden Airport mini-park: 7.1 mi
- Freedom Field: 10.8 mi
- Telegraph Hill Picnic Area: 11.6 mi
- Picnic Peninsula: 12.2 mi
- Pier 5 Uplands Seating Area: 12.2 mi
Cliffs: 11
- Palisades: 14.1 mi
- Hawk Hill: 15.7 mi
- Palisades: 16.2 mi
- Palisades: 19.3 mi
- little daddy Maginot: 21.7 mi
Waterfalls: 8
- Fallkill Falls: 11.5 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 11.7 mi
- Binnen Falls: 11.7 mi
- Hemlock Falls: 15.9 mi
- Hobble Falls: 15.9 mi
Lighthouses: 7
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 9.4 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 9.4 mi
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 13.3 mi
- North Tower: 13.3 mi
- Twin Lights State Historic Site: 13.3 mi
Rest areas: 6
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 6.7 mi
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 6.8 mi
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 19.6 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 20.0 mi
- Harding Truck Rest Area: 24.4 mi
Ghost towns: 3
- Barber: 6.6 mi
- Feltville Historic District: 15.9 mi
- Raritan Landing: 17.3 mi
Springs: 1
- Tulip Springs: 16.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Greencroft Playground. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kinneys Hill | NW 312° | 180 m | 24.9 mi |
| Stony Hill | NNW 343° | 179 m | 18.8 mi |
| Mayapple Hill | NNW 333° | 175 m | 17.2 mi |
| Second Watchung Mountain | W 279° | 168 m | 22.0 mi |
| Kemble Mountain | NW 311° | 166 m | 24.9 mi |
| Riker Hill | NNW 331° | 134 m | 20.5 mi |
| Long Hill | WNW 303° | 126 m | 18.8 mi |
| Todt Hill | NNE 19° | 125 m | 3.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:01 | 18:33 | 19:09 |
| June solstice | 05:27 | 19:50 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:45 | 18:20 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:50 | 16:33 |
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 | 53 | 62 | 72 | 78 | 76 | 70 | 58 | 48 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.0 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 3.2 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NY AVE V Brooklyn, 9 mi away.
- Western Honey Bee142 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee134 obs
- Northern Mockingbird124 obs
- Canada Goose123 obs
- Monarch108 obs
- American Robin101 obs
- common mugwort100 obs
- Huron Skipper98 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/1086815050
Day trips start here
- Staten Island · 2 mi
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- Bayonne · 8 mi
- Keansburg · 8 mi
- Rahway · 8 mi
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