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Harold Schneiderman Playground

Harold Schneiderman Playground from directly overhead

Harold Schneiderman Playground is a park in New York, at a modelled elevation of 1 m. Stony Hill stands 179 m to the west-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Gemini Fields, a park 0.4 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 11 miles off. 48 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
New York City Department of Parks and Recreation
Access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates40.66496, -73.85056

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Nature reserves
Museums
Attractions
Artworks
Beaches
Peaks: 48
  • Maspeth Plateau: 5.2 mi
  • Laurel Hill: 5.9 mi
  • Willink Hill: 5.9 mi
  • Breeze Hill: 6.1 mi
  • Sullivan Hill: 6.2 mi
Picnic sites: 36
  • Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge: 3.6 mi
  • Picnic Area C: 6.0 mi
  • Picnic Area D: 6.0 mi
  • Picnic Area F: 6.1 mi
  • Picnic Area G: 6.1 mi
Cliffs: 15
  • Palisades: 11.5 mi
  • Palisades: 11.5 mi
  • Palisades: 12.4 mi
  • Coogan's Bluff: 12.5 mi
  • Palisades: 16.4 mi
Lighthouses: 10
Waterfalls: 8
  • Binnen Falls: 6.1 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 6.2 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 6.3 mi
  • The Loch: 10.6 mi
  • The Falls: 15.4 mi
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 1
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 23.9 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Stony HillWNW 296°179 m22.9 mi
Mayapple HillWNW 288°175 m24.1 mi
Todt HillWSW 252°125 m14.6 mi
Jayne's HillENE 65°122 m24.6 mi
Harbor HillNE 50°106 m14.4 mi
West HillsENE 64°106 m24.3 mi
Nook HillWNW 282°92 m24.5 mi
Bronx High PointN 350°85 m16.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3219:08
June solstice05:2519:4920:31
September equinox06:4418:1818:54
December solstice07:1715:4816:32

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333541516170767568574738
Precip in3.22.83.93.63.73.93.94.13.63.73.14.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — JFK Intl AP, 5 mi away.

  • Spotted Lanternfly82 obs
  • common mugwort60 obs
  • Rock Pigeon54 obs
  • House Sparrow54 obs
  • Brant46 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel46 obs
  • Atlantic Horseshoe Crab39 obs
  • European Starling38 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/597899047

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