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Harry Maze Playground

Harry Maze Playground from directly overhead

Harry Maze Playground is a park in New York, at a modelled elevation of 6 m. Stony Hill stands 179 m to the northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Wyckoff House Museum, a attraction 0.1 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 13 miles off. 46 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
New York City Department of Parks and Recreation

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates40.64343, -73.92312

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions
Historic sites
Gardens
Artworks
Beaches
  • Canarsie Beach: 2.2 mi
  • Gerritsen Beach: 4.0 mi
  • Kingsborough Beach Park: 4.7 mi
  • Manhattan Beach: 4.8 mi
  • Pier 4 Beach: 5.4 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks: 46
Picnic sites: 39
Cliffs: 14
  • Palisades: 9.3 mi
  • Palisades: 10.1 mi
  • Palisades: 12.0 mi
  • Coogan's Bluff: 13.1 mi
  • Palisades: 17.2 mi
Lighthouses: 9
Waterfalls: 8
  • Binnen Falls: 2.6 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 2.8 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 2.8 mi
  • The Loch: 10.6 mi
  • The Falls: 17.5 mi
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 20.8 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Stony HillNW 305°179 m20.4 mi
Mayapple HillWNW 295°175 m21.1 mi
Riker HillWNW 299°134 m24.1 mi
Todt HillWSW 254°125 m10.5 mi
Crawford HillSW 219°120 m22.2 mi
Harbor HillNE 54°106 m18.3 mi
Telegraph HillSW 217°106 m21.6 mi
Nook HillWNW 288°92 m21.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3219:08
June solstice05:2619:5020:31
September equinox06:4418:1918:55
December solstice07:1715:4916:32

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343643536272787670584839
Precip in3.53.04.43.84.04.44.83.93.94.03.24.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NY AVE V Brooklyn, 5 mi away.

  • Spotted Lanternfly139 obs
  • common mugwort117 obs
  • Rock Pigeon116 obs
  • European Starling95 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel84 obs
  • House Sparrow76 obs
  • Mourning Dove51 obs
  • tree-of-heaven49 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 site

OpenStreetMap element way/601390613

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