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Hattie Carthan Playground

Hattie Carthan Playground from directly overhead

Hattie Carthan Playground is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 18 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the north-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Shiloh Garden, a garden 0.1 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 10 miles off. 53 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
18 m

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates40.68564, -73.94610

Named places within 25 miles

Gardens
Artworks
Historic sites
Museums
Attractions
Beaches
  • Pebble Beach: 2.7 mi
  • Pier 4 Beach: 2.9 mi
  • Beach/Kayak launch ramp: 3.8 mi
  • Canarsie Beach: 5.0 mi
  • Gansevoort Peninsula Sand Bluff: 5.0 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks: 53
Picnic sites: 41
Cliffs: 14
  • Palisades: 6.5 mi
  • Palisades: 7.0 mi
  • Palisades: 8.8 mi
  • Coogan's Bluff: 10.2 mi
  • Palisades: 14.2 mi
Waterfalls: 10
  • Ambergill Falls: 1.9 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 2.0 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 2.1 mi
  • The Loch: 7.6 mi
  • The Falls: 15.1 mi
Lighthouses: 9
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 18.7 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High MountainNNW 326°268 m23.7 mi
Beech MountainNW 325°260 m24.7 mi
Mount CecchinoNW 326°230 m23.4 mi
Moon HillNW 324°180 m24.8 mi
Stony HillWNW 299°179 m17.8 mi
Mayapple HillWNW 289°175 m18.9 mi
Packanack MountainNW 318°144 m22.9 mi
Riker HillWNW 294°134 m21.7 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 °F343643546372787669584839
Precip in3.63.24.34.14.04.54.64.64.34.43.64.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NY City Cntrl Park, 7 mi away.

  • American Robin1,022 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly878 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel759 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee718 obs
  • House Sparrow679 obs
  • Mourning Dove661 obs
  • Rock Pigeon599 obs
  • Northern Cardinal599 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/253908679

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