Houston Playground
Houston Playground is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 15 m. Stony Hill stands 179 m to the west-northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is McLeod's Community Garden, a garden less than a tenth of a mile away. Bronx River Parkway passes 11 miles off. 48 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 15 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- New York City Department of Parks and Recreation
How to reach it
- 10.6 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 12.9 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 27.9 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- McLeod's Community Garden: 0.0 mi
- Hull Street Garden: 0.6 mi
- Phoenix Community Garden: 0.6 mi
- 45 Somers Street Community Garden: 0.6 mi
- Fred McLeod Community Garden: 0.6 mi
- Powell Playground: 0.1 mi
- Howard Playground: 0.2 mi
- Transitional Living Community Sculpture Garden: 0.2 mi
- Carter G. Woodson Children's Park: 0.3 mi
- Brownsville I Ura Park: 0.3 mi
- Zion Park War Memorial: 0.7 mi
- Saratoga Park Memorial: 1.1 mi
- Dawn of Glory: 1.2 mi
- Ridgewood War Memorial: 1.9 mi
- Bushwick-Ridgewood War Memorial: 1.9 mi
- Weeksville Heritage Center: 1.1 mi
- Brooklyn Seltzer Museum: 1.9 mi
- Jewish Childrens Museum: 1.9 mi
- Brooklyn Children's Museum: 2.0 mi
- Greater Ridgewood Historical Society: 2.8 mi
- Robert Fulton: 1.5 mi
- Shai Asia Semple: 1.9 mi
- Mathematical Star: 2.2 mi
- Yusuf Hawkins: 2.3 mi
- Tiger: 2.5 mi
- Wyckoff House Museum: 2.1 mi
- MV Schamonchi: 3.0 mi
- Sea Lion Store & Cafe: 3.1 mi
- Emu: 3.2 mi
- Carousel: 3.2 mi
- Spring Creek Park: 3.1 mi
- Rookery: 3.9 mi
- Turtle Reintroduction Site: 4.8 mi
- Four Sparrow Marsh: 4.9 mi
- WNYC Transmitter Park: 5.0 mi
- Canarsie Beach: 3.2 mi
- Pebble Beach: 5.0 mi
- Pier 4 Beach: 5.2 mi
- Beach/Kayak launch ramp: 5.9 mi
- Gerritsen Beach: 6.0 mi
- Willink Hill: 3.2 mi
- Breeze Hill: 3.3 mi
- Sullivan Hill: 3.4 mi
- Quaker Hill: 3.6 mi
- Lookout Hill: 3.6 mi
- Pier 3 Greenway Terrace: 5.2 mi
- Pier 5 Uplands Seating Area: 5.2 mi
- Picnic Peninsula: 5.2 mi
- Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge: 5.7 mi
- Street Seats: 5.8 mi
- Palisades: 8.7 mi
- Palisades: 9.1 mi
- Palisades: 10.5 mi
- Coogan's Bluff: 11.2 mi
- Palisades: 15.3 mi
- Binnen Falls: 3.3 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 3.4 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 3.6 mi
- The Loch: 8.9 mi
- The Falls: 15.3 mi
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 7.5 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 15.4 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 15.4 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 16.2 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 16.7 mi
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 12.4 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 18.4 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 20.4 mi
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 20.4 mi
- Barber: 20.9 mi
- Tulip Springs: 21.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Houston Playground. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stony Hill | WNW 299° | 179 m | 20.2 mi |
| Mayapple Hill | WNW 289° | 175 m | 21.2 mi |
| Riker Hill | WNW 294° | 134 m | 24.0 mi |
| Todt Hill | WSW 246° | 125 m | 12.1 mi |
| Crawford Hill | SW 217° | 120 m | 24.3 mi |
| Harbor Hill | ENE 58° | 106 m | 16.4 mi |
| Telegraph Hill | SW 216° | 106 m | 23.8 mi |
| Nook Hill | WNW 282° | 92 m | 21.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:32 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:25 | 19:50 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:19 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:48 | 16:32 |
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, 7 mi away.
- Spotted Lanternfly173 obs
- princess tree134 obs
- common mugwort122 obs
- Rock Pigeon119 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee93 obs
- American pokeweed89 obs
- Porcelain Berry89 obs
- House Sparrow87 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 siteOpenStreetMap element way/562914882
Day trips start here
- Brooklyn/Bedford-Stuyvesant and Flatbush · 2 mi
- Queens · 2 mi
- Brooklyn/Downtown · 4 mi
- Brooklyn/Williamsburg · 4 mi
- Queens/Forest Park · 4 mi
- Manhattan/Lower East Side · 5 mi
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