Park · New York
Howard Bennett Playground
Howard Bennett Playground is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 5 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Abraham Lincoln Playground, a park 0.1 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 3.1 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 5 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- New York City Department of Parks and Recreation
How to reach it
Coordinates40.81363, -73.93878
- 3.1 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 3.5 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 20.6 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Abraham Lincoln Playground: 0.1 mi
- 132nd Street Block Association Park: 0.2 mi
- Courtney Callender Playground: 0.2 mi
- Harlem River Drive Park: 0.3 mi
- Moore Playground: 0.3 mi
Gardens
- Elizabeth Langley Memorial Garden: 0.2 mi
- Parks Council Success Garden: 0.2 mi
- United Block Association Garden: 0.2 mi
- 133rd Swing Street Garden: 0.2 mi
- Harlem Valley Garden: 0.3 mi
Artworks
- Lincoln Holding a Child: 0.2 mi
- Higher Ground: 0.6 mi
- Crack Is Wack: 0.7 mi
- General Winfield Scott Hancock: 0.8 mi
- Harlem Hybrid: 0.8 mi
Attractions
- Abyssinian Baptist Church: 0.2 mi
- Taste Harlem Tour: 0.5 mi
- Original brown stone houses: 0.8 mi
- La casa de los Tenenbaums: 0.8 mi
- Huddlestone Arch: 1.5 mi
Museums
- National Jazz Museum in Harlem: 0.3 mi
- The Studio Museum In Harlem: 0.6 mi
- Hamilton Grange National Memorial: 0.7 mi
- Universal Hip Hop Museum: 0.8 mi
- Bronx Documentary Center: 1.1 mi
Peaks
- Mount Morris: 0.7 mi
- Janes Hill: 1.4 mi
- Great Hill: 1.6 mi
- Summit Rock: 2.7 mi
- Manhattan High Point: 2.7 mi
Historic sites
- Harriet Tubman Memorial: 0.8 mi
- Matthew Travis Palacios: 0.9 mi
- Gas Explosion Empty Lot: 1.0 mi
- The Bat: 1.0 mi
- Macombs Dam Bridge: 1.0 mi
Beaches
- Hazard Beach: 3.0 mi
- Hallet’s Cove: 3.0 mi
- Dyckman Street Beach: 3.9 mi
- Spuyten Duyvil Beach: 4.4 mi
- Bloomer Beach: 4.7 mi
Nature reserves
- Cabrini Woods Nature Sanctuary: 3.1 mi
- Hallett Nature Sanctuary: 3.8 mi
- Pugsley Creek Park: 4.5 mi
- Hackensack Meadowlands Conservation and Wildlife Area: 5.3 mi
- WNYC Transmitter Park: 5.9 mi
Picnic sites: 44
- Picnic Area on Marcus Garvey Pool Deck: 0.6 mi
- Street Seats: 4.4 mi
- The Backyard: 6.9 mi
- Pier 3 Greenway Terrace: 8.6 mi
- Pier 5 Uplands Seating Area: 8.8 mi
Cliffs: 17
- Coogan's Bluff: 1.3 mi
- Palisades: 2.7 mi
- Palisades: 5.3 mi
- Palisades: 5.4 mi
- Palisades: 7.3 mi
Waterfalls: 11
- The Loch: 1.7 mi
- The Falls: 7.3 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 10.4 mi
- Binnen Falls: 10.6 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 10.6 mi
Lighthouses: 8
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 7.7 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 11.4 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 11.5 mi
- Cold Spring Harbor Light: 23.3 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 24.5 mi
Rest areas: 4
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 4.8 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 12.7 mi
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 24.5 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 24.5 mi
Springs: 1
- Tulip Springs: 18.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.9 miles of Howard Bennett Playground. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Mountain | NW 309° | 268 m | 17.4 mi |
| Beech Mountain | NW 308° | 260 m | 18.5 mi |
| Mount Cecchino | NW 308° | 230 m | 17.2 mi |
| Mount Nebo | N 2° | 208 m | 16.3 mi |
| Poacher Peak | NW 307° | 185 m | 19.0 mi |
| Moon Hill | NW 307° | 180 m | 18.6 mi |
| Stony Hill | W 270° | 179 m | 15.9 mi |
| Mayapple Hill | W 261° | 175 m | 18.5 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 | 54 | 63 | 72 | 78 | 76 | 69 | 58 | 48 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.2 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 3.6 | 4.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NY City Cntrl Park, 3 mi away.
- white snakeroot2,523 obs
- common milkweed1,548 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel1,547 obs
- American Robin1,452 obs
- Spotted Lanternfly1,319 obs
- common mugwort1,305 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee1,124 obs
- Monarch1,115 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/118524668
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- Manhattan/Harlem and Upper Manhattan · 1 mi
- Bronx · 3 mi
- Fort Lee · 3 mi
- Manhattan · 3 mi
- Manhattan/Central Park · 3 mi
- Manhattan/Upper East Side · 3 mi
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