Howard Von Dohlen Playground
Howard Von Dohlen Playground is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 14 m. Mount Nebo stands 208 m to the north-northwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is George Eagle Carr Community Garden, a garden 0.4 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 9.1 miles off. 53 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 14 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- New York City Department of Parks and Recreation
- Step-free access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 9.1 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 13.2 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 24.4 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- George Eagle Carr Community Garden: 0.4 mi
- Dunton Community Garden: 0.8 mi
- Paradise Community Garden NY: 0.8 mi
- Back To Eden Community Garden: 0.8 mi
- Discovery Community Garden 2: 1.2 mi
- Norelli-Hargreaves Memorial Triangle: 0.5 mi
- Phil "Scooter" Rizzuto Park: 0.6 mi
- Rufus King Park: 0.6 mi
- Norelli-Hargreaves Playground: 0.7 mi
- Briarwood Playground: 0.8 mi
- King Manor Museum: 0.5 mi
- Curly's Cowboy Center: 2.5 mi
- Godwin-Ternbach Museum: 2.6 mi
- Brooklyn Seltzer Museum: 3.3 mi
- Queens Museum: 3.7 mi
- Absent Monuments: 0.6 mi
- Jamaica Center Station Riders: 0.7 mi
- Egret: 0.8 mi
- The City Don't Sleep: 1.0 mi
- William "Dollar" Beamon: 1.2 mi
- Prospect Cemetery: 0.8 mi
- Morris Park World War Memorial: 0.9 mi
- Richmond Hill Branch: 1.0 mi
- Spanish American War: 1.1 mi
- Richmond Hill War Memorial: 1.5 mi
- Forest Park Carousel: 2.3 mi
- Welcome Center: 2.5 mi
- Westinghouse Time Capsules: 3.4 mi
- JFK: 3.5 mi
- Wetland & Woodland Garden: 3.6 mi
- Spring Creek Park: 3.8 mi
- Hook Creek Wildlife Sanctuary: 5.2 mi
- Broad Channel Wetlands: 6.1 mi
- Inwood Bay State Tidal Wetland: 6.1 mi
- Rookery: 6.4 mi
- Parsons Beach: 5.9 mi
- Canarsie Beach: 6.2 mi
- Rockaway Beach: 8.0 mi
- Hallet’s Cove: 8.0 mi
- Sun and Surf Beach Club: 8.5 mi
- Maspeth Plateau: 5.0 mi
- Laurel Hill: 6.1 mi
- Queens High Point: 6.4 mi
- Willink Hill: 8.3 mi
- Breeze Hill: 8.5 mi
- Picnic Area D: 5.4 mi
- Picnic Area C: 5.4 mi
- Picnic Area F: 5.5 mi
- Picnic Area G: 5.5 mi
- Picnic Area B: 5.6 mi
- Coogan's Bluff: 11.3 mi
- Palisades: 11.9 mi
- Palisades: 12.0 mi
- Palisades: 12.4 mi
- Palisades: 14.9 mi
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 11.5 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 12.3 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 13.0 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 19.2 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 19.2 mi
- Binnen Falls: 8.4 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 8.5 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 8.7 mi
- The Loch: 10.1 mi
- The Falls: 13.1 mi
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 14.2 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 21.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Howard Von Dohlen Playground. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Nebo | NNW 346° | 208 m | 24.9 mi |
| Stony Hill | WNW 289° | 179 m | 23.8 mi |
| Todt Hill | WSW 247° | 125 m | 17.2 mi |
| Jayne's Hill | ENE 68° | 122 m | 21.8 mi |
| Harbor Hill | NE 53° | 106 m | 11.4 mi |
| West Hills | ENE 68° | 106 m | 21.5 mi |
| Signal Hill | ENE 71° | 90 m | 24.6 mi |
| Bronx High Point | NNW 341° | 85 m | 14.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:31 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:25 | 19:49 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:18 | 18:54 |
| 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 | 33 | 35 | 41 | 51 | 61 | 70 | 76 | 75 | 68 | 57 | 47 | 38 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.8 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 3.1 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — JFK Intl AP, 5 mi away.
- Asian bittersweet247 obs
- Rock Pigeon228 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel217 obs
- northern spicebush174 obs
- common mugwort168 obs
- garlic mustard135 obs
- American Robin132 obs
- Spotted Lanternfly130 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/261918034
Day trips start here
- Queens/Jamaica · 1 mi
- Queens/Forest Park · 2 mi
- Queens · 5 mi
- Queens/Flushing-Northeast · 5 mi
- Queens/Jackson Heights · 5 mi
- Brooklyn/Bedford-Stuyvesant and Flatbush · 7 mi
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