Jackie Robinson Playground
Jackie Robinson Playground is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 28 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the north-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Ebbets Field Home Plate, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 12 miles off. 50 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 28 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- New York City Department of Parks and Recreation
How to reach it
- 11.8 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 13.0 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 29.6 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Ebbets Field Home Plate: 0.1 mi
- Alfred T. White Memorial: 0.3 mi
- Joseph A. Guider Monument: 0.3 mi
- Dr. Ronald Erwin McNair: 0.4 mi
- Site of the Dongan Oak: 0.4 mi
- Aquatic House: 0.1 mi
- Bonsai Museum: 0.1 mi
- Lily Pool Terrace: 0.2 mi
- Water Garden: 0.2 mi
- Children's Garden: 0.2 mi
- Lefferts Historic House: 0.3 mi
- Brooklyn Museum: 0.4 mi
- Jewish Childrens Museum: 0.9 mi
- Brooklyn Children's Museum: 1.0 mi
- Lesbian Herstory Archives: 1.1 mi
- Sea Lion Store & Cafe: 0.3 mi
- Emu: 0.3 mi
- Duck and Waterfowl: 0.3 mi
- Sea Lion Pool: 0.3 mi
- Carousel: 0.3 mi
- Dr. Ronald McNair Park: 0.3 mi
- Dodger Playground: 0.4 mi
- Marc And Jason's Playground: 0.5 mi
- Mount Prospect Park: 0.6 mi
- Concert Grove: 0.6 mi
- OY/YO: 0.5 mi
- Dragon Fountain: 0.5 mi
- Monuments to Motherhood: 0.7 mi
- Panther: 0.8 mi
- Panther: 0.8 mi
- Pier 4 Beach: 3.0 mi
- Pebble Beach: 3.1 mi
- Beach/Kayak launch ramp: 3.2 mi
- Canarsie Beach: 4.6 mi
- Gansevoort Peninsula Sand Bluff: 5.8 mi
- Bird Island: 3.0 mi
- WNYC Transmitter Park: 4.4 mi
- Four Sparrow Marsh: 5.3 mi
- Rookery: 5.4 mi
- Turtle Reintroduction Site: 5.5 mi
- Willink Hill: 0.4 mi
- Sullivan Hill: 0.5 mi
- Breeze Hill: 0.6 mi
- Quaker Hill: 0.7 mi
- Lookout Hill: 0.9 mi
- Pier 5 Uplands Seating Area: 2.9 mi
- Picnic Peninsula: 2.9 mi
- Pier 3 Greenway Terrace: 3.0 mi
- Freedom Field: 5.6 mi
- Street Seats: 5.8 mi
- Palisades: 6.9 mi
- Palisades: 7.9 mi
- Palisades: 10.0 mi
- Coogan's Bluff: 11.6 mi
- Palisades: 15.6 mi
- Binnen Falls: 0.5 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 0.5 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 0.7 mi
- The Loch: 8.9 mi
- The Falls: 16.6 mi
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 5.6 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 14.3 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 14.3 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 18.3 mi
- North Tower: 18.7 mi
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 11.5 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 16.6 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 17.6 mi
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 17.6 mi
- Barber: 18.3 mi
- Feltville Historic District: 22.4 mi
- Tulip Springs: 18.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Jackie Robinson Playground. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Mountain | NNW 329° | 268 m | 24.5 mi |
| Mount Cecchino | NNW 329° | 230 m | 24.2 mi |
| Stony Hill | NW 304° | 179 m | 18.0 mi |
| Mayapple Hill | WNW 293° | 175 m | 18.8 mi |
| Packanack Mountain | NW 321° | 144 m | 23.5 mi |
| Riker Hill | WNW 298° | 134 m | 21.7 mi |
| Todt Hill | WSW 241° | 125 m | 9.3 mi |
| Crawford Hill | SSW 212° | 120 m | 22.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:32 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:26 | 19:50 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:19 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:49 | 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, 5 mi away.
- American Robin1,831 obs
- Pond Slider1,481 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee1,473 obs
- Northern Cardinal1,349 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel1,296 obs
- House Sparrow1,259 obs
- Spotted Lanternfly1,178 obs
- Mallard1,110 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/428923844
Day trips start here
- Brooklyn/Bedford-Stuyvesant and Flatbush · 1 mi
- Brooklyn/Downtown · 2 mi
- Brooklyn/Williamsburg · 3 mi
- Queens · 3 mi
- Downstate New York · 4 mi
- Manhattan/Chinatown · 4 mi
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