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Jerome Playground

Jerome Playground from directly overhead

Jerome Playground is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 3 m. Stony Hill stands 179 m to the west-northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Linden Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 11 miles off. 47 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
3 m

What to expect

Operated by
New York City Department of Parks and Recreation

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates40.65893, -73.87968

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Gardens
Museums
Nature reserves
Beaches
Attractions
Artworks
Peaks: 47
Picnic sites: 40
Cliffs: 14
  • Palisades: 10.4 mi
  • Palisades: 10.7 mi
  • Palisades: 11.9 mi
  • Coogan's Bluff: 12.4 mi
  • Palisades: 16.4 mi
Lighthouses: 9
Waterfalls: 8
  • Binnen Falls: 4.5 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 4.7 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 4.8 mi
  • The Loch: 10.3 mi
  • The Falls: 16.0 mi
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 1
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 22.6 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Stony HillWNW 299°179 m21.8 mi
Mayapple HillWNW 290°175 m22.8 mi
Todt HillWSW 252°125 m13.0 mi
Crawford HillSW 221°120 m24.5 mi
Harbor HillNE 52°106 m15.9 mi
Telegraph HillSW 220°106 m23.9 mi
Nook HillWNW 284°92 m23.1 mi
Bronx High PointN 356°85 m16.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3219:08
June solstice05:2519:4920:31
September equinox06:4418:1818:55
December solstice07:1715:4816:32

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333541516170767568574738
Precip in3.22.83.93.63.73.93.94.13.63.73.14.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — JFK Intl AP, 6 mi away.

  • common mugwort98 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly92 obs
  • Brant75 obs
  • common reed66 obs
  • Black Swallowtail62 obs
  • Red-winged Blackbird60 obs
  • Rock Pigeon50 obs
  • American Kestrel50 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/1521093253

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