John Allen Payne Playground
John Allen Payne Playground is a park in New York, at a modelled elevation of 15 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the north-northwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Steadman Square, a park 0.2 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 15 miles off. 54 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- New York City Department of Parks and Recreation
How to reach it
- 15.0 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 15.1 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Steadman Square: 0.2 mi
- Martin Luther Playground: 0.5 mi
- Owl’s Head Park: 0.5 mi
- Rainbow Playground: 0.7 mi
- American Veterans Memorial Pier: 0.7 mi
- Narrows Botanical Gardens: 0.7 mi
- Jardín los Colibríes: 1.5 mi
- Red Hook Community Farm: 2.4 mi
- Butterfly Gardens: 2.4 mi
- Mayrose Community Garden: 2.4 mi
- 9/11: 0.7 mi
- Irving T. Bush: 1.1 mi
- Pope John Paul II: 1.5 mi
- SS Arctic Memorial: 1.6 mi
- Fort Hamilton War Memorial: 1.7 mi
- The Gingerbread House: 1.1 mi
- Winter Flea + Smorgasburg: 1.4 mi
- Street Car: 2.4 mi
- Hammerhead Peninsula: 3.0 mi
- Camperdown Elm: 3.4 mi
- Bees for Sunset Park: 1.6 mi
- Bees for Sunset Park: 1.6 mi
- Captain America: 1.7 mi
- Civic Virtue Triumphant Over Unrighteousness: 2.2 mi
- Hook Studios Mural: 2.7 mi
- Harbor Defense Museum: 2.2 mi
- Living Torah Museum: 2.3 mi
- The Waterfront Museum: 2.5 mi
- National Lighthouse Museum: 2.6 mi
- Alice Austen House: 2.7 mi
- Matthew J. Buono Beach: 2.7 mi
- Beach/Kayak launch ramp: 2.7 mi
- Pier 4 Beach: 4.1 mi
- South Beach: 4.3 mi
- Caven Point Beach: 4.4 mi
- Jones Woods Park: 3.5 mi
- Eibs Pond Park: 3.6 mi
- Bird Island: 4.1 mi
- Swinburne Island: 5.3 mi
- Last Chance Pond Park: 5.5 mi
- Battle Hill: 2.2 mi
- Lookout Hill: 3.0 mi
- Quaker Hill: 3.1 mi
- Slide Hill: 3.2 mi
- Discovery Hill: 3.2 mi
- Picnic Peninsula: 4.0 mi
- Pier 5 Uplands Seating Area: 4.0 mi
- Pier 3 Greenway Terrace: 4.2 mi
- Freedom Field: 4.3 mi
- Street Seats: 8.6 mi
- Palisades: 7.2 mi
- Palisades: 9.0 mi
- Palisades: 11.8 mi
- Coogan's Bluff: 14.0 mi
- Hawk Hill: 16.3 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 3.1 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 3.3 mi
- Binnen Falls: 3.4 mi
- The Loch: 11.2 mi
- Hemlock Falls: 15.8 mi
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 6.0 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 12.4 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 12.4 mi
- North Tower: 16.9 mi
- Twin Lights State Historic Site: 16.9 mi
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 12.7 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 13.8 mi
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 13.8 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 16.0 mi
- Barber: 14.4 mi
- Feltville Historic District: 19.2 mi
- Raritan Landing: 24.6 mi
- Tulip Springs: 16.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of John Allen Payne Playground. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Mountain | NNW 338° | 268 m | 24.6 mi |
| Mount Cecchino | NNW 338° | 230 m | 24.3 mi |
| Stony Hill | NW 316° | 179 m | 16.5 mi |
| Mayapple Hill | WNW 304° | 175 m | 16.6 mi |
| Packanack Mountain | NNW 330° | 144 m | 23.1 mi |
| Riker Hill | NW 307° | 134 m | 19.7 mi |
| Towackhow Mountain | NW 317° | 131 m | 24.7 mi |
| Long Hill | W 281° | 126 m | 22.1 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 | 16:33 |
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, 4 mi away.
- Red-tailed Hawk738 obs
- American Kestrel635 obs
- Monarch533 obs
- Rock Pigeon405 obs
- Spotted Lanternfly355 obs
- Cooper's Hawk354 obs
- Canada Goose326 obs
- Northern Mockingbird310 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/559531350
Day trips start here
- Brooklyn/Downtown · 4 mi
- Bayonne · 5 mi
- Brooklyn/Bedford-Stuyvesant and Flatbush · 5 mi
- Manhattan/Chinatown · 5 mi
- Manhattan/Financial District · 5 mi
- Manhattan/TriBeCa · 5 mi
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