John Hancock Playground
John Hancock Playground is a park in New York, at a modelled elevation of 20 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the north-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is ODB Mural, a artwork 0.1 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 11 miles off. 53 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- New York City Department of Parks and Recreation
How to reach it
- 10.7 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 11.9 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 28.5 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- ODB Mural: 0.1 mi
- Yusuf Hawkins: 0.4 mi
- Mathematical Star: 0.5 mi
- Tiger: 0.7 mi
- Ecstasy: 0.7 mi
- Lefferts Place Block Association: 0.2 mi
- 100 Quincy Community Garden: 0.3 mi
- United Herkimer Garden Club: 0.3 mi
- Walt L. Shamil Community Garden: 0.3 mi
- Westbrook Memorial Garden: 0.3 mi
- Crispus Attucks Playground: 0.2 mi
- Grant Gore Triangle: 0.4 mi
- Hattie Carthan Playground: 0.5 mi
- Lowry Triangle: 0.5 mi
- Lafayette Gardens Playground: 0.5 mi
- Adam Uster: 0.4 mi
- Ulysses S Grant: 0.4 mi
- Rev. Benjamin J. Lowry: 0.5 mi
- Brooklyn College of Pharmacy: 0.6 mi
- Dr. Ronald Erwin McNair: 0.9 mi
- Brooklyn Children's Museum: 0.8 mi
- Brooklyn Museum: 0.9 mi
- Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts: 1.0 mi
- Jewish Childrens Museum: 1.1 mi
- Vistor Center: 1.2 mi
- Hall of Animals: 1.3 mi
- Sea Lion Pool: 1.3 mi
- Sea Lion Store & Cafe: 1.3 mi
- Animal Lifestyles: 1.3 mi
- Hamadryas Baboon: 1.3 mi
- Pebble Beach: 2.4 mi
- Pier 4 Beach: 2.5 mi
- Beach/Kayak launch ramp: 3.3 mi
- Gansevoort Peninsula Sand Bluff: 4.9 mi
- Canarsie Beach: 5.1 mi
- Bird Island: 2.5 mi
- WNYC Transmitter Park: 3.3 mi
- Spring Creek Park: 5.7 mi
- Hallett Nature Sanctuary: 5.9 mi
- Rookery: 6.0 mi
- Sullivan Hill: 1.4 mi
- Willink Hill: 1.5 mi
- Breeze Hill: 1.7 mi
- Quaker Hill: 1.7 mi
- Lookout Hill: 1.9 mi
- Pier 5 Uplands Seating Area: 2.5 mi
- Pier 3 Greenway Terrace: 2.5 mi
- Picnic Peninsula: 2.5 mi
- Street Seats: 4.7 mi
- Freedom Field: 5.5 mi
- Palisades: 6.3 mi
- Palisades: 7.0 mi
- Palisades: 9.0 mi
- Coogan's Bluff: 10.4 mi
- Palisades: 14.5 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 1.5 mi
- Binnen Falls: 1.5 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 1.7 mi
- The Loch: 7.8 mi
- The Falls: 15.5 mi
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 5.0 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 15.4 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 15.4 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 17.3 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 17.7 mi
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 10.6 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 16.0 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 18.3 mi
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 18.3 mi
- Barber: 19.0 mi
- Feltville Historic District: 22.6 mi
- Tulip Springs: 18.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of John Hancock Playground. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Mountain | NNW 327° | 268 m | 23.6 mi |
| Beech Mountain | NNW 326° | 260 m | 24.7 mi |
| Mount Cecchino | NNW 327° | 230 m | 23.4 mi |
| Moon Hill | NW 325° | 180 m | 24.7 mi |
| Stony Hill | WNW 301° | 179 m | 17.6 mi |
| Mayapple Hill | WNW 290° | 175 m | 18.6 mi |
| Packanack Mountain | NW 319° | 144 m | 22.8 mi |
| Riker Hill | WNW 295° | 134 m | 21.4 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, 6 mi away.
- American Robin1,546 obs
- Pond Slider1,248 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel1,124 obs
- Northern Cardinal1,074 obs
- House Sparrow1,020 obs
- Spotted Lanternfly973 obs
- Mourning Dove885 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee814 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/378581600
Day trips start here
- Brooklyn/Bedford-Stuyvesant and Flatbush · 2 mi
- Brooklyn/Downtown · 2 mi
- Brooklyn/Williamsburg · 2 mi
- Queens · 2 mi
- Manhattan/Chinatown · 3 mi
- Manhattan/Financial District · 3 mi
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