Joseph Austin Playground
Joseph Austin Playground is a park in New York, at a modelled elevation of 39 m. Mount Nebo stands 208 m to the north-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Redstorm Field, a park 0.2 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 8.3 miles off. 57 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
- 8.3 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 12.8 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 23.1 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Redstorm Field: 0.2 mi
- Captain Tilly Park: 0.3 mi
- Hillcrest Veteran's Square: 0.4 mi
- Tepper Triangle: 0.5 mi
- Gardener Triangle: 0.6 mi
- Spanish American War: 0.3 mi
- American Legion Hillcrest Post 1078 and Auxiliary: 0.4 mi
- Soldiers and Sailors Monument: 0.7 mi
- Eric Maleh: 0.8 mi
- Prospect Cemetery: 1.0 mi
- Wingdale: 0.7 mi
- Madonna: 0.8 mi
- St. Paul of the Cross: 0.8 mi
- Absent Monuments: 0.9 mi
- Jamaica Center Station Riders: 0.9 mi
- King Manor Museum: 0.9 mi
- Godwin-Ternbach Museum: 1.6 mi
- Queens Museum: 3.2 mi
- Curly's Cowboy Center: 3.2 mi
- New York Hall of Science: 3.4 mi
- George Eagle Carr Community Garden: 0.9 mi
- Tree of Life Organic Garden: 1.4 mi
- Veteran Memorial Garden Of Queens: 1.5 mi
- Discovery Community Garden 1: 1.5 mi
- Discovery Community Garden 2: 1.6 mi
- Welcome Center: 1.5 mi
- Wetland & Woodland Garden: 2.7 mi
- Circle Garden: 2.7 mi
- Unity Garden: 2.7 mi
- Perennial Garden: 2.7 mi
- Parsons Beach: 4.6 mi
- Canarsie Beach: 7.5 mi
- Hallet’s Cove: 8.0 mi
- Leeds Pond Beach: 8.7 mi
- Manhasset Bay Estates Association Beach: 8.7 mi
- Spring Creek Park: 5.2 mi
- Virginia Point: 5.2 mi
- Hook Creek Wildlife Sanctuary: 5.7 mi
- Harbor Hill Preserve: 5.9 mi
- Inwood Bay State Tidal Wetland: 6.8 mi
- Queens High Point: 5.2 mi
- Maspeth Plateau: 5.2 mi
- Laurel Hill: 6.5 mi
- Janes Hill: 8.8 mi
- Willink Hill: 9.3 mi
- Picnic Area D: 5.8 mi
- Picnic Area C: 5.8 mi
- Picnic Area F: 5.9 mi
- Picnic Area G: 6.0 mi
- Picnic Area B: 6.0 mi
- Coogan's Bluff: 10.8 mi
- Palisades: 11.8 mi
- Palisades: 12.1 mi
- Palisades: 12.8 mi
- Palisades: 14.2 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 11.0 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 11.7 mi
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 12.0 mi
- Cold Spring Harbor Light: 20.1 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 20.5 mi
- Binnen Falls: 9.4 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 9.5 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 9.7 mi
- The Loch: 9.9 mi
- The Falls: 12.1 mi
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 14.1 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 21.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Joseph Austin Playground. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Nebo | NNW 344° | 208 m | 23.9 mi |
| Stony Hill | WNW 286° | 179 m | 24.1 mi |
| Kennelwood Hill | N 5° | 156 m | 24.4 mi |
| Beaver Hill | N 357° | 140 m | 24.3 mi |
| Hackley Hill | N 354° | 140 m | 24.7 mi |
| Tappan Hill | N 354° | 127 m | 24.8 mi |
| Todt Hill | WSW 244° | 125 m | 18.3 mi |
| Jayne's Hill | ENE 71° | 122 m | 20.8 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, 6 mi away.
- Eastern Gray Squirrel390 obs
- Rock Pigeon320 obs
- American Robin178 obs
- common mugwort166 obs
- House Sparrow157 obs
- Canada Goose153 obs
- Spotted Lanternfly129 obs
- Mallard128 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/280415397
Day trips start here
- Queens/Jamaica · 1 mi
- Queens/Forest Park · 2 mi
- Queens/Flushing-Northeast · 4 mi
- Queens/Jackson Heights · 5 mi
- Queens · 6 mi
- Brooklyn/Williamsburg · 7 mi
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