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Josephine Caminiti Playground

Josephine Caminiti Playground from directly overhead

Josephine Caminiti Playground is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 14 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Corona Taxpayers Association, a garden 0.2 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 5.6 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
14 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
New York City Department of Parks and Recreation

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates40.74392, -73.86158
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Gardens
Parks
Attractions
  • Rocket Park: 0.6 mi
  • Domestic Animals: 0.6 mi
  • Education Center: 0.6 mi
  • Domestic Animals: 0.6 mi
  • Canadian Lynx: 0.6 mi
Museums
Artworks
  • Queens Mural: 0.6 mi
  • Whale: 0.6 mi
  • Llama: 0.6 mi
  • Turtle: 0.6 mi
  • Forms in Transit: 0.6 mi
Historic sites
Peaks
  • Maspeth Plateau: 2.1 mi
  • Laurel Hill: 3.4 mi
  • Janes Hill: 5.4 mi
  • Mount Morris: 6.0 mi
  • Vista Rock: 6.1 mi
Beaches
  • Hallet’s Cove: 4.2 mi
  • Parsons Beach: 6.0 mi
  • Pebble Beach: 7.3 mi
  • Gansevoort Peninsula Sand Bluff: 7.8 mi
  • Pier 4 Beach: 7.9 mi
Nature reserves
Picnic sites: 41
Cliffs: 19
  • Coogan's Bluff: 7.4 mi
  • Palisades: 8.1 mi
  • Palisades: 8.5 mi
  • Palisades: 9.5 mi
  • Palisades: 11.0 mi
Lighthouses: 10
Waterfalls: 9
  • The Loch: 6.2 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 7.9 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 7.9 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 8.1 mi
  • The Falls: 10.0 mi
Rest areas: 4
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 22.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.2 miles of Josephine Caminiti Playground. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High MountainNW 312°268 m23.6 mi
Mount CecchinoNW 311°230 m23.4 mi
Mount NeboN 351°208 m21.4 mi
Stony HillWNW 283°179 m20.5 mi
Mayapple HillW 275°175 m22.4 mi
Kennelwood HillNNE 14°156 m23.0 mi
Kykuit HillN 2°147 m23.9 mi
Packanack MountainWNW 303°144 m23.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3219:08
June solstice05:2519:5020:31
September equinox06:4418:1818:54
December solstice07:1715:4816:32

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343643546473797871604940
Precip in3.22.94.03.83.64.04.34.43.93.83.24.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Laguardia AP, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • tree-of-heaven504 obs
  • Rock Pigeon285 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel236 obs
  • Mallard206 obs
  • House Sparrow200 obs
  • American Robin173 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly171 obs
  • Mourning Dove153 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/382243438

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