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Junior High School 231 Playground

Junior High School 231 Playground from directly overhead

Junior High School 231 Playground is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 2 m. Todt Hill stands 125 m to the west-southwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Springfield Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 13 miles off. 48 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
2 m

How to reach it

Coordinates40.66411, -73.75985

Named places within 25 miles

Gardens
Historic sites
Museums
Nature reserves
Artworks
  • Frog: 1.5 mi
  • Frog: 1.5 mi
  • Frog: 1.5 mi
  • Frog: 1.5 mi
  • Frog: 1.5 mi
Attractions
Beaches
Peaks: 48
  • Queens High Point: 6.8 mi
  • Maspeth Plateau: 8.6 mi
  • Laurel Hill: 9.7 mi
  • Willink Hill: 10.7 mi
  • Breeze Hill: 10.8 mi
Picnic sites: 32
  • Picnic Area D: 1.7 mi
  • Picnic Area C: 1.7 mi
  • Picnic Area F: 1.8 mi
  • Picnic Area G: 1.8 mi
  • Picnic Area B: 1.9 mi
Cliffs: 11
  • Coogan's Bluff: 15.0 mi
  • Palisades: 15.5 mi
  • Palisades: 15.7 mi
  • Palisades: 15.8 mi
  • Palisades: 18.4 mi
Lighthouses: 10
Waterfalls: 5
  • Binnen Falls: 10.8 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 11.0 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 11.1 mi
  • The Loch: 13.8 mi
  • The Falls: 16.1 mi
Rest areas: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Junior High School 231 Playground. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Todt HillWSW 257°125 m19.1 mi
Jayne's HillENE 59°122 m20.4 mi
Harbor HillNE 34°106 m11.3 mi
West HillsENE 58°106 m20.1 mi
Dix HillsENE 63°92 m23.7 mi
Signal HillENE 63°90 m23.0 mi
Bronx High PointNNW 335°85 m17.8 mi
Mannetto HillsENE 60°85 m18.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3119:07
June solstice05:2519:4920:30
September equinox06:4318:1818:54
December solstice07:1615:4816:32

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, 2 mi away.

  • common milkweed145 obs
  • American Robin125 obs
  • House Sparrow122 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel118 obs
  • Red-winged Blackbird100 obs
  • common mugwort87 obs
  • Canada Goose83 obs
  • Mallard81 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/1429112408

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