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Lanett Playground

Lanett Playground from directly overhead

Lanett Playground is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 3 m. Todt Hill stands 125 m to the west, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Beach 9th Street Playground, a park 0.3 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 17 miles off. 45 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
3 m
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Coordinates40.59957, -73.74415
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Nature reserves
Museums
Beaches
Historic sites
  • LCFD Memorial: 1.6 mi
  • Town of Hempsted Sanitary District No. 1 9-11 Memorial: 2.0 mi
  • 9/11 Memorial: 3.3 mi
  • HBFD Memorial: 3.4 mi
  • West Penn Street: 3.4 mi
Artworks
Attractions
Gardens
Peaks: 45
  • Queens High Point: 11.0 mi
  • Maspeth Plateau: 12.2 mi
  • Willink Hill: 12.3 mi
  • Breeze Hill: 12.4 mi
  • Lookout Hill: 12.6 mi
Picnic sites: 28
  • Picnic Area B: 3.1 mi
  • Picnic Area A: 3.1 mi
  • Picnic Area G: 3.1 mi
  • Picnic Area F: 3.1 mi
  • Picnic Area C: 3.3 mi
Lighthouses: 10
Cliffs: 6
  • Palisades: 18.6 mi
  • Palisades: 18.7 mi
  • Coogan's Bluff: 19.1 mi
  • Palisades: 19.4 mi
  • Palisades: 22.7 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Binnen Falls: 12.4 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 12.6 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 12.7 mi
  • The Loch: 17.6 mi
  • The Falls: 20.6 mi
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Todt HillW 270°125 m19.4 mi
Jayne's HillNE 48°122 m22.4 mi
Harbor HillNNE 22°106 m14.8 mi
West HillsNE 47°106 m22.2 mi
Signal HillNE 53°90 m24.7 mi
Mannetto HillsNE 48°85 m20.4 mi
Bronx High PointNNW 338°85 m22.3 mi
Manhattan High PointNNW 330°81 m20.2 mi
Conditions

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, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • common reed203 obs
  • groundsel tree127 obs
  • common mugwort123 obs
  • Laughing Gull104 obs
  • American Oystercatcher88 obs
  • northern seaside goldenrod73 obs
  • Ring-billed Gull45 obs
  • Rock Pigeon42 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/1058031267

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