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London Planetree Playground

London Planetree Playground from directly overhead

London Planetree Playground is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 10 m. Stony Hill stands 179 m to the west-northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Dixon Triangle, a park 0.2 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 9.6 miles off. 51 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
10 m

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates40.68603, -73.85325

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Gardens
Attractions
Museums
Artworks
Beaches
Peaks: 51
  • Maspeth Plateau: 3.9 mi
  • Laurel Hill: 4.7 mi
  • Willink Hill: 6.0 mi
  • Breeze Hill: 6.2 mi
  • Sullivan Hill: 6.2 mi
Picnic sites: 41
  • Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge: 5.0 mi
  • Picnic Area D: 6.6 mi
  • Picnic Area C: 6.6 mi
  • Street Seats: 6.7 mi
  • Picnic Area F: 6.7 mi
Cliffs: 16
  • Palisades: 10.5 mi
  • Palisades: 10.7 mi
  • Coogan's Bluff: 11.1 mi
  • Palisades: 11.1 mi
  • Palisades: 14.9 mi
Lighthouses: 10
Waterfalls: 8
  • Binnen Falls: 6.2 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 6.3 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 6.4 mi
  • The Loch: 9.4 mi
  • The Falls: 14.0 mi
Rest areas: 4
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 23.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Stony HillWNW 293°179 m22.2 mi
Mayapple HillWNW 285°175 m23.6 mi
Todt HillWSW 247°125 m14.9 mi
Jayne's HillENE 68°122 m24.1 mi
Harbor HillNE 55°106 m13.7 mi
West HillsENE 68°106 m23.8 mi
Nook HillW 278°92 m24.1 mi
Bronx High PointN 350°85 m14.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3219:08
June solstice05:2519:4920:31
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 °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, 6 mi away.

  • Asian bittersweet316 obs
  • garlic mustard282 obs
  • sassafras239 obs
  • multiflora rose219 obs
  • American jumpseed204 obs
  • American Robin193 obs
  • northern spicebush188 obs
  • eastern poison ivy177 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 site

OpenStreetMap element way/562918440

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