Park · New York
MacArthur Playground
MacArthur Playground is a park in New York, at a modelled elevation of 5 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Irving Berlin, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 6.9 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- New York City Department of Parks and Recreation
How to reach it
Coordinates40.75224, -73.96514
- 6.9 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 7.0 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 24.8 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
Historic sites
- Irving Berlin: 0.1 mi
- Lowell Kingsley Hanson: 0.1 mi
- The Ark of Return: 0.2 mi
- Japanese Peace Bell: 0.2 mi
- Clara Coffey Tablet: 0.2 mi
Artworks
- Mother and Child: 0.1 mi
- Arrival: 0.1 mi
- Consciousness: 0.1 mi
- Roots and Ties for Peace: 0.1 mi
- The Sleeping Elephant: 0.1 mi
Parks
- Peter Detmold Park: 0.1 mi
- Clara Coffey Park: 0.3 mi
- FDR Four Freedoms State Park: 0.3 mi
- Ralph Bunche Park: 0.3 mi
- Southpoint Park: 0.3 mi
Gardens
- Rose Garden: 0.2 mi
- Katharine Hepburn Garden: 0.2 mi
- Amster Yard: 0.3 mi
- Entry Court: 0.5 mi
- Sutton Terrace Courtyard: 0.7 mi
Attractions
- United Nations Headquarters: 0.2 mi
- Freedom plaza: 0.5 mi
- Pepsi-Cola Sign: 0.5 mi
- Grand Central Terminal: 0.7 mi
- Roosevelt Island Sign: 0.7 mi
Museums
- Mount Vernon Hotel Museum: 0.6 mi
- The AKC Museum of the Dog: 0.7 mi
- Grolier Club: 0.8 mi
- Paley Center for Media: 0.9 mi
- Society of Illustrators: 0.9 mi
Nature reserves
- Hallett Nature Sanctuary: 1.1 mi
- WNYC Transmitter Park: 1.6 mi
- Bird Island: 4.2 mi
- Hackensack Meadowlands Conservation and Wildlife Area: 5.7 mi
- Riverbend Wetlands Preserve: 6.5 mi
Peaks
- Vista Rock: 1.9 mi
- Summit Rock: 2.2 mi
- Laurel Hill: 2.7 mi
- Kings Bluff: 3.1 mi
- Great Hill: 3.1 mi
Beaches
- Hallet’s Cove: 2.0 mi
- Gansevoort Peninsula Sand Bluff: 2.6 mi
- Maxwell Place Beach: 3.1 mi
- Pebble Beach: 3.6 mi
- Newport Sand Beach: 3.7 mi
Picnic sites: 41
- Street Seats: 0.9 mi
- Picnic Area on Marcus Garvey Pool Deck: 3.8 mi
- Pier 3 Greenway Terrace: 4.1 mi
- Pier 5 Uplands Seating Area: 4.4 mi
- Picnic Peninsula: 4.4 mi
Cliffs: 14
- Palisades: 3.2 mi
- Palisades: 4.1 mi
- Palisades: 4.1 mi
- Coogan's Bluff: 5.7 mi
- Palisades: 9.7 mi
Waterfalls: 11
- The Loch: 3.0 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 6.1 mi
- Binnen Falls: 6.3 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 6.3 mi
- The Falls: 11.5 mi
Lighthouses: 9
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 3.9 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 14.6 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 14.7 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 20.2 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 20.2 mi
Rest areas: 4
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 6.0 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 12.7 mi
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 20.6 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 20.6 mi
Ghost towns: 2
- Barber: 21.7 mi
- Feltville Historic District: 22.6 mi
Springs: 1
- Tulip Springs: 17.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.6 miles of MacArthur Playground. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Mountain | NW 321° | 268 m | 19.4 mi |
| Beech Mountain | NW 320° | 260 m | 20.5 mi |
| Mount Cecchino | NW 320° | 230 m | 19.1 mi |
| Mount Nebo | N 6° | 208 m | 20.6 mi |
| Poacher Peak | NW 319° | 185 m | 20.9 mi |
| Moon Hill | NW 319° | 180 m | 20.5 mi |
| Stony Hill | WNW 286° | 179 m | 15.1 mi |
| Mayapple Hill | W 275° | 175 m | 17.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:32 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:25 | 19:50 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:19 | 18:55 |
| 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 | 34 | 36 | 43 | 54 | 63 | 72 | 78 | 76 | 69 | 58 | 48 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.2 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 3.6 | 4.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NY City Cntrl Park, 2 mi away.
- Rock Pigeon7,541 obs
- white snakeroot6,965 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel3,412 obs
- House Sparrow3,181 obs
- tree-of-heaven3,092 obs
- American Robin2,576 obs
- European Starling2,071 obs
- Spotted Lanternfly1,972 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/1183958467
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