MacLaughlin Playground
MacLaughlin Playground is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 47 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the west-northwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Brust Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 1.9 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 47 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- New York City Department of Parks and Recreation
How to reach it
- 1.9 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 2.0 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 15.8 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Brust Park: 0.2 mi
- Bell Tower Park: 0.2 mi
- Lower Forecourt: 0.2 mi
- Upper Forecourt: 0.2 mi
- The Quadrangle: 0.2 mi
- Riverdale Monument: 0.2 mi
- Van Cortlandt Station ruins: 0.6 mi
- Ruins of Seton Hospital: 0.6 mi
- Grand Central Stones: 0.8 mi
- Henry Hudson Monument: 0.8 mi
- Coyote: 0.3 mi
- Farragut Monument: 2.1 mi
- Welcome to Woodlawn Mural: 2.1 mi
- 242 St. station: 2.2 mi
- Columnade: 2.3 mi
- Pure Love Organic Farms: 0.4 mi
- PS24 Garden: 0.4 mi
- Bruce Reynolds Garden: 1.4 mi
- The Bainbridge Avenue Garden: 1.6 mi
- Saint-Guilhem Cloister: 2.1 mi
- Bronx High Point: 0.7 mi
- Tetards Hill: 0.8 mi
- Marble Hill: 0.9 mi
- Spuyten Duyvil Hill: 0.9 mi
- Vault Hill: 1.0 mi
- Glyndor Gallery: 0.8 mi
- Museum of Bronx History: 1.5 mi
- Poe Cottage: 1.7 mi
- Dyckman Farmhouse Museum: 1.7 mi
- Steere Herbarium: 2.0 mi
- Spuyten Duyvil Beach: 1.3 mi
- Canoe Beach: 1.7 mi
- Dyckman Street Beach: 1.9 mi
- Undercliff Beach: 1.9 mi
- Bloomer Beach: 2.1 mi
- Parking: 1.4 mi
- Birds of Prey: 2.7 mi
- Madagascar!: 2.8 mi
- Monkey House: 2.8 mi
- Amazing Amphibians: 2.9 mi
- Palisades: 1.9 mi
- Coogan's Bluff: 4.2 mi
- The Palisades: 4.4 mi
- Palisades: 5.6 mi
- Palisades: 7.0 mi
- Cabrini Woods Nature Sanctuary: 2.6 mi
- Hunt's Woods Park: 5.0 mi
- Pugsley Creek Park: 5.8 mi
- Glenwood Lake Park: 5.8 mi
- Westchester Lenoir Preserve: 6.2 mi
- Alpine picnic area: 4.2 mi
- Excelsior Picnic Area: 4.8 mi
- Picnic Area on Marcus Garvey Pool Deck: 6.0 mi
- Street Seats: 9.8 mi
- The Backyard: 9.9 mi
- The Falls: 3.4 mi
- The Loch: 7.0 mi
- Great Falls: 14.6 mi
- Bridal Veil Falls: 15.6 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 15.8 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 8.8 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 9.3 mi
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 12.9 mi
- Cold Spring Harbor Light: 20.7 mi
- Stamford Harbor Ledge Light: 20.8 mi
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 7.9 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 14.7 mi
- Tulip Springs: 22.2 mi
- Cuties Island: 23.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.9 miles of MacLaughlin Playground. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Mountain | WNW 291° | 268 m | 16.3 mi |
| Beech Mountain | WNW 291° | 260 m | 17.4 mi |
| Mount Cecchino | WNW 289° | 230 m | 16.2 mi |
| Hook Mountain | N 358° | 214 m | 16.1 mi |
| Buttermilk Hill | NNE 18° | 211 m | 16.1 mi |
| Mount Nebo | N 354° | 208 m | 11.2 mi |
| Poacher Peak | WNW 291° | 185 m | 18.0 mi |
| Reynolds Hill | NNE 25° | 180 m | 16.6 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 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:18 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:48 | 16:31 |
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 | 42 | 53 | 63 | 73 | 78 | 77 | 70 | 58 | 48 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.2 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bronx, 5 mi away.
- white snakeroot2,877 obs
- garlic mustard1,658 obs
- Porcelain Berry1,225 obs
- multiflora rose1,171 obs
- northern spicebush1,136 obs
- American jumpseed1,101 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel1,078 obs
- Amur honeysuckle1,043 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 siteOpenStreetMap element way/1118430444
Day trips start here
- Bronx · 4 mi
- Englewood · 4 mi
- Fort Lee · 4 mi
- Mount Vernon · 4 mi
- Yonkers · 4 mi
- Bronxville · 5 mi
Take the scenic way to MacLaughlin Playground.
Byway plans around your taste, verified places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.