Manton Playground
Manton Playground is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 34 m. Mount Nebo stands 208 m to the north-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Maple Grove Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 8.2 miles off. 57 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 34 m
What to expect
- Step-free access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 8.2 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 12.3 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 23.7 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Maple Grove Park: 0.1 mi
- Eight Oaks Triangle: 0.4 mi
- Judge Moses Weinstein Playground: 0.5 mi
- courtyard: 0.5 mi
- Metro Triangle: 0.6 mi
- Egret: 0.3 mi
- The City Don't Sleep: 0.9 mi
- Absent Monuments: 1.2 mi
- Jamaica Center Station Riders: 1.3 mi
- More Balls for Klapper Hall: 1.7 mi
- Veteran Memorial Garden Of Queens: 0.4 mi
- George Eagle Carr Community Garden: 0.9 mi
- Urban Agriculture: 1.6 mi
- Paradise Community Garden NY: 1.7 mi
- Dunton Community Garden: 1.7 mi
- Richmond Hill Branch: 0.9 mi
- Haym Salomon: 1.0 mi
- American Legion Hillcrest Post 1078 and Auxiliary: 1.1 mi
- Spanish American War: 1.2 mi
- Memorial to the Veterans of World War I of Forest Hills: 1.2 mi
- King Manor Museum: 1.1 mi
- Godwin-Ternbach Museum: 1.7 mi
- Queens Museum: 2.7 mi
- New York Hall of Science: 2.9 mi
- Curly's Cowboy Center: 3.4 mi
- Welcome Center: 1.7 mi
- Forest Park Carousel: 2.0 mi
- Westinghouse Time Capsules: 2.5 mi
- Feltman Carousel: 2.6 mi
- Thick-billed Parrot: 2.6 mi
- Spring Creek Park: 4.4 mi
- Hook Creek Wildlife Sanctuary: 6.1 mi
- Virginia Point: 6.1 mi
- Broad Channel Wetlands: 6.9 mi
- Rookery: 6.9 mi
- Parsons Beach: 5.5 mi
- Canarsie Beach: 6.7 mi
- Hallet’s Cove: 7.2 mi
- Rockaway Beach: 8.8 mi
- Pebble Beach: 8.9 mi
- Maspeth Plateau: 4.3 mi
- Laurel Hill: 5.5 mi
- Queens High Point: 6.2 mi
- Willink Hill: 8.2 mi
- Sullivan Hill: 8.4 mi
- Picnic Area D: 6.3 mi
- Picnic Area C: 6.3 mi
- Picnic Area F: 6.4 mi
- Picnic Area G: 6.4 mi
- Picnic Area B: 6.5 mi
- Coogan's Bluff: 10.4 mi
- Palisades: 11.1 mi
- Palisades: 11.2 mi
- Palisades: 11.8 mi
- Palisades: 13.9 mi
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 11.0 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 11.7 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 12.3 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 19.7 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 19.7 mi
- Binnen Falls: 8.3 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 8.4 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 8.6 mi
- The Loch: 9.2 mi
- The Falls: 12.3 mi
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 13.4 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 20.7 mi
- Tulip Springs: 24.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Manton Playground. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Nebo | NNW 347° | 208 m | 24.0 mi |
| Stony Hill | WNW 288° | 179 m | 23.2 mi |
| Mayapple Hill | W 280° | 175 m | 24.8 mi |
| Kennelwood Hill | N 8° | 156 m | 24.8 mi |
| Beaver Hill | N 359° | 140 m | 24.6 mi |
| Hackley Hill | N 357° | 140 m | 25.0 mi |
| Todt Hill | WSW 244° | 125 m | 17.2 mi |
| Jayne's Hill | ENE 71° | 122 m | 21.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:31 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:25 | 19:49 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:18 | 18:54 |
| 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 | 64 | 73 | 79 | 78 | 71 | 60 | 49 | 40 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.9 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 3.2 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Laguardia AP, 6 mi away.
- Eastern Gray Squirrel489 obs
- Rock Pigeon377 obs
- American Robin315 obs
- Asian bittersweet289 obs
- garlic mustard261 obs
- Spotted Lanternfly237 obs
- common mugwort224 obs
- House Sparrow216 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/260328878
Day trips start here
- Queens/Forest Park · 1 mi
- Queens/Jamaica · 1 mi
- Queens/Flushing-Northeast · 4 mi
- Queens/Jackson Heights · 4 mi
- Queens · 5 mi
- Brooklyn/Williamsburg · 6 mi
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