Marion-Hopkinson Playground
Marion-Hopkinson Playground is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 18 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the northwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is 700 Decatur Street Block Association Garden, a garden 0.1 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 10 miles off. 52 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 18 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- New York City Department of Parks and Recreation
How to reach it
- 10.0 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 12.2 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 27.5 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- 700 Decatur Street Block Association Garden: 0.1 mi
- 45 Somers Street Community Garden: 0.2 mi
- Cooper Street Block Association Community Garden: 0.2 mi
- Phoenix Community Garden: 0.2 mi
- BSCAH Saratoga Farm: 0.3 mi
- Fish Playground: 0.3 mi
- Evergreen Playground: 0.3 mi
- Boyland Park: 0.3 mi
- Saratoga Park: 0.4 mi
- Carver Playground: 0.4 mi
- Saratoga Park Memorial: 0.4 mi
- Zion Park War Memorial: 0.9 mi
- Bushwick-Ridgewood War Memorial: 1.2 mi
- Ridgewood War Memorial: 1.3 mi
- Leah E. Sylvain: 1.3 mi
- Weeksville Heritage Center: 0.8 mi
- Brooklyn Children's Museum: 1.7 mi
- Jewish Childrens Museum: 1.7 mi
- Greater Ridgewood Historical Society: 2.0 mi
- The Bone Museum: 2.1 mi
- Robert Fulton: 1.0 mi
- Shai Asia Semple: 1.2 mi
- Mathematical Star: 1.7 mi
- Yusuf Hawkins: 1.8 mi
- Tiger: 1.8 mi
- MV Schamonchi: 2.3 mi
- Wyckoff House Museum: 2.6 mi
- Sea Lion Store & Cafe: 2.9 mi
- Sea Lion Pool: 2.9 mi
- Emu: 2.9 mi
- Spring Creek Park: 3.8 mi
- WNYC Transmitter Park: 4.2 mi
- Bird Island: 4.6 mi
- Rookery: 4.7 mi
- Turtle Reintroduction Site: 5.6 mi
- Canarsie Beach: 3.9 mi
- Pebble Beach: 4.3 mi
- Pier 4 Beach: 4.6 mi
- Beach/Kayak launch ramp: 5.5 mi
- Hallet’s Cove: 6.2 mi
- Willink Hill: 3.0 mi
- Sullivan Hill: 3.1 mi
- Breeze Hill: 3.2 mi
- Laurel Hill: 3.3 mi
- Quaker Hill: 3.4 mi
- Pier 3 Greenway Terrace: 4.6 mi
- Pier 5 Uplands Seating Area: 4.6 mi
- Picnic Peninsula: 4.6 mi
- Street Seats: 5.1 mi
- Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge: 6.5 mi
- Palisades: 8.0 mi
- Palisades: 8.3 mi
- Palisades: 9.7 mi
- Coogan's Bluff: 10.5 mi
- Palisades: 14.6 mi
- Binnen Falls: 3.1 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 3.2 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 3.3 mi
- The Loch: 8.2 mi
- The Falls: 14.8 mi
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 6.8 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 15.9 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 15.9 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 15.9 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 16.4 mi
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 11.6 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 17.7 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 20.3 mi
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 20.3 mi
- Barber: 20.9 mi
- Feltville Historic District: 24.8 mi
- Tulip Springs: 20.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Marion-Hopkinson Playground. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Mountain | NW 323° | 268 m | 24.9 mi |
| Mount Cecchino | NW 323° | 230 m | 24.6 mi |
| Stony Hill | WNW 298° | 179 m | 19.5 mi |
| Mayapple Hill | WNW 288° | 175 m | 20.6 mi |
| Packanack Mountain | NW 315° | 144 m | 24.3 mi |
| Riker Hill | WNW 293° | 134 m | 23.4 mi |
| Todt Hill | WSW 242° | 125 m | 12.0 mi |
| Crawford Hill | SW 216° | 120 m | 24.6 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 | 20:31 |
| 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 | 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, 7 mi away.
- Spotted Lanternfly279 obs
- Rock Pigeon217 obs
- princess tree191 obs
- common mugwort171 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee163 obs
- European Starling148 obs
- tree-of-heaven143 obs
- House Sparrow136 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/1101344827
Day trips start here
- Brooklyn/Bedford-Stuyvesant and Flatbush · 2 mi
- Queens · 2 mi
- Brooklyn/Williamsburg · 3 mi
- Brooklyn/Downtown · 4 mi
- Queens/Forest Park · 4 mi
- Downstate New York · 5 mi
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