Park · New York
Matthews-Palmer Playground
Matthews-Palmer Playground is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 10 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Clinton Community Garden, a garden 0.1 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 6.6 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 10 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- New York City Department of Parks and Recreation
How to reach it
Coordinates40.76139, -73.99276
- 6.6 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 7.6 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 25.2 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
Gardens
- Clinton Community Garden: 0.1 mi
- Alonso Community Garden: 0.4 mi
- Lobby Garden: 0.4 mi
- Alice's Garden: 0.6 mi
- Coliseum Park: 0.7 mi
Parks
- Hells Kitchen Park: 0.1 mi
- Ramone Aponte Park: 0.2 mi
- McCaffrey Playground: 0.2 mi
- Oasis Garden: 0.4 mi
- DeWitt Clinton Park: 0.5 mi
Artworks
- The Commuters: 0.3 mi
- Clinton War Memorial (Doughboy): 0.4 mi
- Francis P. Duffy: 0.4 mi
- George M. Cohan: 0.4 mi
- Times Square: 0.4 mi
Attractions
- Ripley's Believe It or Not!: 0.4 mi
- The Ride: 0.5 mi
- Times Square: 0.5 mi
- Circle Line: 0.5 mi
- Royal Caribbean/Norweigan Cruise Pier: 0.5 mi
Museums
- Intrepid Museum: 0.4 mi
- Madame Tussauds New York: 0.4 mi
- Museum of Broadway: 0.5 mi
- Museum of Arts and Design: 0.7 mi
- MoMA: 0.8 mi
Historic sites
- Duffy Square: 0.4 mi
- Nikola Tesla: 0.6 mi
- S.S. United States Propeller: 0.6 mi
- Benito Juárez: 0.7 mi
- Hudson River Park: 0.7 mi
Nature reserves
- Hallett Nature Sanctuary: 1.0 mi
- WNYC Transmitter Park: 2.7 mi
- Hackensack Meadowlands Conservation and Wildlife Area: 4.3 mi
- Bird Island: 4.5 mi
- Riverbend Wetlands Preserve: 5.1 mi
Peaks
- Kings Bluff: 1.5 mi
- Vista Rock: 1.8 mi
- Summit Rock: 1.9 mi
- Great Hill: 3.0 mi
- Mount Morris: 3.9 mi
Beaches
- Gansevoort Peninsula Sand Bluff: 1.8 mi
- Maxwell Place Beach: 1.9 mi
- Newport Sand Beach: 2.9 mi
- Hallet’s Cove: 3.1 mi
- Pebble Beach: 3.9 mi
Picnic sites: 41
- Street Seats: 2.4 mi
- Picnic Area on Marcus Garvey Pool Deck: 4.0 mi
- Pier 3 Greenway Terrace: 4.4 mi
- Pier 5 Uplands Seating Area: 4.6 mi
- Picnic Peninsula: 4.6 mi
Cliffs: 16
- Palisades: 1.6 mi
- Palisades: 2.9 mi
- Palisades: 3.3 mi
- Coogan's Bluff: 5.7 mi
- Palisades: 9.4 mi
Waterfalls: 13
- The Loch: 2.9 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 6.8 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 7.0 mi
- Binnen Falls: 7.0 mi
- The Falls: 11.9 mi
Lighthouses: 5
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 3.1 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 15.5 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 15.6 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 20.7 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 20.7 mi
Rest areas: 4
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 4.7 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 11.1 mi
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 20.0 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 20.0 mi
Ghost towns: 2
- Barber: 21.2 mi
- Feltville Historic District: 21.4 mi
Springs: 1
- Tulip Springs: 15.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.2 miles of Matthews-Palmer Playground. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Mountain | NW 323° | 268 m | 18.0 mi |
| Waughaw Mountain | NW 304° | 263 m | 22.8 mi |
| Beech Mountain | NW 322° | 260 m | 19.1 mi |
| Mount Cecchino | NW 323° | 230 m | 17.8 mi |
| Campgaw Mountain | NNW 332° | 224 m | 23.0 mi |
| LeGrande Hill | NW 323° | 219 m | 23.2 mi |
| Mount Nebo | N 10° | 208 m | 20.2 mi |
| Poacher Peak | NW 321° | 185 m | 19.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:32 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:26 | 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.
- white snakeroot7,089 obs
- Rock Pigeon7,045 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel3,519 obs
- House Sparrow3,184 obs
- American Robin2,806 obs
- European Starling2,235 obs
- Spotted Lanternfly2,168 obs
- Pond Slider1,798 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/266097823
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