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Merriam Playground

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Elevation: 30 m
Tallest summit within 19.7 miles: High Mountain268 m · 16.8 mi
Nearest byway: Palisades Scenic Byway2.2 mi off
Sunset, June solstice: 20:31local time
Coordinates: 40.8392, -73.9269

Merriam Playground from directly overhead

Merriam Playground is a park in New York, at a recorded 30 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the west-northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Mosaic Garden, a garden 0.1 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 2.2 miles off.

The record

Elevation: 30 m

On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.7 miles of Merriam Playground. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
High Mountain	WNW 303°	268 m	16.8 mi
Beech Mountain	WNW 303°	260 m	18.0 mi
Mount Cecchino	WNW 302°	230 m	16.7 mi
Hook Mountain	N 1°	214 m	19.5 mi
Buttermilk Hill	NNE 18°	211 m	19.7 mi
Mount Nebo	N 0°	208 m	14.5 mi
Poacher Peak	WNW 302°	185 m	18.5 mi
Moon Hill	WNW 302°	180 m	18.2 mi

On the road

2.2 mi off the Palisades Scenic BywayNational
2.8 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
18.9 mi off the Merritt ParkwayNational

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Gardens

Mosaic Garden: 0.1 mi
Roberto Clemente Community Garden: 0.2 mi
Target Bronx Community Garden: 0.4 mi
Taqwa Community Farm: 0.5 mi
Morris-Jumel Ecological Education Garden: 0.7 mi

Parks

Attractions

Historic sites

Museums

Bronx Museum of the Arts: 0.7 mi
Morris-Jumel Mansion: 0.7 mi
Malcolm X & Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial and Educational Center: 0.7 mi
The Yankees Museum: 0.7 mi
Sugar Hill Children's Museum of Art and Story Telling: 1.0 mi

Cliffs

Coogan's Bluff: 0.8 mi
Palisades: 3.7 mi
Palisades: 3.9 mi
Palisades: 6.9 mi
The Palisades: 7.7 mi

Artworks

3000 A.D. Diffusion Piece: 1.0 mi
Roberto Clemente: 1.1 mi
Sidewalk Flowers: 1.2 mi
Renaissance Youth Center: 1.2 mi
Invisible Man: A Memorial to Ralph Ellison: 1.3 mi

Peaks

Manhattan High Point: 1.1 mi
Long Hill: 1.8 mi
Janes Hill: 2.1 mi
Inwood Hill: 2.4 mi
Mount Morris: 2.6 mi

Nature reserves

Cabrini Woods Nature Sanctuary: 1.4 mi
Pugsley Creek Park: 4.2 mi
Hallett Nature Sanctuary: 5.6 mi
Hackensack Meadowlands Conservation and Wildlife Area: 6.2 mi
WNYC Transmitter Park: 7.8 mi

Beaches

Picnic sites42

Picnic Area on Marcus Garvey Pool Deck: 2.5 mi
Street Seats: 6.3 mi
Alpine picnic area: 7.5 mi
The Backyard: 7.7 mi
Excelsior Picnic Area: 8.2 mi

Waterfalls11

The Loch: 3.5 mi
The Falls: 5.7 mi
Ambergill Falls: 12.3 mi
Binnen Falls: 12.4 mi
Fallkill Falls: 12.5 mi

Lighthouses6

Rest areas2

Vince Lombardi Service Area: 5.5 mi
Larry Doby Service Area: 13.2 mi

Springs1

Tulip Springs: 19.9 mi

Light

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	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, 4 mi away.

Sources

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