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Moore Playground

Moore Playground from directly overhead

Moore Playground is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 5 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Harlem Rose Garden, a garden 0.1 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 3.3 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
5 m

What to expect

Operated by
New York City Department of Parks and Recreation

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates40.80938, -73.93859

Named places within 25 miles

Gardens
Parks
Artworks
Attractions
Peaks
  • Mount Morris: 0.4 mi
  • Great Hill: 1.4 mi
  • Janes Hill: 1.4 mi
  • Summit Rock: 2.4 mi
  • Vista Rock: 2.6 mi
Historic sites
Beaches
Nature reserves
Picnic sites: 43
Cliffs: 17
  • Coogan's Bluff: 1.6 mi
  • Palisades: 2.7 mi
  • Palisades: 5.1 mi
  • Palisades: 5.7 mi
  • Palisades: 7.1 mi
Waterfalls: 11
  • The Loch: 1.5 mi
  • The Falls: 7.5 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 10.2 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 10.3 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 10.3 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Rest areas: 4
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 18.9 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.0 miles of Moore Playground. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High MountainNW 309°268 m17.5 mi
Beech MountainNW 309°260 m18.7 mi
Mount CecchinoNW 308°230 m17.4 mi
Mount NeboN 2°208 m16.6 mi
Poacher PeakNW 308°185 m19.1 mi
Moon HillNW 308°180 m18.8 mi
Stony HillW 271°179 m15.9 mi
Mayapple HillW 262°175 m18.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3219:08
June solstice05:2519:5020:31
September equinox06:4418:1918:55
December solstice07:1715:4816:32

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343643546372787669584839
Precip in3.63.24.34.14.04.54.64.64.34.43.64.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NY City Cntrl Park, 3 mi away.

  • white snakeroot2,616 obs
  • common milkweed1,827 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel1,643 obs
  • Porcelain Berry1,582 obs
  • American Robin1,566 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly1,430 obs
  • common mugwort1,426 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee1,202 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 site

OpenStreetMap element way/118524669

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