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North Rochdale Playground

North Rochdale Playground from directly overhead

North Rochdale Playground is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 6 m. Todt Hill stands 125 m to the west-southwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Phoenix Gate Community Garden, a garden 0.3 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 11 miles off. 48 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
6 m

How to reach it

Coordinates40.67991, -73.77498

Named places within 25 miles

Gardens
Parks
Artworks
  • Frog: 0.5 mi
  • Frog: 0.5 mi
  • Frog: 0.5 mi
  • Frog: 0.5 mi
  • Frog: 0.5 mi
Museums
Attractions
Beaches
Peaks: 48
  • Queens High Point: 6.1 mi
  • Maspeth Plateau: 7.4 mi
  • Laurel Hill: 8.5 mi
  • Willink Hill: 10.0 mi
  • Breeze Hill: 10.1 mi
Picnic sites: 33
  • Picnic Area D: 3.0 mi
  • Picnic Area C: 3.0 mi
  • Picnic Area F: 3.1 mi
  • Picnic Area G: 3.1 mi
  • Picnic Area B: 3.2 mi
Cliffs: 11
  • Coogan's Bluff: 13.6 mi
  • Palisades: 14.3 mi
  • Palisades: 14.4 mi
  • Palisades: 14.7 mi
  • Palisades: 17.0 mi
Lighthouses: 10
Waterfalls: 5
  • Binnen Falls: 10.1 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 10.2 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 10.4 mi
  • The Loch: 12.5 mi
  • The Falls: 14.8 mi
Rest areas: 2

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of North Rochdale Playground. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Todt HillWSW 253°125 m18.6 mi
Jayne's HillENE 63°122 m20.6 mi
Harbor HillNE 41°106 m10.9 mi
West HillsENE 62°106 m20.3 mi
Dix HillsENE 67°92 m24.0 mi
Signal HillENE 66°90 m23.2 mi
Bronx High PointNNW 336°85 m16.5 mi
Mannetto HillsENE 64°85 m18.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5918:3119:07
June solstice05:2519:4920:30
September equinox06:4318:1818:54
December solstice07:1615:4816:32

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333541516170767568574738
Precip in3.22.83.93.63.73.93.94.13.63.73.14.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — JFK Intl AP, 3 mi away.

  • common mugwort58 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel42 obs
  • Canada Goose36 obs
  • American Robin35 obs
  • Redhead32 obs
  • red deadnettle31 obs
  • Rock Pigeon30 obs
  • Mourning Dove30 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/445782513

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