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Old Town Playground

Old Town Playground from directly overhead

Old Town Playground is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 9 m. Stony Hill stands 179 m to the north-northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Frederick Staats Circle, a park 0.5 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 19 miles off. 53 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
9 m

What to expect

Operated by
New York City Department of Parks and Recreation

How to reach it

Coordinates40.59473, -74.08057

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
  • South Beach: 0.9 mi
  • St. Anne: 1.8 mi
  • St. Anthony: 1.8 mi
  • Wingdale: 2.1 mi
  • Eyes: 2.2 mi
Beaches
Attractions
Historic sites
  • Battery Ayres: 1.1 mi
  • Battery Richmond: 1.1 mi
  • Battery Barry: 1.2 mi
  • Battery Upton: 1.3 mi
  • Battery Dix: 1.3 mi
Nature reserves
Museums
Gardens
Peaks: 53
  • Emerson Hill: 1.2 mi
  • Fox Hills: 1.4 mi
  • Park Hill: 1.6 mi
  • Signal Hill: 1.7 mi
  • Todt Hill: 1.8 mi
Picnic sites: 35
Cliffs: 12
Waterfalls: 9
  • Fallkill Falls: 7.4 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 7.6 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 7.6 mi
  • The Loch: 15.2 mi
  • Hemlock Falls: 15.3 mi
Lighthouses: 7
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 15.6 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Stony HillNNW 330°179 m17.3 mi
Mayapple HillNW 319°175 m16.4 mi
Second Watchung MountainW 272°168 m24.6 mi
Packanack MountainNNW 340°144 m24.7 mi
Riker HillNW 319°134 m19.7 mi
Long HillWNW 291°126 m20.1 mi
Todt HillWNW 282°125 m1.8 mi
Crawford HillSSW 202°120 m15.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3219:09
June solstice05:2619:5020:31
September equinox06:4418:1918:55
December solstice07:1715:4916:33

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343643536272787670584839
Precip in3.53.04.43.84.04.44.83.93.94.03.24.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NY AVE V Brooklyn, 5 mi away.

  • Porcelain Berry250 obs
  • Wild Turkey184 obs
  • common mugwort109 obs
  • smooth cliffbrake84 obs
  • common ivy82 obs
  • Canada Goose76 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly72 obs
  • red deadnettle67 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/35275996

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