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Oxport Playground

Oxport Playground from directly overhead

Oxport Playground is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 16 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the north-northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Commodore Barry Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 10 miles off. 57 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
16 m

What to expect

Operated by
New York City Department of Parks and Recreation

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates40.69757, -73.97631

Named places within 25 miles

Gardens
Artworks
Beaches
Attractions
Peaks: 57
  • Sullivan Hill: 2.3 mi
  • Quaker Hill: 2.5 mi
  • Grassy Hill: 2.6 mi
  • Willink Hill: 2.6 mi
  • Slide Hill: 2.6 mi
Picnic sites: 41
Cliffs: 14
  • Palisades: 4.7 mi
  • Palisades: 5.5 mi
  • Palisades: 7.7 mi
  • Coogan's Bluff: 9.5 mi
  • Palisades: 13.5 mi
Waterfalls: 11
  • Ambergill Falls: 2.3 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 2.5 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 2.5 mi
  • The Loch: 6.8 mi
  • The Falls: 15.0 mi
Lighthouses: 9
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 17.0 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High MountainNNW 328°268 m22.1 mi
Beech MountainNNW 327°260 m23.2 mi
Mount CecchinoNNW 328°230 m21.9 mi
Mount NeboN 6°208 m24.4 mi
Poacher PeakNW 326°185 m23.5 mi
Moon HillNW 326°180 m23.2 mi
Stony HillWNW 300°179 m16.1 mi
Mayapple HillWNW 288°175 m17.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3219:08
June solstice05:2619:5020:31
September equinox06:4418:1918:55
December solstice07:1715:4916:32

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, 6 mi away.

  • Spotted Lanternfly1,092 obs
  • Rock Pigeon1,091 obs
  • Monarch1,005 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee810 obs
  • House Sparrow735 obs
  • princess tree614 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel601 obs
  • Mourning Dove586 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/334258793

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