Park · New Jersey
Parkway Playground
Parkway Playground is a park in New Jersey, at a recorded elevation of 45 m. Watnong Mountain stands 296 m to the west-northwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Montgomery Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 16 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 45 m
How to reach it
Coordinates40.73168, -74.22079
- 15.9 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 19.3 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 24.6 mi off the Millstone Valley Scenic Byway, National
- 28.7 mi off the Western Highlands Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Montgomery Park: 0.4 mi
- Orange Park: 0.6 mi
- West Side Park: 0.7 mi
- Vailsburg Park: 0.9 mi
- Irvington Park: 0.9 mi
Gardens
- HOV Healthy Haven at Eighteenth: 0.9 mi
- HOV Healthy Haven at Norwood: 1.0 mi
- Treehouse Blooms & Veggies Community Garden: 1.1 mi
- Prudential Learning Center: 1.9 mi
- Shipley Environmental Center: 1.9 mi
Historic sites
- Rosa Parks: 2.1 mi
- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.: 2.2 mi
- Morris Canal Lock 16 East: 2.3 mi
- Shadow of a Face: 2.8 mi
- Indian and the Puritan: 2.8 mi
Artworks
- Seated Lincoln: 2.3 mi
- Sculptures: 2.3 mi
- The Bent: 2.3 mi
- Rutgers Arch: 2.5 mi
- Wars of America: 2.7 mi
Museums
- Newark Museum: 2.7 mi
- New Jersey Historical Society: 2.8 mi
- 1978 Maplewood Arts Center: 2.9 mi
- Durand Hedden House & Garden Association: 3.1 mi
- Jersey Explorer Children's Museum: 3.5 mi
Attractions
- Big Cat Country: 3.9 mi
- Birds of Prey: 3.9 mi
- Australian Outback: 3.9 mi
- Amazing Asia: 3.9 mi
- African Adventure: 4.0 mi
Beaches
- Flamingo: 4.0 mi
- Caven Point Beach: 8.4 mi
- Rutherford Waterfront Park: 8.6 mi
- Newport Sand Beach: 9.9 mi
- Maxwell Place Beach: 10.4 mi
Peaks
- Mayapple Hill: 4.5 mi
- Nook Hill: 4.6 mi
- Stony Hill: 5.7 mi
- Laurel Hill: 7.1 mi
- Little Snake Hill: 7.6 mi
Nature reserves
- Eagle Rock Reservation: 5.4 mi
- East Hills Park: 5.5 mi
- Prospect Park: 6.1 mi
- 1-E Landfill: 6.1 mi
- Hidden Valley Park: 6.5 mi
Picnic sites: 36
- The Park: 0.9 mi
- Linden Airport mini-park: 8.3 mi
- Oak Grove Picnic Area: 8.5 mi
- Evergreen Picnic Area: 8.6 mi
- Freedom Field: 8.8 mi
Waterfalls: 17
- Hemlock Falls: 3.8 mi
- Hobble Falls: 3.8 mi
- Seele: 10.5 mi
- Great Falls: 12.9 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 13.9 mi
Cliffs: 15
- Hawk Hill: 4.5 mi
- little daddy Maginot: 8.9 mi
- Maginot Mountain: 9.0 mi
- Big Ma Maginot Drop: 9.0 mi
- Sir Maginot Drop: 9.2 mi
Rest areas: 5
- Larry Doby Service Area: 7.8 mi
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 11.8 mi
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 12.1 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 12.3 mi
- Harding Truck Rest Area: 15.4 mi
Ghost towns: 4
- Feltville Historic District: 9.4 mi
- Barber: 14.0 mi
- Raritan Landing: 19.7 mi
- New City Village: 21.9 mi
Lighthouses: 3
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 10.0 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 21.9 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 21.9 mi
Springs: 2
- Tulip Springs: 4.0 mi
- Boiling Spring: 16.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.3 miles of Parkway Playground. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Watnong Mountain | WNW 300° | 295.7 m | 16.4 mi |
| Pyramid Mountain | NNW 330° | 283 m | 17.6 mi |
| Union Hill | WNW 299° | 277 m | 17.9 mi |
| Sheep Hill | NW 323° | 276 m | 16.2 mi |
| Trowbridge Mountain | WNW 294° | 274 m | 17.9 mi |
| Tourne | NW 318° | 273 m | 16.9 mi |
| High Mountain | N 4° | 268 m | 16.5 mi |
| Turkey Mountain | NNW 332° | 268 m | 17.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:01 | 18:33 | 19:09 |
| June solstice | 05:27 | 19:51 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:45 | 18:20 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 15:49 | 16:33 |
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 | 32 | 34 | 41 | 52 | 63 | 72 | 78 | 76 | 69 | 57 | 46 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.3 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Harrison, 4 mi away.
- Ovenbird50 obs
- Common Yellowthroat42 obs
- common mugwort31 obs
- White-throated Sparrow28 obs
- Monarch27 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee26 obs
- House Sparrow23 obs
- Spotted Lanternfly22 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357746617
Day trips start here
- The Oranges · 2 mi
- Maplewood · 3 mi
- Newark · 3 mi
- Essex County · 4 mi
- Harrison · 4 mi
- Union · 4 mi
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