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Pat Williams Playground

Pat Williams Playground from directly overhead

Pat Williams Playground is a park in New York, at a modelled elevation of 22 m. Kennelwood Hill stands 156 m to the north, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Hempstead Ballfield, a park 0.2 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 11 miles off. 49 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
New York City Department of Parks and Recreation

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.71303, -73.72949
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites
Artworks
  • Jam Master Jay: 1.3 mi
  • A Tribe Called Quest Mural: 2.1 mi
  • Reclaimed Habitat: 2.2 mi
  • St. Paul of the Cross: 2.9 mi
  • Madonna: 3.0 mi
Gardens
Museums
Nature reserves
Beaches
  • Parsons Beach: 4.3 mi
  • Leeds Pond Beach: 7.4 mi
  • Manhasset Bay Estates Association Beach: 7.5 mi
  • PWEA Beach: 7.6 mi
  • Harbor Isle Beach: 8.2 mi
Attractions
  • Welcome Center: 4.8 mi
  • JFK: 5.1 mi
  • Wetland & Woodland Garden: 5.7 mi
  • Circle Garden: 5.7 mi
  • Unity Garden: 5.7 mi
Peaks: 49
  • Queens High Point: 3.1 mi
  • Harbor Hill: 7.6 mi
  • Maspeth Plateau: 8.9 mi
  • Laurel Hill: 10.2 mi
  • Janes Hill: 11.7 mi
Picnic sites: 32
  • Picnic Area D: 4.6 mi
  • Picnic Area C: 4.6 mi
  • Picnic Area F: 4.7 mi
  • Picnic Area G: 4.8 mi
  • Picnic Area A: 4.8 mi
Cliffs: 12
  • Coogan's Bluff: 13.7 mi
  • Palisades: 15.2 mi
  • Palisades: 15.8 mi
  • Palisades: 16.6 mi
  • Palisades: 16.6 mi
Lighthouses: 9
Waterfalls: 5
  • Binnen Falls: 12.9 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 13.0 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 13.2 mi
  • The Loch: 13.3 mi
  • The Falls: 13.4 mi
Rest areas: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Kennelwood HillN 357°156 m24.5 mi
Todt HillWSW 249°125 m21.6 mi
Jayne's HillENE 66°122 m17.4 mi
Harbor HillNE 38°106 m7.6 mi
West HillsENE 65°106 m17.1 mi
Dix HillsENE 70°92 m20.9 mi
Signal HillENE 69°90 m20.2 mi
Mannetto HillsENE 68°85 m15.4 mi
Conditions

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 solstice07:1615:4816:31

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, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Mourning Dove42 obs
  • European Starling34 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel32 obs
  • common mugwort27 obs
  • American Robin26 obs
  • Brown-lipped Snail23 obs
  • Norway maple20 obs
  • Northern Cardinal19 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/529444757

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