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Pink Playground

Pink Playground from directly overhead

Pink Playground is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 1 m. Stony Hill stands 179 m to the west-northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Woodruff Playground, a park 0.2 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 11 miles off. 49 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
1 m

What to expect

Operated by
New York City Department of Parks and Recreation

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates40.66649, -73.86268

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Museums
Nature reserves
Attractions
Artworks
Beaches
Peaks: 49
  • Maspeth Plateau: 4.9 mi
  • Willink Hill: 5.3 mi
  • Laurel Hill: 5.4 mi
  • Breeze Hill: 5.5 mi
  • Sullivan Hill: 5.6 mi
Picnic sites: 39
  • Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge: 4.0 mi
  • Picnic Area C: 6.7 mi
  • Picnic Area D: 6.7 mi
  • Picnic Area F: 6.7 mi
  • Picnic Area G: 6.7 mi
Cliffs: 15
  • Palisades: 10.8 mi
  • Palisades: 10.9 mi
  • Palisades: 11.9 mi
  • Coogan's Bluff: 12.2 mi
  • Palisades: 16.1 mi
Lighthouses: 10
Waterfalls: 8
  • Binnen Falls: 5.4 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 5.6 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 5.7 mi
  • The Loch: 10.2 mi
  • The Falls: 15.4 mi
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 1
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 23.3 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Stony HillWNW 297°179 m22.3 mi
Mayapple HillWNW 288°175 m23.5 mi
Todt HillWSW 251°125 m14.0 mi
Harbor HillNE 52°106 m14.9 mi
West HillsENE 65°106 m24.8 mi
Telegraph HillSW 221°106 m24.8 mi
Nook HillWNW 282°92 m23.9 mi
Bronx High PointN 352°85 m16.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3219:08
June solstice05:2519:4920:31
September equinox06:4418:1818:54
December solstice07:1715:4816:32

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, 6 mi away.

  • common mugwort108 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly99 obs
  • Brant62 obs
  • Rock Pigeon56 obs
  • House Sparrow55 obs
  • Black Swallowtail53 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel51 obs
  • American Kestrel49 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/1266345085

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