- Elevation
- 26 m
- Tallest summit within 22.8 miles
- Mount Nebo208 m · 19.9 mi
- Nearest byway
- Bronx River Parkway5.0 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:31local time
- Coordinates
- 40.7783, -73.7986
Playground Twenty-One is a park in New York, at a recorded 26 m. Mount Nebo stands 208 m to the north-northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Greenstreets, a park 0.1 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 5.0 miles off.
- Elevation
- 26 m
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.8 miles of Playground Twenty-One. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Nebo | NNW 340° | 208 m | 19.9 mi |
| Reynolds Hill | N 4° | 180 m | 22.7 mi |
| Cooney Hill | N 9° | 170 m | 22.6 mi |
| Kennelwood Hill | N 6° | 156 m | 20.1 mi |
| Kykuit Hill | N 354° | 147 m | 21.6 mi |
| Beaver Hill | N 356° | 140 m | 20.0 mi |
| Hackley Hill | N 353° | 140 m | 20.5 mi |
| Tappan Hill | N 352° | 127 m | 20.5 mi |
- 5.0 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 10.1 mi off the Palisades Scenic BywayNational
- 19.0 mi off the Merritt ParkwayNational
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Greenstreets: 0.1 mi
- Willets Point Playground: 0.4 mi
- Feehan Triangle: 0.4 mi
- Greenstreets: 0.5 mi
- Clintonville Playground: 0.6 mi
Museums
- The Voelker Orth Museum: 1.3 mi
- Kingsland Homestead: 1.7 mi
- John Bowne House: 1.7 mi
- Lewis Howard Latimer House Museum: 1.8 mi
- Maritime National Museum: 1.9 mi
Historic sites
- Weeping Beech Historical Marker: 1.7 mi
- Fox Oaks: 1.8 mi
- Flushing Memorial: 1.9 mi
- Kissena Park World War I Monument: 2.2 mi
- John Riedl Wildflower Meadow: 2.3 mi
Artworks
- Seal: 2.0 mi
- Korean War Memorial: 2.2 mi
- Perpetual Nature: 2.3 mi
- Wood Pile: 2.4 mi
- Poppenhusen: 2.6 mi
Gardens
- Strawberry Field: 2.1 mi
- Evergreen Community Garden: 2.4 mi
- Wedding Garden: 2.5 mi
- Children's Garden: 2.5 mi
- Queens Botanical Garden: 2.5 mi
Beaches
- Parsons Beach: 2.4 mi
- Leeds Pond Beach: 5.6 mi
- Manhasset Bay Estates Association Beach: 5.7 mi
- PWEA Beach: 5.7 mi
- Baxter Estates Village Beach: 6.5 mi
Attractions
- Cherry Circle & Four Season Border: 2.4 mi
- Pinetum: 2.4 mi
- Circle Garden: 2.4 mi
- Oak Allée: 2.4 mi
- Wetland & Woodland Garden: 2.4 mi
Nature reserves
- Virginia Point: 2.9 mi
- Pugsley Creek Park: 3.8 mi
- Harbor Hill Preserve: 5.0 mi
- Barbara Johnson Preserve: 6.6 mi
- Half Moon Wetland Conservancy: 6.6 mi
Peaks
- Queens High Point: 4.4 mi
- Maspeth Plateau: 6.1 mi
- Janes Hill: 6.3 mi
- Laurel Hill: 7.3 mi
- Mount Morris: 7.8 mi
Picnic sites: 40
- Picnic Area on Marcus Garvey Pool Deck: 7.8 mi
- Street Seats: 8.1 mi
- Picnic Area D: 9.6 mi
- Picnic Area C: 9.6 mi
- Picnic Area F: 9.8 mi
Cliffs: 19
- Coogan's Bluff: 8.3 mi
- Palisades: 10.3 mi
- Palisades: 10.8 mi
- Palisades: 11.7 mi
- Palisades: 13.0 mi
Lighthouses: 9
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 7.0 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 7.6 mi
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 12.6 mi
- Cold Spring Harbor Light: 17.5 mi
- Stamford Harbor Ledge Light: 21.1 mi
Waterfalls: 7
- The Falls: 7.9 mi
- The Loch: 8.5 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 11.9 mi
- Binnen Falls: 11.9 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 12.1 mi
Rest areas: 2
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 12.5 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 20.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1
- Cuties Island: 23.3 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:31 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:25 | 19:49 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:18 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:48 | 16:31 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Day trips start here
- Queens/Flushing-Northeast · 2 mi
- Queens/Jackson Heights · 5 mi
- Queens/Jamaica · 5 mi
- Bronx · 6 mi
- Manhasset · 6 mi
- Queens/Forest Park · 6 mi
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