Pomonok Playground
Pomonok Playground is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 25 m. Mount Nebo stands 208 m to the north-northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Alumni Plaza, a park 0.1 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 6.8 miles off. 60 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 25 m
How to reach it
- 6.8 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 11.3 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 22.0 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Alumni Plaza: 0.1 mi
- Rathaus Lawn: 0.2 mi
- Kiely Plaza: 0.2 mi
- Klapper Circle: 0.2 mi
- Kaufman Garden: 0.2 mi
- Welcome Center: 0.1 mi
- Wetland & Woodland Garden: 1.2 mi
- Circle Garden: 1.2 mi
- Unity Garden: 1.2 mi
- Perennial Garden: 1.2 mi
- Godwin-Ternbach Museum: 0.2 mi
- Queens Museum: 1.9 mi
- John Bowne House: 1.9 mi
- Kingsland Homestead: 2.0 mi
- The Voelker Orth Museum: 2.0 mi
- More Balls for Klapper Hall: 0.2 mi
- Cube: 0.3 mi
- Wood Pile: 0.7 mi
- Korean War Memorial: 0.9 mi
- Seal: 1.0 mi
- Urban Agriculture: 0.3 mi
- Evergreen Community Garden: 0.9 mi
- Chris Postiglione Triangle: 1.0 mi
- Wedding Garden: 1.3 mi
- Queens Botanical Garden: 1.3 mi
- Haym Salomon: 0.8 mi
- Kissena Park World War I Monument: 0.9 mi
- American Legion Hillcrest Post 1078 and Auxiliary: 1.1 mi
- Eric Maleh: 1.4 mi
- Observation Towers: 1.7 mi
- Parsons Beach: 4.0 mi
- Hallet’s Cove: 6.8 mi
- Leeds Pond Beach: 8.0 mi
- Manhasset Bay Estates Association Beach: 8.1 mi
- PWEA Beach: 8.2 mi
- Maspeth Plateau: 4.5 mi
- Queens High Point: 5.2 mi
- Laurel Hill: 5.7 mi
- Janes Hill: 7.3 mi
- Mount Morris: 8.3 mi
- Virginia Point: 4.7 mi
- Pugsley Creek Park: 5.8 mi
- Harbor Hill Preserve: 6.0 mi
- Spring Creek Park: 6.1 mi
- Hook Creek Wildlife Sanctuary: 7.2 mi
- Street Seats: 7.1 mi
- Picnic Area D: 7.3 mi
- Picnic Area C: 7.3 mi
- Picnic Area F: 7.5 mi
- Picnic Area G: 7.5 mi
- Coogan's Bluff: 9.4 mi
- Palisades: 10.6 mi
- Palisades: 11.1 mi
- Palisades: 12.0 mi
- Palisades: 12.7 mi
- The Loch: 8.7 mi
- Binnen Falls: 9.5 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 9.5 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 9.7 mi
- The Falls: 10.6 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 10.0 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 10.6 mi
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 11.4 mi
- Cold Spring Harbor Light: 19.8 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 21.4 mi
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 12.9 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 20.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Pomonok Playground. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Nebo | NNW 345° | 208 m | 22.4 mi |
| Stony Hill | WNW 283° | 179 m | 23.1 mi |
| Kennelwood Hill | N 7° | 156 m | 23.1 mi |
| Kykuit Hill | N 356° | 147 m | 24.5 mi |
| Beaver Hill | N 358° | 140 m | 22.9 mi |
| Hackley Hill | N 356° | 140 m | 23.3 mi |
| Tappan Hill | N 355° | 127 m | 23.4 mi |
| Todt Hill | WSW 239° | 125 m | 18.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| 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 | 16:32 |
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 | 34 | 36 | 43 | 54 | 64 | 73 | 79 | 78 | 71 | 60 | 49 | 40 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.9 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 3.2 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Laguardia AP, 5 mi away.
- Eastern Gray Squirrel545 obs
- Mallard366 obs
- Rock Pigeon347 obs
- American Robin347 obs
- Red-winged Blackbird338 obs
- Spotted Lanternfly303 obs
- Canada Goose293 obs
- common mugwort286 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 way/556607150
Day trips start here
- Queens/Flushing-Northeast · 2 mi
- Queens/Jamaica · 2 mi
- Queens/Forest Park · 3 mi
- Queens/Jackson Heights · 4 mi
- Queens · 6 mi
- Brooklyn/Williamsburg · 7 mi
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