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Powell Playground

Powell Playground from directly overhead

Powell Playground is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 14 m. Stony Hill stands 179 m to the west-northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Houston Playground, a park 0.1 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 11 miles off. 48 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
14 m

What to expect

Operated by
New York City Department of Parks and Recreation

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates40.67123, -73.90475

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Gardens
  • McLeod's Community Garden: 0.1 mi
  • Powell Street Livonia Garden: 0.6 mi
  • Fred McLeod Community Garden: 0.6 mi
  • Phoenix Community Garden: 0.6 mi
  • Hull Street Garden: 0.6 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
Attractions
Nature reserves
Beaches
Peaks: 48
Picnic sites: 44
Cliffs: 14
  • Palisades: 8.8 mi
  • Palisades: 9.1 mi
  • Palisades: 10.5 mi
  • Coogan's Bluff: 11.3 mi
  • Palisades: 15.3 mi
Waterfalls: 9
  • Binnen Falls: 3.3 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 3.4 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 3.6 mi
  • The Loch: 9.0 mi
  • The Falls: 15.4 mi
Lighthouses: 9
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 1
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 21.1 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Stony HillWNW 299°179 m20.2 mi
Mayapple HillWNW 289°175 m21.3 mi
Riker HillWNW 294°134 m24.1 mi
Todt HillWSW 246°125 m12.1 mi
Crawford HillSW 218°120 m24.3 mi
Harbor HillENE 57°106 m16.5 mi
Telegraph HillSW 216°106 m23.7 mi
Nook HillWNW 282°92 m21.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3219:08
June solstice05:2519:5020:31
September equinox06:4418:1918:55
December solstice07:1715:4816:32

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343643536272787670584839
Precip in3.53.04.43.84.04.44.83.93.94.03.24.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NY AVE V Brooklyn, 7 mi away.

  • Spotted Lanternfly168 obs
  • princess tree134 obs
  • common mugwort120 obs
  • Rock Pigeon116 obs
  • American pokeweed89 obs
  • Porcelain Berry89 obs
  • House Sparrow87 obs
  • European Starling87 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/562914745

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