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Riverbend Playground

Riverbend Playground from directly overhead

Riverbend Playground is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 8 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the west-northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is John R Brown Triangle, a park 0.2 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 1.8 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
8 m

What to expect

Operated by
New York City Department of Parks & Recreation

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates40.87227, -73.90564

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Historic sites
Gardens
Artworks
Beaches
Attractions
Nature reserves
Cliffs
Picnic sites: 42
Waterfalls: 12
  • The Falls: 3.6 mi
  • The Loch: 6.1 mi
  • Great Falls: 14.7 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 14.8 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 14.9 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Rest areas: 2
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 21.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.8 miles of Riverbend Playground. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High MountainWNW 294°268 m16.7 mi
Beech MountainWNW 295°260 m17.8 mi
Mount CecchinoWNW 293°230 m16.6 mi
Hook MountainN 358°214 m17.2 mi
Buttermilk HillNNE 17°211 m17.2 mi
Mount NeboN 355°208 m12.3 mi
Poacher PeakWNW 294°185 m18.4 mi
Reynolds HillNNE 24°180 m17.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3219:08
June solstice05:2519:5020:32
September equinox06:4418:1818:55
December solstice07:1715:4816:31

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343642536373787770584839
Precip in3.73.24.43.94.14.64.44.84.64.13.44.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bronx, 4 mi away.

  • white snakeroot3,432 obs
  • common mugwort3,349 obs
  • lesser celandine3,203 obs
  • Porcelain Berry1,657 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel1,401 obs
  • garlic mustard1,348 obs
  • American pokeweed1,235 obs
  • northern spicebush1,232 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/1417004200

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