Park · New York
Rosemary's Playground
Rosemary's Playground is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 30 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Korean Square, a historic site 0.2 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 8.4 miles off. 54 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 30 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- New York City Department of Parks and Recreation
How to reach it
Coordinates40.70455, -73.90392
- 8.4 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 10.8 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 25.8 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
Historic sites
- Korean Square: 0.2 mi
- Ridgewood War Memorial: 0.3 mi
- Frank C. Prokop Square War Memorial: 0.5 mi
- Bushwick-Ridgewood War Memorial: 0.8 mi
- General Slocum Disaster Memorial: 1.2 mi
Gardens
- Korean Square: 0.2 mi
- Ridgewood Garden: 0.6 mi
- Ridgewood Community Garden: 0.6 mi
- Arboleda de Ninos/Children's Grove: 0.7 mi
- Sunset Community Garden: 0.8 mi
Parks
- Myrtle Avenue Clemens Triangle: 0.3 mi
- Grover Cleveland Playground: 0.6 mi
- Evergreen Park: 0.6 mi
- Joseph F. Mafera Park: 0.7 mi
- Bushwick Playground: 0.7 mi
Museums
- Greater Ridgewood Historical Society: 1.0 mi
- The Bone Museum: 1.8 mi
- Weeksville Heritage Center: 2.4 mi
- Brooklyn Seltzer Museum: 2.6 mi
- Museum of Food and Drink: 2.6 mi
Attractions
- MV Schamonchi: 1.6 mi
- Forest Park Carousel: 2.5 mi
- The Geographic Center of NYC: 2.6 mi
- Historical landmark from 1877: 3.7 mi
- Education Center: 3.9 mi
Artworks
- Shai Asia Semple: 2.1 mi
- Robert Fulton: 2.3 mi
- Tiger: 2.4 mi
- The Monitor and the Merrimac: 2.5 mi
- Dolphin: 2.5 mi
Nature reserves
- WNYC Transmitter Park: 3.5 mi
- Spring Creek Park: 4.5 mi
- Bird Island: 5.0 mi
- Hallett Nature Sanctuary: 5.7 mi
- Rookery: 6.0 mi
Beaches
- Pebble Beach: 4.5 mi
- Hallet’s Cove: 4.8 mi
- Pier 4 Beach: 5.0 mi
- Canarsie Beach: 5.3 mi
- Gansevoort Peninsula Sand Bluff: 6.1 mi
Peaks: 54
- Maspeth Plateau: 1.9 mi
- Laurel Hill: 2.0 mi
- Willink Hill: 4.3 mi
- Sullivan Hill: 4.4 mi
- Breeze Hill: 4.5 mi
Picnic sites: 43
- Street Seats: 3.9 mi
- Pier 3 Greenway Terrace: 5.0 mi
- Pier 5 Uplands Seating Area: 5.1 mi
- Picnic Peninsula: 5.1 mi
- Picnic Area on Marcus Garvey Pool Deck: 7.2 mi
Cliffs: 14
- Palisades: 7.6 mi
- Palisades: 7.8 mi
- Palisades: 8.5 mi
- Coogan's Bluff: 9.0 mi
- Palisades: 13.1 mi
Lighthouses: 10
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 6.8 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 14.4 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 14.8 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 17.5 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 17.6 mi
Waterfalls: 9
- Binnen Falls: 4.4 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 4.4 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 4.6 mi
- The Loch: 6.9 mi
- The Falls: 13.1 mi
Rest areas: 4
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 10.6 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 17.2 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 21.4 mi
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 21.4 mi
Springs: 1
- Tulip Springs: 20.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1
- Barber: 22.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Rosemary's Playground. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Mountain | NW 320° | 268 m | 24.0 mi |
| Mount Cecchino | NW 320° | 230 m | 23.7 mi |
| Mount Nebo | N 357° | 208 m | 23.8 mi |
| Stony Hill | WNW 293° | 179 m | 19.3 mi |
| Mayapple Hill | WNW 283° | 175 m | 20.7 mi |
| Packanack Mountain | NW 312° | 144 m | 23.6 mi |
| Riker Hill | WNW 288° | 134 m | 23.3 mi |
| Todt Hill | WSW 237° | 125 m | 13.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:32 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:25 | 19:50 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:19 | 18:55 |
| 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.
- tree-of-heaven331 obs
- Spotted Lanternfly299 obs
- common mugwort277 obs
- Rock Pigeon207 obs
- princess tree197 obs
- House Sparrow196 obs
- prickly lettuce156 obs
- Mourning Dove154 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/556805908
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