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Russell Pedersen Playground

Russell Pedersen Playground from directly overhead

Russell Pedersen Playground is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 11 m. Mount Cecchino stands 230 m to the north-northwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Fort Hamilton Athletic Field, a park 0.1 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 16 miles off. 52 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
11 m

How to reach it

Coordinates40.62651, -74.03619

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Attractions
Gardens
Historic sites
Beaches
Artworks
Nature reserves
Peaks: 52
  • Fox Hills: 2.3 mi
  • Park Hill: 2.4 mi
  • Signal Hill: 2.7 mi
  • Battle Hill: 3.2 mi
  • Emerson Hill: 3.3 mi
Picnic sites: 38
Cliffs: 14
Waterfalls: 10
  • Fallkill Falls: 4.2 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 4.4 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 4.4 mi
  • The Loch: 12.3 mi
  • Hemlock Falls: 15.8 mi
Lighthouses: 9
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 16.1 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount CecchinoNNW 340°230 m24.9 mi
Stony HillNW 320°179 m16.8 mi
Mayapple HillNW 308°175 m16.6 mi
Packanack MountainNNW 333°144 m23.6 mi
Riker HillNW 310°134 m19.8 mi
Long HillWNW 283°126 m21.7 mi
Todt HillWSW 246°125 m4.5 mi
Crawford HillSSW 206°120 m18.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3219:08
June solstice05:2619:5020:31
September equinox06:4418:1918:55
December solstice07:1715:4916:33

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, 4 mi away.

  • Rock Pigeon293 obs
  • Ring-billed Gull147 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly146 obs
  • Mourning Dove142 obs
  • American Herring Gull123 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel120 obs
  • American Robin116 obs
  • House Sparrow88 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/222790567

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