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Saint Andrews Playground

Saint Andrews Playground from directly overhead

Saint Andrews Playground is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 18 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the north-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Her-King Alagantic Garden, a garden 0.1 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 11 miles off. 51 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
18 m

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates40.67869, -73.94219

Named places within 25 miles

Gardens
Artworks
Historic sites
Attractions
Beaches
  • Pebble Beach: 3.1 mi
  • Pier 4 Beach: 3.2 mi
  • Beach/Kayak launch ramp: 4.0 mi
  • Canarsie Beach: 4.5 mi
  • Gansevoort Peninsula Sand Bluff: 5.5 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks: 51
Picnic sites: 41
Cliffs: 14
  • Palisades: 6.9 mi
  • Palisades: 7.5 mi
  • Palisades: 9.4 mi
  • Coogan's Bluff: 10.6 mi
  • Palisades: 14.7 mi
Waterfalls: 10
  • Binnen Falls: 1.7 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 1.7 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 1.9 mi
  • The Loch: 8.1 mi
  • The Falls: 15.4 mi
Lighthouses: 9
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 19.0 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High MountainNNW 326°268 m24.2 mi
Mount CecchinoNW 326°230 m23.9 mi
Stony HillWNW 300°179 m18.3 mi
Mayapple HillWNW 290°175 m19.3 mi
Packanack MountainNW 318°144 m23.4 mi
Riker HillWNW 295°134 m22.1 mi
Todt HillWSW 239°125 m10.5 mi
Crawford HillSSW 213°120 m23.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3219:08
June solstice05:2619:5020:31
September equinox06:4418:1918:55
December solstice07:1715:4916:32

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, 6 mi away.

  • American Robin1,275 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel858 obs
  • Northern Cardinal837 obs
  • Pond Slider828 obs
  • House Sparrow794 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly767 obs
  • Mourning Dove734 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee689 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/118987685

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