Skip to content

Seeley Playground

Seeley Playground from directly overhead

Seeley Playground is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 27 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the north-northwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Captain John McKenna IV Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 13 miles off. 51 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
27 m

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates40.65350, -73.97796

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Gardens
Attractions
Historic sites
Beaches
Nature reserves
Peaks: 51
Picnic sites: 40
Cliffs: 14
  • Palisades: 7.1 mi
  • Palisades: 8.3 mi
  • Palisades: 10.8 mi
  • Coogan's Bluff: 12.6 mi
  • Palisades: 16.6 mi
Waterfalls: 10
  • Fallkill Falls: 0.7 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 0.8 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 0.9 mi
  • The Loch: 9.8 mi
  • Hemlock Falls: 17.6 mi
Lighthouses: 9
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 17.9 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High MountainNNW 332°268 m24.8 mi
Mount CecchinoNNW 332°230 m24.5 mi
Stony HillNW 308°179 m17.7 mi
Mayapple HillWNW 297°175 m18.2 mi
Packanack MountainNW 324°144 m23.6 mi
Riker HillWNW 301°134 m21.2 mi
Long HillW 278°126 m24.3 mi
Todt HillWSW 243°125 m8.1 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, 4 mi away.

  • American Robin2,063 obs
  • Pond Slider1,744 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk1,704 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee1,567 obs
  • Northern Cardinal1,489 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel1,454 obs
  • House Sparrow1,356 obs
  • Mallard1,289 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/362988357

More parks in New York

Day trips start here

Drive to it

Byway plans a real route around stops like this one.

Private beta · Free to join

Take the scenic way to Seeley Playground.

Byway plans around your taste, verified places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.

Private beta · Free to join · No card · Invite when a spot opens