Park · New York
Sheltering Arms Playground
Sheltering Arms Playground is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 10 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is The Plaza, a park 0.2 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 2.7 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 10 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- New York City Department of Parks and Recreation
How to reach it
Coordinates40.81514, -73.95594
- 2.7 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 4.4 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 21.2 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- The Plaza: 0.2 mi
- The Square: 0.3 mi
- Roosevelt Triangle: 0.3 mi
- Annunciation Playground: 0.3 mi
- Sakura Park: 0.4 mi
Artworks
- Harlem Hybrid: 0.3 mi
- Welcome to Harlem: 0.3 mi
- General Daniel Butterfield: 0.4 mi
- Rolling Benches: 0.4 mi
- Rolling Benches: 0.4 mi
Historic sites
- Japanese Tori: 0.3 mi
- Amiable Child Memorial: 0.4 mi
- General Grant National Memorial: 0.4 mi
- Harriet Tubman Memorial: 0.5 mi
- Alma Mater: 0.6 mi
Gardens
- Saint Nicholas Miracle Garden: 0.3 mi
- William B. Washington Memorial Garden: 0.3 mi
- CEP Community Garden: 0.4 mi
- Pollinator Meadow: 0.5 mi
- Gatehouse Garden: 0.5 mi
Museums
- Hamilton Grange National Memorial: 0.6 mi
- The Studio Museum In Harlem: 0.6 mi
- National Jazz Museum in Harlem: 0.8 mi
- Nicholas Roerich Museum: 1.1 mi
- Children's Cultural Center of Native America: 1.3 mi
Attractions
- Original brown stone houses: 0.7 mi
- Taste Harlem Tour: 0.8 mi
- Abyssinian Baptist Church: 0.8 mi
- La casa de los Tenenbaums: 0.8 mi
- Huddlestone Arch: 1.3 mi
Peaks
- Mount Morris: 1.0 mi
- Great Hill: 1.3 mi
- Summit Rock: 2.3 mi
- Janes Hill: 2.3 mi
- Vista Rock: 2.6 mi
Beaches
- Hazard Beach: 2.7 mi
- Hallet’s Cove: 3.3 mi
- Dyckman Street Beach: 4.0 mi
- Spuyten Duyvil Beach: 4.6 mi
- Bloomer Beach: 4.6 mi
Nature reserves
- Cabrini Woods Nature Sanctuary: 3.1 mi
- Hallett Nature Sanctuary: 3.5 mi
- Hackensack Meadowlands Conservation and Wildlife Area: 4.4 mi
- Pugsley Creek Park: 5.4 mi
- WNYC Transmitter Park: 5.9 mi
Picnic sites: 45
- Picnic Area on Marcus Garvey Pool Deck: 1.0 mi
- Street Seats: 4.5 mi
- The Backyard: 6.0 mi
- Pier 3 Greenway Terrace: 8.4 mi
- Pier 5 Uplands Seating Area: 8.6 mi
Cliffs: 17
- Coogan's Bluff: 1.5 mi
- Palisades: 1.9 mi
- Palisades: 4.6 mi
- Palisades: 5.3 mi
- Palisades: 6.8 mi
Waterfalls: 12
- The Loch: 1.4 mi
- The Falls: 7.9 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 10.4 mi
- Binnen Falls: 10.6 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 10.6 mi
Lighthouses: 6
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 7.3 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 12.2 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 12.3 mi
- Cold Spring Harbor Light: 24.2 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 24.5 mi
Rest areas: 4
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 3.9 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 11.8 mi
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 24.0 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 24.0 mi
Springs: 1
- Tulip Springs: 18.1 mi
Ghost towns: 1
- Feltville Historic District: 24.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.3 miles of Sheltering Arms Playground. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Mountain | NW 310° | 268 m | 16.6 mi |
| Beech Mountain | NW 310° | 260 m | 17.7 mi |
| Mount Cecchino | NW 309° | 230 m | 16.4 mi |
| Mount Nebo | N 5° | 208 m | 16.2 mi |
| Poacher Peak | NW 309° | 185 m | 18.2 mi |
| Moon Hill | NW 309° | 180 m | 17.9 mi |
| Stony Hill | W 269° | 179 m | 15.0 mi |
| Mayapple Hill | W 261° | 175 m | 17.6 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 | 20:32 |
| 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 | 63 | 72 | 78 | 76 | 69 | 58 | 48 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.2 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 3.6 | 4.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NY City Cntrl Park, 3 mi away.
- white snakeroot1,954 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel1,546 obs
- American Robin1,457 obs
- common milkweed1,294 obs
- Spotted Lanternfly1,200 obs
- House Sparrow1,047 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee1,039 obs
- common mugwort1,036 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 siteOpenStreetMap element way/1283910034
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