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Sidney Hillman Playground

Sidney Hillman Playground from directly overhead

Sidney Hillman Playground is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 4 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the north-northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Luther Gulick Playground, a park 0.1 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 9.4 miles off. 59 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
4 m

How to reach it

Coordinates40.71534, -73.97960

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Luther Gulick Playground: 0.1 mi
  • Henry M. Jackson Playground: 0.1 mi
  • Hillman Park: 0.1 mi
  • Ahearn Park: 0.2 mi
  • Sol Lain Playground: 0.2 mi
Attractions
  • Zohramp: 0.4 mi
  • Jump into the Light VR Arcade: 0.6 mi
  • Lower East Side Skatepark: 0.7 mi
  • Freeman Alley - Graffiti: 0.8 mi
  • Couv Led Zepp 5e album: 0.9 mi
Gardens
Artworks
Historic sites
Beaches
Peaks: 59
  • Grassy Hill: 3.0 mi
  • Slide Hill: 3.0 mi
  • Outlook Hill: 3.1 mi
  • Laurel Hill: 3.1 mi
  • Discovery Hill: 3.1 mi
Picnic sites: 42
Cliffs: 14
  • Palisades: 3.9 mi
  • Palisades: 4.3 mi
  • Palisades: 6.5 mi
  • Coogan's Bluff: 8.4 mi
  • Palisades: 12.3 mi
Waterfalls: 11
  • Ambergill Falls: 3.6 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 3.7 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 3.8 mi
  • The Loch: 5.6 mi
  • The Falls: 14.0 mi
Lighthouses: 9
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 16.6 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High MountainNNW 327°268 m21.0 mi
Beech MountainNW 326°260 m22.0 mi
Mount CecchinoNNW 326°230 m20.7 mi
Mount NeboN 7°208 m23.2 mi
Poacher PeakNW 325°185 m22.4 mi
Moon HillNW 325°180 m22.1 mi
Stony HillWNW 296°179 m15.3 mi
Mayapple HillWNW 284°175 m16.6 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 °F343643546372787669584839
Precip in3.63.24.34.14.04.54.64.64.34.43.64.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NY City Cntrl Park, 4 mi away.

  • Rock Pigeon2,929 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel1,610 obs
  • House Sparrow1,584 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly1,547 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee1,166 obs
  • Monarch1,054 obs
  • Western Honey Bee967 obs
  • European Starling947 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 node/357650228

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