South Rochdale Playground
South Rochdale Playground is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 5 m. Todt Hill stands 125 m to the west-southwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Rochdale Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 12 miles off. 48 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 5 m
How to reach it
- 11.7 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 16.1 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 25.5 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Rochdale Park: 0.3 mi
- Gwen Ifill Park: 0.3 mi
- North Rochdale Playground: 0.5 mi
- Montbellier Park: 0.7 mi
- Lakeview Lane Park: 0.7 mi
- Phoenix Gate Community Garden: 0.7 mi
- The Garden of Resilience: 0.7 mi
- Merrick-Marsden Neighbors Association, Inc.: 0.9 mi
- Mother Carter Garden: 0.9 mi
- Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson Community Garden: 1.0 mi
- Frog: 0.8 mi
- Frog: 0.8 mi
- Frog: 0.8 mi
- Frog: 0.8 mi
- Frog: 0.8 mi
- Curly's Cowboy Center: 0.8 mi
- King Manor Museum: 2.7 mi
- Rock Hall: 4.9 mi
- The Floral Park Historical Society Museum & Archives: 4.9 mi
- Godwin-Ternbach Museum: 5.0 mi
- JFK: 1.7 mi
- Welcome Center: 4.9 mi
- Forest Park Carousel: 4.9 mi
- Wetland & Woodland Garden: 6.1 mi
- Circle Garden: 6.1 mi
- Rosedale Vietnam Monument: 1.8 mi
- TWA Hotel Tickerboard: 2.0 mi
- Liberty Rock: 2.0 mi
- Prospect Cemetery: 2.5 mi
- Susan Reiner Menoscal: 2.7 mi
- Hook Creek Wildlife Sanctuary: 2.3 mi
- Inwood Bay State Tidal Wetland: 3.4 mi
- Spring Creek Park: 4.6 mi
- Norton Basin Natural Resource Area: 5.0 mi
- Broad Channel Wetlands: 5.1 mi
- Sun and Surf Beach Club: 6.1 mi
- Rockaway Beach: 6.3 mi
- Atlantic Beach: 6.4 mi
- Hicks Beach: 6.7 mi
- Parsons Beach: 6.8 mi
- Queens High Point: 6.4 mi
- Maspeth Plateau: 7.9 mi
- Laurel Hill: 8.9 mi
- Willink Hill: 10.2 mi
- Breeze Hill: 10.4 mi
- Picnic Area D: 2.5 mi
- Picnic Area C: 2.5 mi
- Picnic Area F: 2.6 mi
- Picnic Area G: 2.6 mi
- Picnic Area B: 2.7 mi
- Coogan's Bluff: 14.1 mi
- Palisades: 14.8 mi
- Palisades: 14.9 mi
- Palisades: 15.1 mi
- Palisades: 17.5 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 13.4 mi
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 14.2 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 14.2 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 19.1 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 19.1 mi
- Binnen Falls: 10.4 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 10.5 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 10.6 mi
- The Loch: 13.0 mi
- The Falls: 15.3 mi
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 17.2 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 24.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of South Rochdale Playground. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Todt Hill | WSW 254° | 125 m | 18.8 mi |
| Jayne's Hill | ENE 61° | 122 m | 20.5 mi |
| Harbor Hill | NE 38° | 106 m | 11.0 mi |
| West Hills | ENE 61° | 106 m | 20.2 mi |
| Dix Hills | ENE 65° | 92 m | 23.9 mi |
| Signal Hill | ENE 65° | 90 m | 23.1 mi |
| Bronx High Point | NNW 336° | 85 m | 17.0 mi |
| Mannetto Hills | ENE 62° | 85 m | 18.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:31 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:25 | 19:49 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:18 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 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 | 33 | 35 | 41 | 51 | 61 | 70 | 76 | 75 | 68 | 57 | 47 | 38 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.8 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 3.1 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — JFK Intl AP, 2 mi away.
- common milkweed131 obs
- American Robin122 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel115 obs
- Red-winged Blackbird99 obs
- common mugwort93 obs
- Mallard81 obs
- Canada Goose77 obs
- European Starling69 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/445782512
Day trips start here
- Queens/Jamaica · 3 mi
- Queens/Forest Park · 5 mi
- Garden City · 7 mi
- Queens/Flushing-Northeast · 7 mi
- Rockville Centre · 7 mi
- Hempstead · 8 mi
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