Springfield Park
Springfield Park is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 2 m. Todt Hill stands 125 m to the west-southwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Junior High School 231 Playground, a park 0.1 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 13 miles off. 48 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- New York City Department of Parks and Recreation
How to reach it
- 12.6 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 16.9 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 26.2 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Junior High School 231 Playground: 0.1 mi
- Brookville Park: 0.9 mi
- South Rochdale Playground: 0.9 mi
- Idlewild Park: 0.9 mi
- Montbellier Park: 0.9 mi
- The Garden of Resilience: 0.2 mi
- Phoenix Gate Community Garden: 1.6 mi
- Mother Carter Garden: 1.7 mi
- Merrick-Marsden Neighbors Association, Inc.: 1.8 mi
- Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson Community Garden: 1.9 mi
- Rosedale Vietnam Monument: 1.3 mi
- TWA Hotel Tickerboard: 1.4 mi
- Town of Hempsted Sanitary District No. 1 9-11 Memorial: 2.6 mi
- Liberty Rock: 2.8 mi
- Prospect Cemetery: 3.3 mi
- Curly's Cowboy Center: 1.4 mi
- King Manor Museum: 3.6 mi
- Rock Hall: 4.0 mi
- Grist Mill Museum: 5.3 mi
- The Floral Park Historical Society Museum & Archives: 5.3 mi
- Hook Creek Wildlife Sanctuary: 1.5 mi
- Inwood Bay State Tidal Wetland: 2.6 mi
- Norton Basin Natural Resource Area: 4.2 mi
- Dubos Point Wildlife Sanctuary: 4.5 mi
- Lawrence Nature Preserve: 4.6 mi
- JFK: 1.5 mi
- Forest Park Carousel: 5.6 mi
- Welcome Center: 5.8 mi
- Wetland & Woodland Garden: 6.9 mi
- Circle Garden: 7.0 mi
- Frog: 1.5 mi
- Frog: 1.5 mi
- Frog: 1.5 mi
- Frog: 1.5 mi
- Frog: 1.5 mi
- Sun and Surf Beach Club: 5.3 mi
- Atlantic Beach: 5.5 mi
- Rockaway Beach: 5.6 mi
- Hicks Beach: 5.8 mi
- East Atlantic Beach: 6.2 mi
- Queens High Point: 7.0 mi
- Maspeth Plateau: 8.6 mi
- Laurel Hill: 9.7 mi
- Willink Hill: 10.6 mi
- Breeze Hill: 10.7 mi
- Picnic Area D: 1.6 mi
- Picnic Area C: 1.6 mi
- Picnic Area F: 1.7 mi
- Picnic Area G: 1.8 mi
- Picnic Area B: 1.8 mi
- Coogan's Bluff: 15.0 mi
- Palisades: 15.5 mi
- Palisades: 15.7 mi
- Palisades: 15.8 mi
- Palisades: 18.4 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 14.2 mi
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 14.8 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 15.0 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 18.7 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 18.8 mi
- Binnen Falls: 10.7 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 10.9 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 11.0 mi
- The Loch: 13.8 mi
- The Falls: 16.2 mi
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 18.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Springfield Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Todt Hill | WSW 257° | 125 m | 19.0 mi |
| Jayne's Hill | ENE 59° | 122 m | 20.5 mi |
| Harbor Hill | NE 34° | 106 m | 11.4 mi |
| West Hills | ENE 58° | 106 m | 20.2 mi |
| Dix Hills | ENE 63° | 92 m | 23.9 mi |
| Signal Hill | ENE 62° | 90 m | 23.1 mi |
| Bronx High Point | NNW 335° | 85 m | 17.9 mi |
| Mannetto Hills | ENE 60° | 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 milkweed154 obs
- House Sparrow128 obs
- American Robin124 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel116 obs
- Red-winged Blackbird100 obs
- common mugwort85 obs
- Canada Goose83 obs
- Mallard81 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/178102676
Day trips start here
- Queens/Jamaica · 4 mi
- Queens/Forest Park · 5 mi
- Garden City · 7 mi
- Rockville Centre · 7 mi
- Hempstead · 8 mi
- Queens/Flushing-Northeast · 8 mi
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