- Elevation
- 19 m
- Tallest summit within 25 miles
- High Mountain268 m · 23.2 mi
- Nearest byway
- Bronx River Parkway8.2 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:31local time
- Coordinates
- 40.7099, -73.9179
Starr Playground is a park in New York, at a recorded 19 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Sunset Community Garden, a garden less than a tenth of a mile away. Bronx River Parkway passes 8.2 miles off. 57 named summits stand within 25 miles.
- Elevation
- 19 m
- Operated by
- New York City Department of Parks and Recreation
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Starr Playground. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Mountain | NW 321° | 268 m | 23.2 mi |
| Beech Mountain | NW 320° | 260 m | 24.3 mi |
| Mount Cecchino | NW 320° | 230 m | 23.0 mi |
| Mount Nebo | N 359° | 208 m | 23.4 mi |
| Poacher Peak | NW 319° | 185 m | 24.7 mi |
| Moon Hill | NW 319° | 180 m | 24.4 mi |
| Stony Hill | WNW 293° | 179 m | 18.4 mi |
| Mayapple Hill | WNW 283° | 175 m | 19.9 mi |
- 8.2 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 10.2 mi off the Palisades Scenic BywayNational
- 25.9 mi off the Merritt ParkwayNational
Named places within 25 miles
Gardens
- Sunset Community Garden: 0.0 mi
- Ridgewood Community Garden: 0.5 mi
- La Finca Garden: 0.7 mi
- Arboleda de Ninos/Children's Grove: 0.8 mi
- Korean Square: 0.8 mi
Museums
- Greater Ridgewood Historical Society: 0.1 mi
- The Bone Museum: 1.1 mi
- Museum of Food and Drink: 1.8 mi
- The City Reliquary: 2.0 mi
- Weeksville Heritage Center: 2.5 mi
Parks
- Grover Cleveland Playground: 0.4 mi
- Maria Hernandez Park: 0.5 mi
- Heisser Triangle: 0.8 mi
- Rosemary's Playground: 0.8 mi
- Fermi Playground: 0.8 mi
Attractions
- MV Schamonchi: 0.8 mi
- The Geographic Center of NYC: 2.3 mi
- Historical landmark from 1877: 3.0 mi
- Forest Park Carousel: 3.3 mi
- Pepsi-Cola Sign: 3.3 mi
Historic sites
- Bushwick-Ridgewood War Memorial: 0.8 mi
- Korean Square: 0.8 mi
- Ridgewood War Memorial: 0.9 mi
- Leah E. Sylvain: 1.0 mi
- Cooper Park: 1.1 mi
Artworks
- The Monitor and the Merrimac: 1.7 mi
- 9/11: 1.7 mi
- Virgin Mary: 1.8 mi
- Prayer: 1.8 mi
- Shai Asia Semple: 1.8 mi
Nature reserves
- WNYC Transmitter Park: 2.7 mi
- Bird Island: 4.4 mi
- Hallett Nature Sanctuary: 4.9 mi
- Spring Creek Park: 5.2 mi
- Rookery: 6.6 mi
Beaches
- Pebble Beach: 3.8 mi
- Hallet’s Cove: 4.2 mi
- Pier 4 Beach: 4.4 mi
- Gansevoort Peninsula Sand Bluff: 5.3 mi
- Beach/Kayak launch ramp: 5.7 mi
Peaks: 57
- Laurel Hill: 1.4 mi
- Maspeth Plateau: 1.8 mi
- Sullivan Hill: 4.1 mi
- Willink Hill: 4.1 mi
- Breeze Hill: 4.3 mi
Picnic sites: 43
- Street Seats: 3.2 mi
- Pier 3 Greenway Terrace: 4.3 mi
- Pier 5 Uplands Seating Area: 4.4 mi
- Picnic Peninsula: 4.4 mi
- Picnic Area on Marcus Garvey Pool Deck: 6.7 mi
Cliffs: 14
- Palisades: 6.8 mi
- Palisades: 7.0 mi
- Palisades: 7.8 mi
- Coogan's Bluff: 8.6 mi
- Palisades: 12.6 mi
Waterfalls: 10
- Ambergill Falls: 4.1 mi
- Binnen Falls: 4.2 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 4.4 mi
- The Loch: 6.3 mi
- The Falls: 13.0 mi
Lighthouses: 9
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 6.0 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 14.6 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 15.0 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 17.7 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 17.7 mi
Rest areas: 4
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 9.8 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 16.3 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 21.0 mi
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 21.0 mi
Ghost towns: 2
- Barber: 21.7 mi
- Feltville Historic District: 24.7 mi
Springs: 1
- Tulip Springs: 19.8 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:32 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:25 | 19:50 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:19 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:48 | 16:32 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Day trips start here
- Queens · 0 mi
- Brooklyn/Williamsburg · 1 mi
- Queens/Jackson Heights · 3 mi
- Queens/Long Island City and Astoria · 3 mi
- Brooklyn/Bedford-Stuyvesant and Flatbush · 4 mi
- Brooklyn/Downtown · 4 mi
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