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Stephen A Rudd Playground

Stephen A Rudd Playground from directly overhead

Stephen A Rudd Playground is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 32 m. Mount Cecchino stands 230 m to the northwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Boyland Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 9.8 miles off. 52 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
32 m

How to reach it

Coordinates40.68343, -73.90546

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Gardens
Historic sites
Artworks
Attractions
Nature reserves
Beaches
Peaks: 52
  • Maspeth Plateau: 3.3 mi
  • Laurel Hill: 3.3 mi
  • Willink Hill: 3.4 mi
  • Sullivan Hill: 3.6 mi
  • Breeze Hill: 3.6 mi
Picnic sites: 44
Cliffs: 14
  • Palisades: 8.3 mi
  • Palisades: 8.5 mi
  • Palisades: 9.8 mi
  • Coogan's Bluff: 10.5 mi
  • Palisades: 14.5 mi
Waterfalls: 9
  • Binnen Falls: 3.5 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 3.6 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 3.8 mi
  • The Loch: 8.2 mi
  • The Falls: 14.6 mi
Lighthouses: 9
Rest areas: 4
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 20.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount CecchinoNW 322°230 m24.8 mi
Stony HillWNW 297°179 m19.8 mi
Mayapple HillWNW 287°175 m21.0 mi
Packanack MountainNW 314°144 m24.5 mi
Riker HillWNW 292°134 m23.7 mi
Todt HillWSW 242°125 m12.4 mi
Crawford HillSW 216°120 m24.9 mi
Harbor HillENE 60°106 m16.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3219:08
June solstice05:2519:5020:31
September equinox06:4418:1918:55
December solstice07:1715:4816:32

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343643546473797871604940
Precip in3.22.94.03.83.64.04.34.43.93.83.24.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Laguardia AP, 7 mi away.

  • Spotted Lanternfly248 obs
  • Rock Pigeon190 obs
  • princess tree167 obs
  • common mugwort152 obs
  • tree-of-heaven120 obs
  • American pokeweed114 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee113 obs
  • European Starling111 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 way/1101348793

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