Park · New York
Story Playground
Story Playground is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 3 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the west-northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Watson Gleason Playground, a park 0.5 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 0.5 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- New York City Department of Parks and Recreation
How to reach it
Coordinates40.82321, -73.86298
- 0.5 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 5.6 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 17.7 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Watson Gleason Playground: 0.5 mi
- Police Officer Hilario Serrano Playground: 0.6 mi
- Parque de los Niños: 0.7 mi
- Hugh J. Grant Circle: 0.7 mi
- Woodrow Wilson Triangle: 0.7 mi
Gardens
- Manor Avenue Seniors Garden: 0.7 mi
- Havemeyer Garden Association Community Garden: 1.1 mi
- Waterfront Community Garden: 1.1 mi
- Aldus 111 Tenants Association Community Garden: 1.3 mi
- Drew Gardens: 1.4 mi
Nature reserves
- Pugsley Creek Park: 0.8 mi
- Cabrini Woods Nature Sanctuary: 4.5 mi
- Virginia Point: 7.0 mi
- Titus Mill Pond State Tidal Wetlands: 7.0 mi
- Hallett Nature Sanctuary: 7.0 mi
Attractions
- I Love the Bronx mural: 1.6 mi
- Jungle World: 1.6 mi
- Nature Trek: 1.7 mi
- Lions: 1.8 mi
- Big Pun mural: 1.8 mi
Historic sites
- Westchester Square: 1.6 mi
- 9/11: 2.4 mi
- World War 2: 2.7 mi
- New York Botanical Garden: 2.8 mi
- Pelham Bay Park World War Memorial: 3.0 mi
Artworks
- Renaissance Youth Center: 2.3 mi
- Shamrock: 2.4 mi
- Poppenhusen: 2.6 mi
- Bruce Lee Mural: 2.9 mi
- Coral: 3.2 mi
Peaks
- Janes Hill: 2.7 mi
- Mount Morris: 4.4 mi
- Marble Hill: 4.4 mi
- Manhattan High Point: 4.4 mi
- Long Hill: 4.6 mi
Museums
- Bronx Documentary Center: 2.9 mi
- Bronx Museum of the Arts: 3.0 mi
- Steere Herbarium: 3.1 mi
- The Yankees Museum: 3.3 mi
- Poe Cottage: 3.3 mi
Beaches
- Dyckman Street Beach: 4.8 mi
- Spuyten Duyvil Beach: 5.0 mi
- Hallet’s Cove: 5.3 mi
- Hazard Beach: 5.5 mi
- Bloomer Beach: 5.9 mi
Picnic sites: 41
- Picnic Area on Marcus Garvey Pool Deck: 4.4 mi
- Street Seats: 6.7 mi
- Alpine picnic area: 9.1 mi
- Excelsior Picnic Area: 9.6 mi
- The Backyard: 10.9 mi
Cliffs: 19
- Coogan's Bluff: 4.0 mi
- Palisades: 6.3 mi
- Palisades: 6.7 mi
- Palisades: 9.1 mi
- The Palisades: 9.3 mi
Waterfalls: 12
- The Falls: 4.7 mi
- The Loch: 5.4 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 12.3 mi
- Binnen Falls: 12.4 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 12.5 mi
Lighthouses: 6
- Execution Rocks Light: 7.6 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 7.6 mi
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 11.0 mi
- Cold Spring Harbor Light: 19.3 mi
- Stamford Harbor Ledge Light: 21.3 mi
Rest areas: 2
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 8.7 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 16.6 mi
Springs: 1
- Tulip Springs: 22.9 mi
Ghost towns: 1
- Cuties Island: 23.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.1 miles of Story Playground. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Mountain | WNW 300° | 268 m | 20.3 mi |
| Mount Cecchino | WNW 299° | 230 m | 20.1 mi |
| Hook Mountain | N 352° | 214 m | 20.8 mi |
| Buttermilk Hill | N 8° | 211 m | 20.0 mi |
| Mount Nebo | NNW 348° | 208 m | 16.0 mi |
| Reynolds Hill | NNE 14° | 180 m | 20.1 mi |
| Stony Hill | W 268° | 179 m | 19.9 mi |
| Cooney Hill | NNE 20° | 170 m | 20.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:31 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:25 | 19:50 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:18 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:48 | 16:31 |
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 | 34 | 36 | 42 | 53 | 63 | 73 | 78 | 77 | 70 | 58 | 48 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.2 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bronx, 1 mi away.
- common mugwort3,173 obs
- Spotted Lanternfly274 obs
- tree-of-heaven232 obs
- red deadnettle187 obs
- groundsel tree164 obs
- white snakeroot130 obs
- Rock Pigeon125 obs
- common reed110 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/1231110161
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- Bronx · 2 mi
- Queens/Flushing-Northeast · 4 mi
- Manhattan/Harlem and Upper Manhattan · 5 mi
- Queens/Jackson Heights · 5 mi
- Fort Lee · 6 mi
- Manhattan/Central Park · 6 mi
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