Taaffe Playground
Taaffe Playground is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 11 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the north-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Myrtle Village Green, a garden 0.1 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 10 miles off. 56 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 11 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- NYC Parks
How to reach it
- 10.0 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 11.0 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 27.9 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Myrtle Village Green: 0.1 mi
- Target Community Garden: 0.4 mi
- Spencer Street Community Garden: 0.4 mi
- Whole Neighborhood Garden: 0.5 mi
- Cedar Tree Garden: 0.5 mi
- I Ought To: 0.1 mi
- Boar: 0.2 mi
- Boar: 0.2 mi
- Ecstasy: 0.3 mi
- Brickhead: Yemenja: 0.4 mi
- Pratt Playground: 0.2 mi
- Steuben Park: 0.2 mi
- Star Spangled Banner Playground: 0.3 mi
- Classon Triangle: 0.3 mi
- Classon Playground: 0.3 mi
- Adam Uster: 0.6 mi
- Brooklyn College of Pharmacy: 0.6 mi
- Prison Ship Martyrs Monument: 0.8 mi
- Rev. Benjamin J. Lowry: 1.0 mi
- George Washington: 1.1 mi
- Building 92: 0.7 mi
- Vistor Center: 0.8 mi
- Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts: 1.0 mi
- The Biggie Experience: 1.3 mi
- The City Reliquary: 1.3 mi
- Mosaic House: 1.7 mi
- Jane's Carousel: 1.8 mi
- Brooklyn Flea: 1.8 mi
- MV Schamonchi: 1.9 mi
- Brooklyn Bridge: 1.9 mi
- Pebble Beach: 1.7 mi
- Pier 4 Beach: 2.0 mi
- Beach/Kayak launch ramp: 3.2 mi
- Gansevoort Peninsula Sand Bluff: 4.0 mi
- Newport Sand Beach: 4.5 mi
- Bird Island: 2.0 mi
- WNYC Transmitter Park: 2.4 mi
- Hallett Nature Sanctuary: 5.0 mi
- Spring Creek Park: 6.4 mi
- Audubon Park: 6.7 mi
- Sullivan Hill: 2.1 mi
- Willink Hill: 2.3 mi
- Quaker Hill: 2.4 mi
- Breeze Hill: 2.5 mi
- Lookout Hill: 2.7 mi
- Pier 3 Greenway Terrace: 2.0 mi
- Pier 5 Uplands Seating Area: 2.0 mi
- Picnic Peninsula: 2.1 mi
- Street Seats: 3.9 mi
- Freedom Field: 5.1 mi
- Palisades: 5.5 mi
- Palisades: 6.1 mi
- Palisades: 8.0 mi
- Coogan's Bluff: 9.6 mi
- Palisades: 13.6 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 2.2 mi
- Binnen Falls: 2.3 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 2.4 mi
- The Loch: 6.9 mi
- The Falls: 14.8 mi
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 4.2 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 16.3 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 16.3 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 16.9 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 17.2 mi
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 9.6 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 15.2 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 18.5 mi
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 18.5 mi
- Barber: 19.3 mi
- Feltville Historic District: 22.3 mi
- Tulip Springs: 17.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Taaffe Playground. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Mountain | NNW 327° | 268 m | 22.7 mi |
| Beech Mountain | NW 326° | 260 m | 23.8 mi |
| Mount Cecchino | NNW 326° | 230 m | 22.5 mi |
| Mount Nebo | N 4° | 208 m | 24.5 mi |
| Poacher Peak | NW 325° | 185 m | 24.1 mi |
| Moon Hill | NW 325° | 180 m | 23.8 mi |
| Stony Hill | WNW 299° | 179 m | 16.9 mi |
| Mayapple Hill | WNW 288° | 175 m | 18.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:32 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:26 | 19:50 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:19 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:49 | 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 | 34 | 36 | 43 | 54 | 63 | 72 | 78 | 76 | 69 | 58 | 48 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.2 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 3.6 | 4.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NY City Cntrl Park, 6 mi away.
- Spotted Lanternfly965 obs
- American Robin813 obs
- Rock Pigeon793 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee758 obs
- Monarch728 obs
- House Sparrow720 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel690 obs
- Mourning Dove638 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/118987679
Day trips start here
- Brooklyn/Downtown · 1 mi
- Brooklyn/Williamsburg · 2 mi
- Manhattan/Chinatown · 2 mi
- Manhattan/Lower East Side · 2 mi
- Queens · 2 mi
- Brooklyn/Bedford-Stuyvesant and Flatbush · 3 mi
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