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Terrace Playground

Terrace Playground from directly overhead

Terrace Playground is a park in New York, at a modelled elevation of 64 m. Gillespie Hill stands 217 m to the west-northwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Compost and Community Garden, a garden 0.2 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 18 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
New York City Department of Parks and Recreation
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.61367, -74.09860
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Gardens
Parks
Peaks
  • Emerson Hill: 0.4 mi
  • Signal Hill: 0.7 mi
  • Park Hill: 1.0 mi
  • Fox Hills: 1.1 mi
  • Todt Hill: 1.3 mi
Artworks
  • Wingdale: 0.5 mi
  • St. Anthony: 1.2 mi
  • St. Anne: 1.2 mi
  • Eyes: 1.5 mi
  • Anchor: 2.0 mi
Nature reserves
Museums
Historic sites
Attractions
Beaches
Picnic sites: 40
Cliffs: 12
Waterfalls: 11
  • Fallkill Falls: 7.4 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 7.6 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 7.7 mi
  • Hemlock Falls: 13.7 mi
  • Hobble Falls: 13.8 mi
Lighthouses: 7
Rest areas: 5
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 14.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.8 miles of Terrace Playground. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Gillespie HillWNW 299°217 m24.5 mi
Mount KembleWNW 296°215 m24.5 mi
Kinneys HillWNW 302°180 m23.9 mi
Stony HillNNW 331°179 m15.7 mi
Mayapple HillNW 318°175 m14.8 mi
Second Watchung MountainW 268°168 m23.7 mi
Kemble MountainWNW 300°166 m24.1 mi
Packanack MountainNNW 341°144 m23.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3319:09
June solstice05:2619:5020:31
September equinox06:4518:1918:55
December solstice07:1715:4916:33

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333543536373787669584738
Precip in3.43.04.13.94.04.34.74.13.83.83.34.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Newark Liberty Intl AP, 6 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Porcelain Berry290 obs
  • Wild Turkey180 obs
  • Mallard152 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly101 obs
  • American Robin98 obs
  • common ivy96 obs
  • white snakeroot93 obs
  • common mugwort89 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/35577692

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