Utopia Playground
Utopia Playground is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 13 m. Mount Nebo stands 208 m to the north-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Fresh Meadows Playground, a park 0.3 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 7.7 miles off. 58 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 13 m
What to expect
How to reach it
- 7.7 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 12.3 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 22.0 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Fresh Meadows Playground: 0.3 mi
- Judge Hockert Triangle: 0.4 mi
- Edgar G. Holmes, Jr. Oval: 0.7 mi
- Emerald Playground: 0.7 mi
- Electric Playground: 0.7 mi
- Eric Maleh: 0.5 mi
- American Legion Hillcrest Post 1078 and Auxiliary: 0.9 mi
- James J. FitzGerald Memorial Plaque: 1.1 mi
- Kissena Park World War I Monument: 1.3 mi
- Soldiers and Sailors Monument: 1.3 mi
- Chris Postiglione Triangle: 0.5 mi
- Cunningham Park Entrance: 1.0 mi
- Cunningham Park Entrance: 1.0 mi
- Urban Agriculture: 1.4 mi
- Evergreen Community Garden: 1.9 mi
- Wood Pile: 1.1 mi
- Madonna: 1.2 mi
- St. Paul of the Cross: 1.2 mi
- Wingdale: 1.3 mi
- More Balls for Klapper Hall: 1.3 mi
- Welcome Center: 1.3 mi
- Wetland & Woodland Garden: 2.2 mi
- Circle Garden: 2.2 mi
- Unity Garden: 2.2 mi
- Cherry Circle & Four Season Border: 2.2 mi
- Godwin-Ternbach Museum: 1.3 mi
- King Manor Museum: 2.0 mi
- The Voelker Orth Museum: 2.7 mi
- John Bowne House: 2.8 mi
- Kingsland Homestead: 2.8 mi
- Parsons Beach: 3.5 mi
- Leeds Pond Beach: 7.6 mi
- Manhasset Bay Estates Association Beach: 7.7 mi
- PWEA Beach: 7.8 mi
- Hallet’s Cove: 7.9 mi
- Virginia Point: 4.1 mi
- Harbor Hill Preserve: 5.1 mi
- Spring Creek Park: 6.2 mi
- Garden City Bird Sanctuary,: 6.3 mi
- Hook Creek Wildlife Sanctuary: 6.4 mi
- Queens High Point: 4.3 mi
- Maspeth Plateau: 5.5 mi
- Laurel Hill: 6.8 mi
- Janes Hill: 8.4 mi
- Harbor Hill: 9.3 mi
- Picnic Area D: 6.5 mi
- Picnic Area C: 6.5 mi
- Picnic Area F: 6.6 mi
- Picnic Area G: 6.6 mi
- Picnic Area B: 6.7 mi
- Coogan's Bluff: 10.4 mi
- Palisades: 11.7 mi
- Palisades: 12.3 mi
- Palisades: 13.1 mi
- Palisades: 13.6 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 9.9 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 10.6 mi
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 12.4 mi
- Cold Spring Harbor Light: 19.2 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 21.6 mi
- The Loch: 9.8 mi
- Binnen Falls: 10.3 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 10.3 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 10.5 mi
- The Falls: 11.2 mi
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 14.0 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 21.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Utopia Playground. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Nebo | NNW 342° | 208 m | 23.1 mi |
| Stony Hill | WNW 284° | 179 m | 24.2 mi |
| Kennelwood Hill | N 4° | 156 m | 23.3 mi |
| Kykuit Hill | N 354° | 147 m | 24.9 mi |
| Beaver Hill | N 355° | 140 m | 23.3 mi |
| Hackley Hill | N 353° | 140 m | 23.8 mi |
| Tappan Hill | N 352° | 127 m | 23.8 mi |
| Todt Hill | WSW 242° | 125 m | 19.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:31 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:25 | 19:49 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 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 | 43 | 54 | 64 | 73 | 79 | 78 | 71 | 60 | 49 | 40 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.9 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 3.2 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Laguardia AP, 6 mi away.
- Eastern Gray Squirrel585 obs
- American Robin327 obs
- common mugwort279 obs
- Spotted Lanternfly249 obs
- Wood Duck245 obs
- eastern poison ivy242 obs
- Canada Goose234 obs
- American tuliptree231 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/404248325
Day trips start here
- Queens/Jamaica · 2 mi
- Queens/Flushing-Northeast · 3 mi
- Queens/Forest Park · 3 mi
- Queens/Jackson Heights · 5 mi
- Garden City · 7 mi
- Manhasset · 7 mi
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