Vleigh Playground
Vleigh Playground is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 23 m. Mount Nebo stands 208 m to the north-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Abe Wolfson Triangle, a park 0.1 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 7.1 miles off. 59 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 23 m
What to expect
How to reach it
- 7.1 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 11.5 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 22.4 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Abe Wolfson Triangle: 0.1 mi
- Haym Salomon Square: 0.4 mi
- Alumni Plaza: 0.4 mi
- Quad: 0.4 mi
- Kaufman Garden: 0.4 mi
- Haym Salomon: 0.4 mi
- American Legion Hillcrest Post 1078 and Auxiliary: 0.8 mi
- Kissena Park World War I Monument: 1.3 mi
- Eric Maleh: 1.4 mi
- Spanish American War: 1.6 mi
- Urban Agriculture: 0.4 mi
- Chris Postiglione Triangle: 1.3 mi
- Veteran Memorial Garden Of Queens: 1.3 mi
- Evergreen Community Garden: 1.3 mi
- Queens Botanical Garden: 1.5 mi
- Welcome Center: 0.4 mi
- Wetland & Woodland Garden: 1.5 mi
- Unity Garden: 1.5 mi
- Circle Garden: 1.5 mi
- Perennial Garden: 1.5 mi
- More Balls for Klapper Hall: 0.4 mi
- Cube: 0.5 mi
- Wood Pile: 1.1 mi
- Korean War Memorial: 1.3 mi
- Seal: 1.4 mi
- Godwin-Ternbach Museum: 0.5 mi
- Queens Museum: 1.9 mi
- King Manor Museum: 2.0 mi
- New York Hall of Science: 2.2 mi
- John Bowne House: 2.3 mi
- Parsons Beach: 4.4 mi
- Hallet’s Cove: 6.8 mi
- Canarsie Beach: 7.9 mi
- Leeds Pond Beach: 8.5 mi
- Manhasset Bay Estates Association Beach: 8.5 mi
- Virginia Point: 5.1 mi
- Spring Creek Park: 5.7 mi
- Pugsley Creek Park: 6.1 mi
- Harbor Hill Preserve: 6.3 mi
- Hook Creek Wildlife Sanctuary: 6.9 mi
- Maspeth Plateau: 4.3 mi
- Queens High Point: 5.5 mi
- Laurel Hill: 5.6 mi
- Janes Hill: 7.5 mi
- Mount Morris: 8.4 mi
- Street Seats: 7.0 mi
- Picnic Area D: 7.1 mi
- Picnic Area C: 7.1 mi
- Picnic Area F: 7.2 mi
- Picnic Area G: 7.2 mi
- Coogan's Bluff: 9.6 mi
- Palisades: 10.6 mi
- Palisades: 11.0 mi
- Palisades: 11.9 mi
- Palisades: 12.9 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 10.5 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 11.0 mi
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 11.2 mi
- Cold Spring Harbor Light: 20.2 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 20.9 mi
- The Loch: 8.7 mi
- Binnen Falls: 9.1 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 9.2 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 9.4 mi
- The Falls: 11.0 mi
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 12.9 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 20.4 mi
- Tulip Springs: 24.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Vleigh Playground. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Nebo | NNW 345° | 208 m | 22.8 mi |
| Stony Hill | WNW 284° | 179 m | 23.0 mi |
| Mayapple Hill | W 277° | 175 m | 24.9 mi |
| Kennelwood Hill | N 8° | 156 m | 23.5 mi |
| Kykuit Hill | N 357° | 147 m | 24.9 mi |
| Beaver Hill | N 359° | 140 m | 23.3 mi |
| Hackley Hill | N 356° | 140 m | 23.7 mi |
| Tappan Hill | N 355° | 127 m | 23.8 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 | 16:32 |
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 | 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, 5 mi away.
- Eastern Gray Squirrel554 obs
- Rock Pigeon348 obs
- Mallard344 obs
- Red-winged Blackbird335 obs
- American Robin335 obs
- Spotted Lanternfly316 obs
- Canada Goose290 obs
- common mugwort285 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/382669634
Day trips start here
- Queens/Forest Park · 2 mi
- Queens/Jamaica · 2 mi
- Queens/Flushing-Northeast · 3 mi
- Queens/Jackson Heights · 4 mi
- Queens · 6 mi
- Brooklyn/Williamsburg · 7 mi
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