- Elevation
- 7 m
- Tallest summit within 22.6 miles
- Buttermilk Hill211 m · 22.0 mi
- Nearest byway
- Bronx River Parkway4.0 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:31local time
- Coordinates
- 40.7920, -73.8086
Whitestone Playground is a park in New York, at a recorded 7 m. Buttermilk Hill stands 211 m to the north, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Alexander Grey Triangle, a park 0.3 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 4.0 miles off.
- Elevation
- 7 m
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.6 miles of Whitestone Playground. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buttermilk Hill | N 360° | 211 m | 22.0 mi |
| Mount Nebo | NNW 341° | 208 m | 18.8 mi |
| Reynolds Hill | N 5° | 180 m | 21.8 mi |
| Cooney Hill | N 11° | 170 m | 21.7 mi |
| Kennelwood Hill | N 8° | 156 m | 19.2 mi |
| Kykuit Hill | N 355° | 147 m | 20.6 mi |
| Beaver Hill | N 357° | 140 m | 19.0 mi |
| Hackley Hill | N 354° | 140 m | 19.5 mi |
- 4.0 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 9.1 mi off the Palisades Scenic BywayNational
- 18.3 mi off the Merritt ParkwayNational
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Alexander Grey Triangle: 0.3 mi
- Private McKee Triangle: 0.5 mi
- Greenstreets: 0.6 mi
- Clintonville Playground: 0.6 mi
- Willets Point Playground: 0.9 mi
Gardens
- Strawberry Field: 1.2 mi
- Garden in the Park: 2.2 mi
- Waterfront Community Garden: 2.5 mi
- Havemeyer Garden Association Community Garden: 2.6 mi
- Neily's Garden: 2.7 mi
Museums
- Maritime National Museum: 1.3 mi
- The Voelker Orth Museum: 1.9 mi
- Lewis Howard Latimer House Museum: 2.1 mi
- Kingsland Homestead: 2.1 mi
- John Bowne House: 2.2 mi
Artworks
- Shamrock: 2.0 mi
- Poppenhusen: 2.0 mi
- Perpetual Nature: 2.5 mi
- War Memorial: 2.7 mi
- Penn Station Eagle: 2.9 mi
Historic sites
- World War 2: 2.0 mi
- Weeping Beech Historical Marker: 2.1 mi
- Fox Oaks: 2.2 mi
- Flushing Memorial: 2.2 mi
- 5 Inch Deck Gun: 2.8 mi
Nature reserves
- Pugsley Creek Park: 2.8 mi
- Virginia Point: 3.5 mi
- Harbor Hill Preserve: 5.8 mi
- Half Moon Wetland Conservancy: 6.2 mi
- Barbara Johnson Preserve: 6.5 mi
Attractions
- Cherry Circle & Four Season Border: 3.0 mi
- Pinetum: 3.0 mi
- Oak Allée: 3.0 mi
- Circle Garden: 3.0 mi
- Floral Border: 3.0 mi
Beaches
- Parsons Beach: 3.2 mi
- Leeds Pond Beach: 5.7 mi
- Manhasset Bay Estates Association Beach: 5.8 mi
- PWEA Beach: 5.8 mi
- Baxter Estates Village Beach: 6.4 mi
Peaks
- Queens High Point: 5.3 mi
- Janes Hill: 5.6 mi
- Maspeth Plateau: 6.3 mi
- Mount Morris: 7.1 mi
- Laurel Hill: 7.4 mi
Picnic sites: 40
- Picnic Area on Marcus Garvey Pool Deck: 7.1 mi
- Street Seats: 7.9 mi
- Picnic Area D: 10.7 mi
- Picnic Area C: 10.7 mi
- Picnic Area F: 10.8 mi
Cliffs: 19
- Coogan's Bluff: 7.4 mi
- Palisades: 9.6 mi
- Palisades: 9.8 mi
- Palisades: 11.2 mi
- The Palisades: 12.4 mi
Lighthouses: 9
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 6.6 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 7.0 mi
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 12.5 mi
- Cold Spring Harbor Light: 17.5 mi
- Stamford Harbor Ledge Light: 20.7 mi
Waterfalls: 7
- The Falls: 6.9 mi
- The Loch: 7.9 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 12.2 mi
- Binnen Falls: 12.2 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 12.4 mi
Rest areas: 2
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 11.8 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 19.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1
- Cuties Island: 22.9 mi
| 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).
Day trips start here
- Queens/Flushing-Northeast · 2 mi
- Bronx · 5 mi
- Queens/Jackson Heights · 5 mi
- Manhasset · 6 mi
- Queens/Forest Park · 6 mi
- Queens/Jamaica · 6 mi
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