- Elevation, modelled
- 17 m
- Tallest summit within 22.6 miles
- Buttermilk Hill211 m · 22.6 mi
- Nearest byway
- Bronx River Parkway4.8 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:31local time
- Coordinates
- 40.7838, -73.7964
Willets Point Playground is a park in New York, at a modelled 17 m. Buttermilk Hill stands 211 m to the north, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Playground Twenty-One, a park 0.4 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 4.8 miles off.
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.6 miles of Willets Point Playground. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buttermilk Hill | N 358° | 211 m | 22.6 mi |
| Mount Nebo | NNW 340° | 208 m | 19.5 mi |
| Reynolds Hill | N 4° | 180 m | 22.3 mi |
| Cooney Hill | N 9° | 170 m | 22.2 mi |
| Kennelwood Hill | N 6° | 156 m | 19.7 mi |
| Kykuit Hill | N 353° | 147 m | 21.3 mi |
| Beaver Hill | N 355° | 140 m | 19.7 mi |
| Hackley Hill | N 352° | 140 m | 20.1 mi |
- 4.8 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 10.0 mi off the Palisades Scenic BywayNational
- 18.6 mi off the Merritt ParkwayNational
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Playground Twenty-One: 0.4 mi
- Clearview Park: 0.4 mi
- Little Bay Park: 0.5 mi
- Greenstreets: 0.5 mi
- Clintonville Playground: 0.6 mi
Museums
- Maritime National Museum: 1.5 mi
- The Voelker Orth Museum: 1.7 mi
- Kingsland Homestead: 2.0 mi
- John Bowne House: 2.1 mi
- Lewis Howard Latimer House Museum: 2.1 mi
Gardens
- Strawberry Field: 1.8 mi
- Neily's Garden: 2.6 mi
- Amphitrite Pool: 2.7 mi
- Evergreen Community Garden: 2.8 mi
- Wedding Garden: 2.8 mi
Historic sites
- Weeping Beech Historical Marker: 2.0 mi
- Fox Oaks: 2.1 mi
- Flushing Memorial: 2.2 mi
- John Riedl Wildflower Meadow: 2.3 mi
- For A Better Union: 2.6 mi
Beaches
- Parsons Beach: 2.4 mi
- Leeds Pond Beach: 5.4 mi
- Manhasset Bay Estates Association Beach: 5.4 mi
- PWEA Beach: 5.4 mi
- Baxter Estates Village Beach: 6.1 mi
Artworks
- Seal: 2.4 mi
- Korean War Memorial: 2.6 mi
- Poppenhusen: 2.6 mi
- War Memorial: 2.6 mi
- Perpetual Nature: 2.6 mi
Nature reserves
- Virginia Point: 2.8 mi
- Pugsley Creek Park: 3.6 mi
- Harbor Hill Preserve: 5.0 mi
- Half Moon Wetland Conservancy: 6.2 mi
- Barbara Johnson Preserve: 6.2 mi
Attractions
- Cherry Circle & Four Season Border: 2.8 mi
- Pinetum: 2.8 mi
- Circle Garden: 2.8 mi
- Oak Allée: 2.8 mi
- Floral Border: 2.8 mi
Peaks
- Queens High Point: 4.4 mi
- Janes Hill: 6.3 mi
- Maspeth Plateau: 6.5 mi
- Laurel Hill: 7.6 mi
- Mount Morris: 7.8 mi
Picnic sites: 40
- Picnic Area on Marcus Garvey Pool Deck: 7.8 mi
- Street Seats: 8.3 mi
- Picnic Area D: 9.9 mi
- Picnic Area C: 10.0 mi
- Picnic Area F: 10.1 mi
Cliffs: 19
- Coogan's Bluff: 8.2 mi
- Palisades: 10.3 mi
- Palisades: 10.6 mi
- Palisades: 11.8 mi
- The Palisades: 13.2 mi
Lighthouses: 9
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 6.7 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 7.2 mi
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 12.9 mi
- Cold Spring Harbor Light: 17.2 mi
- Stamford Harbor Ledge Light: 20.7 mi
Waterfalls: 7
- The Falls: 7.6 mi
- The Loch: 8.6 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 12.3 mi
- Binnen Falls: 12.3 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 12.5 mi
Rest areas: 2
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 12.5 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 20.4 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
- Manhasset · 5 mi
- Queens/Jackson Heights · 5 mi
- The Plandomes · 5 mi
- Bronx · 6 mi
- Queens/Forest Park · 6 mi
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