Park · New York
Willis Playground
Willis Playground is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 9 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the northwest, 18 miles off. Bronx River Parkway passes 2.8 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 9 m
How to reach it
Coordinates40.81083, -73.92361
- 2.8 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 3.6 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 20.3 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Willis Playground: 0.0 mi
- Mott Haven Playground: 0.0 mi
- Alexander’s Alley: 0.0 mi
- Graham Triangle: 0.2 mi
- Carlos J Lozada Playground: 0.2 mi
Gardens
- Willis Avenue Community Garden: 0.2 mi
- Wanaqua Family Garden: 0.3 mi
- Padre Plaza: 0.4 mi
- 138th Street Community Garden: 0.6 mi
- United We Stand Garden: 0.6 mi
Artworks
- Coral: 0.3 mi
- Crack Is Wack: 0.6 mi
- Dream Machine Ⅱ: 0.6 mi
- Lincoln Holding a Child: 0.7 mi
- Growth: 1.0 mi
Museums
- Bronx Documentary Center: 0.6 mi
- Universal Hip Hop Museum: 0.9 mi
- National Jazz Museum in Harlem: 1.0 mi
- The Yankees Museum: 1.2 mi
- The Studio Museum In Harlem: 1.3 mi
Peaks
- Janes Hill: 0.6 mi
- Mount Morris: 1.1 mi
- Great Hill: 2.1 mi
- Manhattan High Point: 3.0 mi
- Summit Rock: 3.1 mi
Historic sites
- Matthew Travis Palacios: 0.7 mi
- The Bat: 1.1 mi
- Gas Explosion Empty Lot: 1.3 mi
- Macombs Dam Bridge: 1.3 mi
- Macombs Dam Bridge: 1.3 mi
Attractions
- Abyssinian Baptist Church: 1.0 mi
- Taste Harlem Tour: 1.1 mi
- East 165th Street steps: 1.4 mi
- La casa de los Tenenbaums: 1.5 mi
- Original brown stone houses: 1.5 mi
Beaches
- Hallet’s Cove: 2.9 mi
- Hazard Beach: 3.5 mi
- Dyckman Street Beach: 4.1 mi
- Spuyten Duyvil Beach: 4.6 mi
- Bloomer Beach: 5.0 mi
Nature reserves
- Cabrini Woods Nature Sanctuary: 3.3 mi
- Pugsley Creek Park: 3.7 mi
- Hallett Nature Sanctuary: 4.1 mi
- WNYC Transmitter Park: 5.9 mi
- Hackensack Meadowlands Conservation and Wildlife Area: 6.1 mi
Picnic sites: 41
- Picnic Area on Marcus Garvey Pool Deck: 1.1 mi
- Street Seats: 4.4 mi
- The Backyard: 7.8 mi
- Pier 3 Greenway Terrace: 8.7 mi
- Pier 5 Uplands Seating Area: 9.0 mi
Cliffs: 17
- Coogan's Bluff: 1.7 mi
- Palisades: 3.5 mi
- Palisades: 5.7 mi
- Palisades: 5.8 mi
- Palisades: 7.8 mi
Waterfalls: 11
- The Loch: 2.2 mi
- The Falls: 6.9 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 10.4 mi
- Binnen Falls: 10.5 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 10.6 mi
Lighthouses: 8
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 8.1 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 10.8 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 10.8 mi
- Cold Spring Harbor Light: 22.6 mi
- Stamford Harbor Ledge Light: 24.3 mi
Rest areas: 4
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 5.6 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 13.5 mi
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 24.9 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 25.0 mi
Springs: 1
- Tulip Springs: 19.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.0 miles of Willis Playground. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Mountain | NW 308° | 268 m | 18.1 mi |
| Beech Mountain | NW 307° | 260 m | 19.2 mi |
| Mount Cecchino | NW 307° | 230 m | 17.9 mi |
| Mount Nebo | N 359° | 208 m | 16.5 mi |
| Poacher Peak | NW 306° | 185 m | 19.7 mi |
| Moon Hill | NW 306° | 180 m | 19.4 mi |
| Stony Hill | W 270° | 179 m | 16.7 mi |
| Mayapple Hill | W 262° | 175 m | 19.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:32 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:25 | 19:50 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:19 | 18:55 |
| 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, 3 mi away.
- Porcelain Berry1,143 obs
- white snakeroot1,024 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel936 obs
- common mugwort894 obs
- Spotted Lanternfly794 obs
- common milkweed718 obs
- American Robin684 obs
- blunt woodsia639 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357635111
Day trips start here
- Manhattan/Harlem and Upper Manhattan · 1 mi
- Bronx · 3 mi
- Manhattan · 3 mi
- Manhattan/Central Park · 3 mi
- Manhattan/Upper West Side · 3 mi
- Fort Lee · 4 mi
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