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Willoughby Playground

Willoughby Playground from directly overhead

Willoughby Playground is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 12 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is All People's Church of the Apostolic Faith, a garden less than a tenth of a mile away. Bronx River Parkway passes 9.7 miles off. 57 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
12 m

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates40.69455, -73.94672

Named places within 25 miles

Gardens
Parks
Artworks
Historic sites
Museums
Attractions
Beaches
Nature reserves
Peaks: 57
  • Sullivan Hill: 2.3 mi
  • Willink Hill: 2.4 mi
  • Breeze Hill: 2.7 mi
  • Quaker Hill: 2.7 mi
  • Laurel Hill: 2.7 mi
Picnic sites: 41
Cliffs: 14
  • Palisades: 6.1 mi
  • Palisades: 6.5 mi
  • Palisades: 8.2 mi
  • Coogan's Bluff: 9.6 mi
  • Palisades: 13.6 mi
Waterfalls: 11
  • Ambergill Falls: 2.4 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 2.5 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 2.6 mi
  • The Loch: 7.0 mi
  • The Falls: 14.5 mi
Lighthouses: 9
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 18.5 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Willoughby Playground. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High MountainNW 325°268 m23.2 mi
Beech MountainNW 324°260 m24.2 mi
Mount CecchinoNW 325°230 m22.9 mi
Mount NeboN 2°208 m24.5 mi
Poacher PeakNW 323°185 m24.6 mi
Moon HillNW 323°180 m24.3 mi
Stony HillWNW 298°179 m17.5 mi
Mayapple HillWNW 287°175 m18.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3219:08
June solstice05:2619:5020:31
September equinox06:4418:1918:55
December solstice07:1715:4816:32

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343643546372787669584839
Precip in3.63.24.34.14.04.54.64.64.34.43.64.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NY City Cntrl Park, 6 mi away.

  • Spotted Lanternfly718 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee504 obs
  • Rock Pigeon499 obs
  • tree-of-heaven457 obs
  • princess tree387 obs
  • common mugwort375 obs
  • American Robin359 obs
  • House Sparrow359 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 site

OpenStreetMap element way/1086756141

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