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Woodruff Playground

Woodruff Playground from directly overhead

Woodruff Playground is a park in New York, at a recorded elevation of 3 m. Stony Hill stands 179 m to the west-northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Pink Playground, a park 0.2 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 11 miles off. 48 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
3 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
New York City Department of Parks and Recreation

Official site

Getting there

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Coordinates40.66539, -73.86610
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Gardens
Museums
Nature reserves
Historic sites
Attractions
Artworks
Beaches
Peaks: 48
  • Maspeth Plateau: 4.9 mi
  • Willink Hill: 5.1 mi
  • Breeze Hill: 5.3 mi
  • Laurel Hill: 5.4 mi
  • Sullivan Hill: 5.4 mi
Picnic sites: 39
  • Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge: 4.0 mi
  • Picnic Area C: 6.8 mi
  • Picnic Area D: 6.8 mi
  • Picnic Area F: 6.9 mi
  • Picnic Area G: 6.9 mi
Cliffs: 14
  • Palisades: 10.7 mi
  • Palisades: 10.9 mi
  • Palisades: 11.9 mi
  • Coogan's Bluff: 12.2 mi
  • Palisades: 16.1 mi
Lighthouses: 9
Waterfalls: 8
  • Binnen Falls: 5.3 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 5.4 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 5.5 mi
  • The Loch: 10.2 mi
  • The Falls: 15.5 mi
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 1
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 23.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Stony HillWNW 297°179 m22.2 mi
Mayapple HillWNW 289°175 m23.3 mi
Todt HillWSW 251°125 m13.8 mi
Harbor HillNE 52°106 m15.0 mi
Telegraph HillSW 221°106 m24.7 mi
Nook HillWNW 282°92 m23.7 mi
Bronx High PointN 353°85 m16.2 mi
Mannetto HillsENE 67°85 m23.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3219:08
June solstice05:2519:4920:31
September equinox06:4418:1818:54
December solstice07:1715:4816:32

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333541516170767568574738
Precip in3.22.83.93.63.73.93.94.13.63.73.14.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — JFK Intl AP, 6 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • common mugwort121 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly97 obs
  • Brant68 obs
  • princess tree65 obs
  • Rock Pigeon61 obs
  • Red-winged Blackbird60 obs
  • Black Swallowtail60 obs
  • common reed59 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1266345086

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