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Berkley Community Gardens

Berkley Community Gardens from directly overhead

Berkley Community Gardens is a garden in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 3 m. Single Tree Hill stands 100 m to the west-southwest, 4.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Watson Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway runs past it.

What to expect

Operated by
The Trustees of Reservations
Access
Yes

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates42.34464, -71.06852

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Watson Park: 0.1 mi
  • Peters Park: 0.1 mi
  • Ringgold Park: 0.1 mi
  • Bradford Street Park: 0.1 mi
  • Union Park: 0.2 mi
Historic sites
Gardens
Artworks
Peaks
  • Flagstaff Hill: 0.8 mi
  • Beacon Hill: 1.1 mi
  • Telegraph Hill: 1.4 mi
  • Copps Hill: 1.6 mi
  • Parker Hill: 2.1 mi
Nature reserves
Beaches
Cliffs: 49
Picnic sites: 24
  • Pine Knoll: 2.9 mi
  • Oak Lea: 3.0 mi
  • Nature's Pavilion: 3.0 mi
  • Babcock Arboretum: 5.8 mi
  • Picnic Site 11: 9.9 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Rest areas: 4
  • Commissioners Landing: 1.0 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 9.9 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Northbound: 21.5 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 21.5 mi
Springs: 3
  • Quarry Spring: 6.6 mi
  • Pakomet Spring: 9.4 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 23.8 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Cascade Falls: 7.0 mi
  • Rock Falls: 10.6 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 22.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.3 miles of Berkley Community Gardens. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Single Tree HillWSW 251°100 m4.5 mi
Waban HillW 266°98 m5.4 mi
Bellevue HillSW 219°94 m6.1 mi
Mount WalleySW 235°91 m4.3 mi
Bald Pate HillWSW 244°90 m6.3 mi
Green HillSW 229°89 m4.4 mi
Chestnut HillWSW 259°86 m4.9 mi
Fisher HillWSW 254°81 m3.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:2018:57
June solstice05:0819:4320:25
September equinox06:3218:0618:43
December solstice07:1115:3016:15

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303238495868747366554536
Precip in3.43.24.23.63.23.93.33.23.64.03.74.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Boston, 3 mi away.

  • Eastern Gray Squirrel1,935 obs
  • Canada Goose1,748 obs
  • Rock Pigeon1,687 obs
  • House Sparrow1,585 obs
  • Mallard1,266 obs
  • Eastern Cottontail941 obs
  • American Robin812 obs
  • European Starling621 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.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/29870585

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