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Brown Community Garden

Brown Community Garden from directly overhead

Brown Community Garden is a garden in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 47 m. Brooks Hill stands 600 m to the southeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Maplewood Spring, a spring 0.5 miles away. JCT SR 12 VIC MORTON TO JCT SR 507 VIC ROY WYE passes 8.7 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Puyallup Recreations Center
Access
Yes
Fee
Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates47.17506, -122.30831

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Attractions
  • Timber Gulch and Pioneer Farm: 0.5 mi
  • Wool Riders Only: 0.5 mi
  • Pigeons, Rabbits & Jr. Poultry: 0.5 mi
  • 4-H Horses: 0.5 mi
  • 4-H: 0.5 mi
Gardens
Parks
  • Clark's Creek Park: 0.7 mi
  • Clark's Creek Park North: 1.0 mi
  • DeCoursey Park: 1.0 mi
  • Montgomery Park: 1.1 mi
  • Pioneer Park: 1.2 mi
Artworks
  • Garden Mural: 1.1 mi
  • Unconditional: 1.2 mi
  • Eroded Sphere: 1.2 mi
  • Earthsound: 1.2 mi
  • Renovation: 1.2 mi
Historic sites
Peaks
  • Porter Hills: 9.9 mi
  • Indian Hill: 10.2 mi
  • Westcott Hills: 10.3 mi
  • McCall Hill: 10.8 mi
  • Briggs Hill: 11.0 mi
Museums: 53
Picnic sites: 29
  • Kiwanis Picnic Area: 7.0 mi
  • Main Picnic Area: 7.0 mi
  • Picnic Area: 7.8 mi
  • Picnic Site #4: 10.3 mi
  • Picnic Site #3: 10.3 mi
Beaches: 23
  • Sex Cove: 6.6 mi
  • North Beach: 7.6 mi
  • South Beach: 7.7 mi
  • Dash Point State Park Beach: 11.2 mi
  • Titlow Beach: 12.6 mi
Lighthouses: 11
Ghost towns: 9
Cliffs: 9
Springs: 7
  • Maplewood Spring: 0.5 mi
  • Duryea Roadside Hidden Spring: 7.5 mi
  • Garrison Springs: 12.3 mi
  • Ellison Spring: 16.1 mi
  • Clear Creek Springs: 19.7 mi
Waterfalls: 6
  • Victor Falls: 6.0 mi
  • Nisqually Falls: 20.2 mi
  • Wildcat Falls: 20.5 mi
  • Little Mashel Lower Falls: 22.5 mi
  • Little Mashel Middle Falls: 22.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.0 miles of Brown Community Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Brooks HillSE 130°600 m14.0 mi
Wingate HillSE 127°588 m15.4 mi
Spar Pole HillSE 139°581 m11.7 mi
Pinnacle PeakE 90°536 m15.7 mi
Long HillE 95°456 m15.6 mi
Indian HillNNW 331°167 m10.2 mi
Kelly HillWSW 240°140 m15.9 mi
Eastman HillSW 229°132 m12.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4219:22
June solstice05:1420:2221:09
September equinox06:5718:2819:09
December solstice07:5415:3016:23

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F404144485459646559504339
Precip in6.14.34.83.93.02.30.90.91.84.17.16.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mcmillin Rsvr, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Pacific Banana Slug315 obs
  • Black Slug106 obs
  • Mallard90 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel72 obs
  • Pacific Bleeding Heart72 obs
  • Oregon forestsnail71 obs
  • Salmonberry68 obs
  • Canada Goose58 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.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/25107986

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