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Casco Bay Community Garden

Casco Bay Community Garden from directly overhead

Casco Bay Community Garden is a garden in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 27 m. Atherton Hill stands 178 m to the north-northwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Eastern Promenade, a park 0.2 miles away. PEQUAWKET TRAIL SCENIC BYWAY passes 18 miles off.

Casco Bay Community Garden was built in 2015 through a series of volunteer workdays. Gardeners tend their plots overlooking Casco Bay, and named this garden in honor of the beautiful view. The garden was constructed using a permaculture technique called “

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Cultivating Community

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Getting there

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Coordinates43.67096, -70.24758
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Eastern Promenade: 0.2 mi
  • Fort Sumner Park: 0.3 mi
  • Marada Adams Park: 0.4 mi
  • Gould Street Parklet: 0.4 mi
  • Munjoy South Park: 0.5 mi
Historic sites
Gardens
Peaks
  • Graves Hill: 1.9 mi
  • Rocky Hill: 2.2 mi
  • Meetinghouse Hill: 2.6 mi
  • Farm Hill: 3.0 mi
  • Barren Hill: 3.9 mi
Nature reserves
Beaches: 58
Attractions: 50
  • Portland Observatory: 0.4 mi
  • Tug Stamford Propeller: 0.8 mi
  • Portland Discovery Land and Sea Tours: 1.1 mi
  • Elks Club: 3.8 mi
  • Ampitheater: 4.3 mi
Museums: 39
Artworks: 32
Cliffs: 9
  • Cunner Ledges: 3.3 mi
  • Cod Ledges: 3.3 mi
  • White Head Cliff: 3.3 mi
  • The Cliffs: 3.3 mi
  • Spurwink Rock Ledge: 6.2 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Presumpscot Falls: 3.6 mi
  • First Falls: 9.5 mi
  • Cascade Falls Waterfall: 11.9 mi
  • Steep Falls: 22.3 mi
Springs: 2
  • Cold Bowling Spring: 22.0 mi
  • Davis Spring: 24.7 mi
Lighthouses: 1
Rest areas: 1
  • Limington Rapids Rest Area: 20.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.7 miles of Casco Bay Community Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Atherton HillNNW 333°178 m11.8 mi
Blackstrap HillNNW 329°151 m7.1 mi
Baker MountainNNW 329°149 m12.7 mi
Leighton HillNW 322°145 m6.8 mi
Libby HillNNW 327°144 m10.7 mi
Bruce HillN 355°136 m10.7 mi
Poplar RidgeNNW 334°133 m9.6 mi
Blackstrap HillNW 324°129 m6.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4518:1518:53
June solstice05:0019:4320:27
September equinox06:2918:0318:40
December solstice07:1215:2016:08

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242634455564706962504030
Precip in3.53.54.14.43.74.13.43.63.85.34.24.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Portland Jetport, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • American Herring Gull329 obs
  • rugosa rose269 obs
  • Common Eider231 obs
  • chicory129 obs
  • European Green Crab119 obs
  • House Sparrow95 obs
  • Northern Mockingbird95 obs
  • staghorn sumac95 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/893973154

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