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Cedar Street community garden

Cedar Street community garden from directly overhead

Cedar Street community garden is a garden in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 29 m. Single Tree Hill stands 100 m to the west, 3.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Highland Avenue Community Garden, a garden 0.1 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 0.3 miles off.

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What to expect

Access
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Getting there

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Coordinates42.32732, -71.09374

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Gardens
Parks
  • Linwood Park: 0.1 mi
  • Paula Pina Titus Park: 0.1 mi
  • Kitteridge Park: 0.1 mi
  • Highland Park: 0.2 mi
  • Southwest Corridor Park: 0.2 mi
Nature reserves
Museums
Artworks
Historic sites
Peaks
Attractions
  • Sam Adams Boston Brewery Tour: 1.0 mi
  • The Mapparium: 1.3 mi
  • 9: 1.4 mi
  • 4: 1.4 mi
  • 1: 1.4 mi
Beaches
Cliffs: 50
  • Lower Cliff: 4.1 mi
  • Upper Cliff: 4.1 mi
  • The Alcove: 4.1 mi
  • Temple Overhangs: 4.2 mi
  • Pusherman Wall: 4.3 mi
Picnic sites: 24
  • Pine Knoll: 1.5 mi
  • Oak Lea: 1.6 mi
  • Nature's Pavilion: 1.7 mi
  • Babcock Arboretum: 5.7 mi
  • Picnic Site 11: 9.1 mi
Rest areas: 6
  • Commissioners Landing: 2.4 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 8.3 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 21.6 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Northbound: 21.6 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 23.9 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Springs: 3
  • Quarry Spring: 7.5 mi
  • Pakomet Spring: 8.3 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 23.8 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Cascade Falls: 8.2 mi
  • Rock Falls: 10.0 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 23.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 5.9 miles of Cedar Street community garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Single Tree HillW 265°100 m3.0 mi
Waban HillWNW 282°98 m4.2 mi
Bellevue HillSW 216°94 m4.3 mi
Mount WalleyWSW 240°91 m2.6 mi
Bald Pate HillWSW 250°90 m4.6 mi
Green HillSW 230°89 m2.6 mi
Chestnut HillW 274°86 m3.5 mi
Oak HillWSW 251°84 m5.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:2018:57
June solstice05:0919:4320:25
September equinox06:3218:0718:44
December solstice07:1115:3016:16

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283038495968747365534334
Precip in3.93.64.54.33.64.23.53.74.05.04.05.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jamaica Plain, 2 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Canada Goose1,294 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel1,172 obs
  • Eastern Cottontail1,035 obs
  • Mallard989 obs
  • American Robin962 obs
  • House Sparrow876 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee728 obs
  • Wild Turkey504 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.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29859981

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