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Community Garden

Community Garden from directly overhead

Community Garden is a garden in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 80 m. Mount Lincoln stands 375 m to the east-northeast, 6.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Graffiti Wall, a artwork 0.1 miles away. Route 112 Scenic Byway passes 16 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Hampshire College
Access
Private
Fee
No

How to reach it

Coordinates42.32459, -72.53337

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Historic sites
  • DonaldCurtis Workshop: 0.6 mi
  • Guy Levy-Despas Monument: 3.5 mi
  • Guy Levy-Despas Monument: 3.5 mi
  • Old Chapel: 4.5 mi
  • William Smith Clark Memorial: 4.5 mi
Peaks
Parks
  • South Amherst Common: 1.9 mi
  • Groff Park: 2.5 mi
  • Pratt Field: 3.1 mi
  • Memorial Field: 3.1 mi
  • Hitchcock Field: 3.1 mi
Attractions: 52
Gardens: 39
Artworks: 30
Cliffs: 19
Beaches: 11
  • Sandy Beach: 3.3 mi
  • Rainbow Beach: 4.0 mi
  • Puffers Pond South Beach: 6.4 mi
  • Puffers Pond North Beach: 6.4 mi
  • David Musante Beach: 9.1 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Waterfalls: 4
  • Bear's Den Falls: 18.4 mi
  • Goldmine Brook Falls: 20.7 mi
  • Glendale Falls: 22.2 mi
  • Hobo Falls: 24.1 mi
Springs: 3
  • Rd: 10.9 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 11.0 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 11.0 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 13.0 mi
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 20.0 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.6 miles of Community Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount LincolnENE 64°375 m6.3 mi
Pine HillENE 57°371 m7.9 mi
Mount TomSW 226°363 m8.2 mi
East HillE 84°338 m7.2 mi
Mount NorwottockSE 139°337 m1.8 mi
DeadtopSW 229°333 m7.5 mi
Juckett HillE 90°327 m7.9 mi
West HillENE 78°324 m5.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2519:02
June solstice05:1419:4820:31
September equinox06:3818:1218:49
December solstice07:1715:3616:21

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242635465867727062503930
Precip in3.42.93.53.83.74.54.14.14.64.73.43.9

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

  • Eastern Gray Squirrel1,098 obs
  • White-tailed Deer268 obs
  • Common Raccoon253 obs
  • Eastern Chipmunk229 obs
  • Eastern Cottontail171 obs
  • Coyote125 obs
  • Eastern Red-backed Salamander109 obs
  • Eastern Skunk Cabbage100 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.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1237399396

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