Community Garden
Community Garden is a garden in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 12 m. Atherton Hill stands 178 m to the north-northwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Fort Preble, a historic site 0.2 miles away. PEQUAWKET TRAIL SCENIC BYWAY passes 19 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Southern Maine Community College
How to reach it
- 19.0 mi off the PEQUAWKET TRAIL SCENIC BYWAY
Named places within 25 miles
- Fort Preble: 0.2 mi
- Fishermans Point Shacks: 0.4 mi
- Liberty Ship Memorial: 0.5 mi
- Fort Scammell: 0.8 mi
- South Portland Civil War Memorial: 1.0 mi
- Willard Beach: 0.3 mi
- Seaglass Beach: 0.7 mi
- Danforth Cove Beach: 0.9 mi
- Sunset Beach: 0.9 mi
- Lobster Pound Beach: 1.0 mi
- Willard Beach: 0.4 mi
- Fisherman's Point: 0.4 mi
- Bug Light Park: 0.6 mi
- High & Sawyer Street Park: 0.7 mi
- Pierce Street Park: 0.7 mi
- Meetinghouse Hill: 1.1 mi
- Farm Hill: 1.3 mi
- Barren Hill: 2.8 mi
- Hunger Hill: 3.7 mi
- Graves Hill: 3.8 mi
- Sawyer Marsh: 1.6 mi
- Memorial Woods: 1.6 mi
- Memorial Woods: 1.6 mi
- Memorial Woods: 1.6 mi
- The Quiet Oaks: 1.7 mi
- Boyd Street Community Garden: 1.8 mi
- Wadsworth-Longfellow Gardens: 1.8 mi
- Shaw Sculpture Park: 1.8 mi
- The Parks Department Community Garden: 1.8 mi
- Bayside Community Garden: 1.9 mi
- Tug Stamford Propeller: 1.3 mi
- Portland Discovery Land and Sea Tours: 1.4 mi
- Portland Observatory: 1.6 mi
- Elks Club: 4.6 mi
- Ampitheater: 5.5 mi
- Cushing's Point Museum: 0.5 mi
- Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad Museum: 1.3 mi
- Umbrella Cover Museum: 1.6 mi
- Maine Jewish Museum: 1.6 mi
- Victoria Mansion: 1.7 mi
- The Armillary: 1.3 mi
- Seven: 1.8 mi
- Triangles At Work: 2.0 mi
- Duck House: 2.3 mi
- Pinecone: 2.4 mi
- Cunner Ledges: 1.5 mi
- Cod Ledges: 1.6 mi
- The Cliffs: 1.8 mi
- White Head Cliff: 1.9 mi
- Spurwink Rock Ledge: 4.7 mi
- Presumpscot Falls: 5.5 mi
- First Falls: 10.8 mi
- Cascade Falls Waterfall: 11.5 mi
- Steep Falls: 23.8 mi
- Bug Light: 0.7 mi
- Limington Rapids Rest Area: 22.1 mi
- Cold Bowling Spring: 23.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.1 miles of Community Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atherton Hill | NNW 332° | 178 m | 13.7 mi |
| Blackstrap Hill | NNW 329° | 151 m | 9.0 mi |
| Leighton Hill | NW 323° | 145 m | 8.7 mi |
| Libby Hill | NNW 327° | 144 m | 12.6 mi |
| Bruce Hill | N 351° | 136 m | 12.5 mi |
| Poplar Ridge | NNW 333° | 133 m | 11.5 mi |
| Blackstrap Hill | NW 325° | 129 m | 8.2 mi |
| Walnut Hill | N 353° | 129 m | 13.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:45 | 18:15 | 18:53 |
| June solstice | 05:00 | 19:43 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 06:29 | 18:02 | 18:40 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 15:20 | 16:08 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 24 | 26 | 34 | 45 | 55 | 64 | 70 | 69 | 62 | 50 | 40 | 30 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 5.3 | 4.2 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Portland Jetport, 4 mi away.
- American Herring Gull312 obs
- Common Eider260 obs
- rugosa rose230 obs
- staghorn sumac150 obs
- chicory128 obs
- Common Periwinkle128 obs
- European Green Crab113 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee110 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.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/485022679
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