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Cromwell Community Garden

Cromwell Community Garden from directly overhead

Cromwell Community Garden is a garden in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 34 m. Higby Mountain stands 272 m to the south-southwest, 5.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Town Of Cromwell Open Space, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away.

What to expect

Access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates41.61273, -72.68726

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Wilcox Park: 1.6 mi
  • Watrous Park: 1.9 mi
  • Pierson Park: 2.3 mi
  • Pistol Creek: 2.4 mi
  • Cromwell Landing: 2.7 mi
Peaks
Museums
  • Cromwell Historical Society: 2.2 mi
  • Dinosaur State Park Exhibit Center: 3.1 mi
  • Portland Historical Society: 3.5 mi
  • Greater Middletown Military Museum: 3.7 mi
  • Middletown Sports Hall of Fame: 4.0 mi
Waterfalls
Historic sites
  • Butler Saw Mill: 2.8 mi
  • Butler Grist Mill: 2.9 mi
  • Butler Sugden Dam & Sluiceway 1854: 3.1 mi
  • Butler Shear Factory & Steven Toy Factory 1854-1870: 3.2 mi
  • Portland Civil War Memorial: 3.6 mi
Gardens
Attractions
  • Come On Over Wall: 3.7 mi
  • 1954: 5.0 mi
  • Constitution Oak: 7.1 mi
  • State Forest Quarry #1: 7.6 mi
  • Nathan Hall Quarry: 7.7 mi
Artworks: 52
Cliffs: 19
Beaches: 13
Rest areas: 3
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 5.0 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 11.6 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 11.6 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Picnic sites: 1
  • Picnic Grove: 18.4 mi
Springs: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.3 miles of Cromwell Community Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Higby MountainSSW 213°272 m5.1 mi
Meshomasic MountainE 81°265 m7.6 mi
Raccoon HillE 91°228 m7.3 mi
Great HillESE 108°222 m7.2 mi
South MountainWSW 241°220 m8.0 mi
Beseck MountainSSW 204°219 m7.5 mi
Ragged MountainW 273°217 m7.0 mi
Camels HumpSSW 210°207 m5.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1719:4720:29
September equinox06:3918:1318:50
December solstice07:1515:4016:24

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293139506170757466544334
Precip in2.92.63.53.83.43.93.93.54.04.23.43.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hartford Brainard FLD, 9 mi away.

  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee11 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel8 obs
  • Great Blue Heron7 obs
  • White-tailed Deer7 obs
  • Eastern Cottontail7 obs
  • American pokeweed7 obs
  • Eastern Red-backed Salamander6 obs
  • Painted Turtle6 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/1083325101

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