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Egleston Community Orchard

Egleston Community Orchard from directly overhead

Egleston Community Orchard is a garden in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 15 m. Single Tree Hill stands 100 m to the west-northwest, 2.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Sam Adams Boston Brewery Tour, a attraction 0.1 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway runs past it.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Boston Food Forest Coalition
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.31418, -71.10167

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions
  • Sam Adams Boston Brewery Tour: 0.1 mi
  • Andean Condor: 0.7 mi
  • Emu: 0.8 mi
  • Jamaica Pond Bench: 0.8 mi
  • Western Grey Kangaroo: 0.8 mi
Parks
  • Egleston Square Peace Garden: 0.1 mi
  • Southwest Corridor Park: 0.2 mi
  • Southwest Corridor Park: 0.2 mi
  • William F. Flaherty Park: 0.2 mi
  • Southwest Corridor Park: 0.3 mi
Artworks
Historic sites
Museums
Gardens
  • Minton Stable Community Garden: 0.6 mi
  • Budgie Rain Garden: 0.8 mi
  • Organic Garden: 0.8 mi
  • Jamaica Pond Park Rain Garden: 0.8 mi
  • Jamaica Pond Park Rain Garden: 0.8 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
Beaches
Cliffs: 47
  • Lower Cliff: 3.7 mi
  • Upper Cliff: 3.7 mi
  • The Alcove: 3.7 mi
  • Temple Overhangs: 3.9 mi
  • Pusherman Wall: 4.0 mi
Picnic sites: 42
  • Pine Knoll: 0.9 mi
  • Oak Lea: 0.9 mi
  • Nature's Pavilion: 1.0 mi
  • Babcock Arboretum: 5.5 mi
  • Picnic Site 11: 9.2 mi
Rest areas: 6
  • Commissioners Landing: 3.4 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 7.3 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 21.3 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Northbound: 21.3 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 22.9 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Springs: 3
  • Pakomet Spring: 7.5 mi
  • Quarry Spring: 8.4 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 24.2 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Cascade Falls: 9.2 mi
  • Rock Falls: 9.4 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 23.9 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.0 miles of Egleston Community Orchard. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Single Tree HillWNW 283°100 m2.7 mi
Waban HillWNW 295°98 m4.1 mi
Bellevue HillSW 220°94 m3.4 mi
Mount WalleyWSW 258°91 m1.9 mi
Bald Pate HillW 260°90 m4.0 mi
Green HillWSW 244°89 m1.8 mi
Chestnut HillWNW 290°86 m3.3 mi
Oak HillW 260°84 m4.4 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, 1 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • American Robin1,314 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel1,280 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee863 obs
  • Canada Goose848 obs
  • Mallard782 obs
  • Eastern Cottontail739 obs
  • Western Honey Bee607 obs
  • Wild Turkey575 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/1381256589

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