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Erin Street Community Garden

Erin Street Community Garden from directly overhead

Erin Street Community Garden is a garden in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 18 m. Higby Mountain stands 272 m to the west-southwest, 4.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Prospect Hill, a peak 0.1 miles away.

What to expect

Access
Yes
Fee
No

How to reach it

Coordinates41.56531, -72.65827

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
Historic sites
  • World War II Memorial: 0.4 mi
  • Korea/Vietnam Memorial: 0.4 mi
  • 9/11 Relic: 0.7 mi
  • Connecticut Trees of Honor Memorial: 0.7 mi
  • SGT David Frederick: 0.7 mi
Museums
Nature reserves
Waterfalls
Gardens
Attractions: 59
  • Come On Over Wall: 0.7 mi
  • 1954: 4.3 mi
  • Middletown-Durham boundary stone: 4.7 mi
  • Bible Rock: 5.5 mi
  • George Washington rock: 5.6 mi
Artworks: 53
Beaches: 36
Cliffs: 20
Rest areas: 4
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 4.4 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 9.6 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 12.8 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 22.3 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Picnic sites: 1
  • Picnic Grove: 20.4 mi
Springs: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.5 miles of Erin Street Community Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Higby MountainWSW 257°272 m4.4 mi
Meshomasic MountainNE 53°265 m7.5 mi
Clark HillENE 73°241 m7.1 mi
Raccoon HillENE 62°228 m6.6 mi
Great HillE 79°222 m5.4 mi
Beseck MountainSW 232°219 m5.8 mi
Camels HumpWSW 250°207 m4.6 mi
Clark HillNE 43°206 m7.2 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: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283038495968737265534233
Precip in3.12.94.04.13.54.13.43.54.34.53.44.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Meriden Markham Muni AP, 10 mi away.

  • Red-tailed Hawk22 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel22 obs
  • common mugwort20 obs
  • Channel Catfish19 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly19 obs
  • Painted Turtle18 obs
  • Japanese knotweed18 obs
  • American pokeweed16 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/705643113

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