Grand Acres Community Garden
Grand Acres Community Garden is a garden in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 7 m. Mount Sanford stands 263 m to the north-northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Quinnipiac River Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 11 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- New Haven Land Trust
How to reach it
- 11.3 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
- 29.4 mi off the North Fork Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Grumman ave/ Merritt pkwy bridge · 29 mi
- Bluff Overlook · 30 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Quinnipiac River Park: 0.2 mi
- Chatham Square: 0.3 mi
- Fairmont Park: 0.5 mi
- English Mall: 0.5 mi
- Clinton Park: 0.6 mi
- Quinnipiac Meadows Eugene B. Fargeorge Nature Preserve: 0.6 mi
- Quarry Park Preserve: 0.7 mi
- Palmieri Parcel: 1.7 mi
- Bishop Woods Bird Sanctuary: 1.8 mi
- Town Open Space (Willow Road): 2.0 mi
- 29th Colored Regiment Monument: 0.9 mi
- Reverend George W Hampton Corner: 1.3 mi
- Joseph W. Lenzi: 1.4 mi
- Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument: 1.4 mi
- World War II Veteran's Memorial: 1.5 mi
- Snake Rock: 1.1 mi
- Reservoir Hill: 1.2 mi
- Indian Head: 1.3 mi
- East Rock: 1.4 mi
- Whitney Peak: 1.9 mi
- Short Beach: 4.4 mi
- Shell Beach: 4.4 mi
- Silver Sands Beach: 4.6 mi
- Momauguin Beach: 4.6 mi
- West Silver Sands Beach: 4.6 mi
- English Street Community Garden: 0.6 mi
- Ferry Street Farm: 0.6 mi
- Knot Garden: 1.8 mi
- Pardee Rose Garden: 1.9 mi
- Mansfield St. Community Garden: 2.0 mi
- Wintergreen Falls: 4.7 mi
- Wolcott Falls: 6.7 mi
- Sperry Falls: 7.2 mi
- Cascade: 7.3 mi
- Wepawaug Falls: 7.8 mi
- Nelli Green's Bridge: 4.0 mi
- PEZ Visitor Center: 6.4 mi
- Dinosaur Rock: 9.3 mi
- Bear Cave: 9.9 mi
- World's Largest Pile of Horseshoes: 10.1 mi
- Henry Gould Lewis: 1.7 mi
- John B Pierce: 2.3 mi
- An American Dream: 2.3 mi
- Beacon of Hope: 2.5 mi
- Turtle Statue: 2.6 mi
- Forbes Bluff: 3.1 mi
- Chimney Corner: 10.1 mi
- Bluff Head: 12.2 mi
- Broomstick Ledges: 12.4 mi
- Bethel Rock: 22.7 mi
- Gulf Beach Picnic Tables: 10.6 mi
- Picnic Grove: 16.6 mi
- Pond View: 18.0 mi
- The Rotary Pavilion: 18.0 mi
- Oak Grove: 18.4 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 8.5 mi
- Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 8.5 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 11.9 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 18.2 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 18.5 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 15.6 mi
- Stratford Point Light: 15.6 mi
- Fog Signal House: 15.6 mi
- Tongue Point Light: 17.9 mi
- Cold Spring: 1.5 mi
- Pleasure Beach: 17.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.9 miles of Grand Acres Community Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Sanford | NNW 344° | 263 m | 10.9 mi |
| High Rock | NNW 339° | 216 m | 7.6 mi |
| Mount Carmel | N 360° | 206 m | 8.4 mi |
| Meeting House Hill | NW 326° | 193 m | 9.7 mi |
| Round Hill | NW 312° | 190 m | 7.9 mi |
| Peck Hill | WNW 303° | 183 m | 8.8 mi |
| Totoket Mountain | NE 47° | 176 m | 8.8 mi |
| Peck Hill | WNW 300° | 171 m | 8.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:27 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:19 | 19:47 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:14 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:42 | 16:26 |
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 | 31 | 32 | 39 | 49 | 59 | 68 | 74 | 73 | 66 | 55 | 45 | 36 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.8 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.1 | 3.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NEW Haven Tweed AP, 4 mi away.
- White-throated Sparrow175 obs
- Spotted Lanternfly149 obs
- multiflora rose140 obs
- Mourning Dove128 obs
- American Robin127 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel126 obs
- common mugwort124 obs
- winged euonymus124 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/1226613319
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