Growing Roots Community Garden
Growing Roots Community Garden is a garden in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 15 m. Talcott Mountain stands 276 m to the west, 9.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Cornelius McAuliffe Park, a park 0.4 miles away.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Town of East Hartford
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Cornelius McAuliffe Park: 0.4 mi
- North End Park: 1.0 mi
- Dwyer Park: 1.0 mi
- Martin Park: 1.2 mi
- Bicentennial Square: 1.6 mi
- Short Reach Property: 1.0 mi
- Hockanum River Linear Park: 1.4 mi
- M.J. Williams Park: 1.9 mi
- Chapel Hill Open Space: 1.9 mi
- East Hartford Cross Country Ski & Jogging Trails: 1.9 mi
- Wickham Hill: 1.6 mi
- Laurel Park Hill: 2.3 mi
- Tudor Hill: 2.6 mi
- Toby Hill: 3.4 mi
- Round Hill: 4.4 mi
- The Dreamyard: 2.0 mi
- Keney Tower: 2.9 mi
- Geographic Center of Hartford: 3.9 mi
- Mark Twain House: 4.3 mi
- Constitution Oak: 5.7 mi
- Wickham Park Cabin Garden: 2.4 mi
- Wickham Park Sensory Garden: 2.5 mi
- Wickham Park Irish Garden: 2.6 mi
- Wickham Park English Garden: 2.6 mi
- Victorian Ornamental Garden: 3.3 mi
- Steamer: 2.4 mi
- Perserverence: 2.5 mi
- Riverfront Relax: 2.5 mi
- Career Column: 2.5 mi
- Jack: 2.6 mi
- Pratt & Whitney Hangar Museum: 2.4 mi
- Old State House: 3.0 mi
- Amos Bull House: 3.3 mi
- Butler-McCook Homestead: 3.3 mi
- Selden Brewer House: 3.9 mi
- Hartford Circus Fire Memorial: 2.6 mi
- William H. Putnam: 3.0 mi
- Dr. Horace Wells: 3.3 mi
- Site Of The Charter Oak: 3.4 mi
- Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Arch: 3.4 mi
- Center Springs Falls: 5.4 mi
- Wyllys Falls: 7.1 mi
- Case Falls: 7.2 mi
- Talcott Ravine: 7.4 mi
- Mill Pond Falls: 8.6 mi
- Crow Point: 5.8 mi
- Hart Meadow: 9.0 mi
- Garden Wall: 9.0 mi
- Hidden Wall and the Watch Tower: 9.0 mi
- Flag Rock: 9.1 mi
- Thompsonville Boat Launch: 14.3 mi
- Sandy Beach: 16.2 mi
- Halls Pond Beach: 17.4 mi
- Babbs Beach: 17.7 mi
- Lake Beseck Beach: 19.9 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 17.5 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 18.3 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 18.3 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 20.9 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 24.2 mi
- Ever Flowing Spring: 21.4 mi
- Windham Spring: 22.2 mi
- Big Spring: 22.4 mi
- Hermit spring: 22.6 mi
- Cannavo Spring: 24.8 mi
- Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 17.3 mi
- Picnic Grove: 24.2 mi
- Szot Park Picnic Grove: 24.3 mi
- Gay City State Park: 10.5 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 22.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.3 miles of Growing Roots Community Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Talcott Mountain | W 279° | 276 m | 9.1 mi |
| Reed Hill | ENE 72° | 275 m | 12.0 mi |
| Mannantuck | SE 126° | 273 m | 9.7 mi |
| John Tom Hill | SE 126° | 272 m | 9.7 mi |
| Meshomasic Mountain | SSE 159° | 265 m | 11.9 mi |
| Box Hill | E 85° | 252 m | 8.8 mi |
| Ely Mound | W 270° | 246 m | 9.2 mi |
| Lookout Mountain | ESE 109° | 237 m | 7.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:26 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 19:47 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:13 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:39 | 16:23 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 29 | 31 | 39 | 50 | 61 | 70 | 75 | 74 | 66 | 54 | 43 | 34 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.6 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hartford Brainard FLD, 4 mi away.
- garlic mustard25 obs
- eastern poison ivy24 obs
- sensitive fern24 obs
- ground-ivy14 obs
- prickly cucumber13 obs
- American pokeweed12 obs
- common reed11 obs
- Rose rosette disease11 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/1379140380
Day trips start here
- East Windsor · 9 mi
- Tolland · 14 mi
- Somers · 16 mi
- Longmeadow · 18 mi
- Storrs · 19 mi
- Connecticut River Valley · 21 mi
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