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Hadwen Community Garden

Hadwen Community Garden from directly overhead

Hadwen Community Garden is a garden in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 189 m. Asnebumskit Hill stands 421 m to the northwest, 4.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Hadwen Arboretum, a nature reserve less than a tenth of a mile away. Lost Villages Scenic Byway passes 3.0 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Worcester Regional Environmental Council

How to reach it

Coordinates42.25836, -71.83340

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Historic sites
  • Hadwen House Foundation: 0.1 mi
  • Robert Goddard Memorial: 0.7 mi
  • World War II Memorial: 0.9 mi
  • Castle Square: 1.1 mi
  • Edward Winslow Lincoln Memorial Gate: 1.1 mi
Parks
  • Beaver Brook Park: 0.5 mi
  • General Foley Stadium: 0.6 mi
  • University Park: 0.9 mi
  • Newton Hill at Elm Park: 0.9 mi
  • Winslow Park: 1.0 mi
Peaks
  • Walnut Hill: 0.6 mi
  • Newton Hill: 0.9 mi
  • Prospect Hill: 1.6 mi
  • Moreland Hill: 1.7 mi
  • Hancock Hill: 2.0 mi
Attractions
  • Worcester Wall: 1.8 mi
  • Thinking Rock: 2.2 mi
  • Path Continues: 3.1 mi
  • The Explorer Express Train: 3.4 mi
  • Cousins' Rock: 3.6 mi
Artworks: 35
  • Sigmund Freud: 0.8 mi
  • Human Chess Board: 1.2 mi
  • Celtic Cross: 1.6 mi
  • Turtle Boy: 1.7 mi
  • Egg-Ice to Steel: 1.7 mi
Gardens: 33
  • Jakubowitz-Chaifetz Garden: 0.7 mi
  • IUI Garden for the Ages: 1.0 mi
  • Secret Garden: 8.9 mi
  • Lawn Garden: 8.9 mi
  • Cottage & Vegetable Gardens: 9.0 mi
Museums: 29
Beaches: 28
Cliffs: 11
Waterfalls: 3
  • Emerson Falls: 20.4 mi
  • Cascades: 20.7 mi
  • Cargill Falls: 24.0 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Picnic Area: 19.1 mi
  • Picnic: 21.0 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 19.4 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.0 miles of Hadwen Community Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Asnebumskit HillNW 313°421 m4.4 mi
Little Asnebumskit HillNW 316°399 m5.1 mi
Crocker HillNW 310°369 m5.9 mi
Pine HillNNW 328°361 m7.0 mi
Elliott HillWNW 290°359 m4.7 mi
Cooper HillWNW 301°358 m4.7 mi
Howe HillWNW 299°352 m4.2 mi
Fox HillNW 308°343 m6.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5218:2319:00
June solstice05:1219:4520:28
September equinox06:3518:1018:47
December solstice07:1415:3316:19

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252735465765716962514031
Precip in3.53.34.24.13.64.23.94.14.24.84.04.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Worcester, 2 mi away.

  • Eastern Gray Squirrel166 obs
  • Canada Goose118 obs
  • American Robin118 obs
  • striped wintergreen101 obs
  • Eastern Cottontail92 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly88 obs
  • Japanese knotweed83 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk79 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/825493520

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