Helfand Farm Community Gardens
Helfand Farm Community Gardens is a garden in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 18 m. Copicut Hill stands 109 m to the north-northwest, 7.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Perry Property, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 13 miles off.
What to expect
- Fee
- Yes
How to reach it
- 13.0 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 13.7 mi off the Route 114 and High Street
- 13.9 mi off the Paradise Ave and Other Roads
- 22.4 mi off the Veteran's Memorial Parkway
Overlooks nearby
- Gaspee Point Overlook · 22 mi
- Prospect Terrace Viewpoint · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Perry Property: 0.3 mi
- Sleepy Hollow: 0.3 mi
- Acushnet Saw Mills: 0.5 mi
- Dartmouth Greens Parcels D&E: 0.6 mi
- Perry Property: 0.6 mi
- Paskamansett Woods: 1.3 mi
- Dartmouth Park: 1.5 mi
- New Bedford Park: 1.7 mi
- Mothas Park: 2.1 mi
- Crapo Field: 2.3 mi
- Doll Museum: 2.7 mi
- New Bedford Fire Museum: 4.0 mi
- New Bedford Art Museum: 4.2 mi
- Mariner's Home: 4.3 mi
- New Bedford Whaling Museum: 4.3 mi
- Sun Dial: 3.2 mi
- Benjamin Rose: 4.3 mi
- Barn Foundation: 4.4 mi
- National Lightship Sailors Memorial: 4.4 mi
- Rodney French Memorial: 4.5 mi
- Noname Beach: 4.7 mi
- Medeiros Beach: 5.2 mi
- Round Hill Beach: 6.0 mi
- Round Hill Beach: 6.1 mi
- Round Hill Beach: 6.2 mi
- Yellow Hill: 5.5 mi
- Ridge Hill: 5.7 mi
- Tarkiln Hill: 5.8 mi
- Pinnacle Rock: 6.0 mi
- Round Hill: 6.4 mi
- Bumber Boats: 2.7 mi
- Seamen's Bethel: 4.3 mi
- New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park Visitor Center: 4.3 mi
- Rodman Candleworks: 4.4 mi
- Buzzards Bay Coalition: 4.4 mi
- Spinwinder: 1.2 mi
- Commonwealth Park "Green Monstah" Mural: 10.7 mi
- Statue of Roger Williams: 13.5 mi
- John Muir Ecological Pier: 13.5 mi
- Marjorie Stoneman Douglas Ecological Pier: 13.6 mi
- Ferry Cliff: 13.4 mi
- The Cliffs: 15.1 mi
- Usher Rocks: 15.2 mi
- King Phillips Lookout: 15.5 mi
- South Bluff: 16.0 mi
- Woodcart Garden: 2.6 mi
- Rotch- Jones-Duff House & Garden Museum: 4.0 mi
- Ecological Oasis: 11.5 mi
- Burchard Triangle: 12.1 mi
- Herb Garden: 15.5 mi
- Clark's Point Light: 5.4 mi
- Nobska Point Light: 19.2 mi
- West Chop Light: 22.8 mi
- Keeper's House: 22.8 mi
- Fog Signal Building: 22.8 mi
- Crystal Spring: 10.0 mi
- Plum Point Spring: 22.3 mi
- Elizabeth Spring: 23.6 mi
- Rest Area I-195 (East Bound): 15.9 mi
- Rest Area I-195 (West Bound): 16.2 mi
- Rest Area SR-25 Welcome Center: 23.2 mi
- The Falls: 23.7 mi
- East Greenwich Falls: 23.8 mi
- Payne's Pond Falls: 24.0 mi
- Bourne Recreation Area: 23.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.5 miles of Helfand Farm Community Gardens. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Copicut Hill | NNW 338° | 109 m | 7.9 mi |
| Pocasset Hill | WNW 285° | 95 m | 10.1 mi |
| Slate Hill | WSW 249° | 87 m | 14.5 mi |
| Cook Hill | WNW 289° | 85 m | 10.1 mi |
| Townsend Hill | WNW 294° | 77 m | 10.2 mi |
| Townsend Hill | WNW 294° | 77 m | 10.2 mi |
| Turkey Hill | W 265° | 69 m | 13.5 mi |
| Yellow Hill | NW 319° | 64 m | 5.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:48 | 18:20 | 18:56 |
| June solstice | 05:11 | 19:40 | 20:22 |
| September equinox | 06:32 | 18:07 | 18:43 |
| December solstice | 07:08 | 15:33 | 16:17 |
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 | 30 | 31 | 38 | 47 | 57 | 66 | 72 | 71 | 63 | 53 | 43 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.0 | 4.8 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 3.0 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NEW Bedford Muni AP, 5 mi away.
- eastern white pine35 obs
- Sweet Pepperbush28 obs
- American holly28 obs
- autumn olive23 obs
- Canada Goose18 obs
- white clover18 obs
- White-tailed Deer17 obs
- common mugwort16 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.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/1376041940
Day trips start here
- Dartmouth · 2 mi
- Westport · 3 mi
- New Bedford · 4 mi
- SouthCoast · 8 mi
- Fall River · 10 mi
- Mattapoisett · 10 mi
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