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Jackson Street Community Garden

Jackson Street Community Garden from directly overhead

Jackson Street Community Garden is a garden in Indiana, at a modelled elevation of 246 m. Carlisle Hill stands 280 m to the east-northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is La Porte History Mural, a artwork 0.1 miles away. The Indiana Lincoln Highway Byway runs past it. 43 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Access
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Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.61183, -86.71749
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Foundation Square: 0.2 mi
  • St. Petersburg Holy Plaza: 0.3 mi
  • La Porte Library Wi-Fi Garden: 0.3 mi
  • Scott Field: 0.3 mi
  • Brighton Street Green Space: 0.3 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks: 43
  • Bismarck Hill: 12.1 mi
  • Carlisle Hill: 12.2 mi
  • Crescent Dune: 12.6 mi
  • Mount Baldy: 12.7 mi
  • Mount McCray: 13.2 mi
Attractions: 34
  • MTB Skills Area: 1.7 mi
  • Friendship Botanic Gardens: 10.9 mi
  • Notre Dame Elementary School: 11.0 mi
  • Lake Clare: 11.1 mi
  • Blue Chip Hotel: 11.6 mi
Historic sites: 30
  • Scipio Township School: 3.7 mi
  • Greenwood Memorial Chapel: 10.6 mi
  • Civil War Monument: 10.7 mi
  • WW2 Monument "Victory Was Ours": 10.8 mi
  • Warren Nelson Plaque: 11.7 mi
Museums: 25
Beaches: 21
  • Stone Lake Beach: 1.3 mi
  • Stop 7 Beach: 12.1 mi
  • Stop 2 Beach: 12.2 mi
  • Washington Park Beach: 12.5 mi
  • Crescent Dune Beach: 12.7 mi
Gardens: 11
Picnic sites: 6
Artworks: 5
  • La Porte History Mural: 0.1 mi
  • Potawatomi Warrior: 0.2 mi
  • Duet: 12.3 mi
  • Orville Redenbacher: 20.4 mi
  • Labyrinth: 24.6 mi
Lighthouses: 5
Rest areas: 3
  • Indiana Welcome Center: 9.3 mi
  • Michigan Welcome Center 707: 10.7 mi
  • Rest Area Trucks Only: 10.8 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • 1 Foot Falls: 12.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Jackson Street Community Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Carlisle HillENE 71°280.4 m12.2 mi
Vargo HillE 100°270 m19.6 mi
Reeves HillE 99°264 m19.0 mi
Mount EdwardNNE 17°242 m23.3 mi
Mount RandallNNE 17°235 m21.5 mi
Tower HillNNE 17°233 m21.2 mi
Pikes PeakNNE 16°229 m21.1 mi
Mount FullerNNE 16°227 m20.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5118:2318:59
June solstice05:1419:4320:25
September equinox06:3518:0918:46
December solstice07:1115:3616:20

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242837496069737265534030
Precip in3.02.52.73.84.34.44.04.23.44.13.22.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Laporte, under a mile away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Canada Goose12 obs
  • Bold Jumping Spider11 obs
  • Ring-billed Gull9 obs
  • Dryad's Saddle9 obs
  • Horned Grebe8 obs
  • ground-ivy8 obs
  • Tan Jumping Spider7 obs
  • Brown Marmorated Stink Bug7 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/820307835

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