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Just Roots Community Garden

Just Roots Community Garden from directly overhead

Just Roots Community Garden is a garden in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 71 m. Massamet Mountain stands 485 m to the west-southwest, 5.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Shearer Hill, a peak 1.3 miles away. Mohawk Trail - MA passes 1.9 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Just Roots
Access
Yes

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates42.64090, -72.61062

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Shearer Hill: 1.3 mi
  • Canada Hill: 3.2 mi
  • West Mountain: 3.4 mi
  • Katley Hill: 3.5 mi
  • Greenfield Mountain: 3.7 mi
Nature reserves
Parks
  • North Greenfield Park: 1.9 mi
  • Shattuck Park: 2.7 mi
  • Lunt Field: 2.8 mi
  • Hillside Park: 3.3 mi
  • Beacon Field: 3.4 mi
Historic sites: 55
  • Poet's Seat Tower: 3.4 mi
  • Massachusetts-Vermont Border Monument: 7.2 mi
  • New Hampshire/Vermont/Massachusetts Tri-State Granite Marker: 9.8 mi
  • Hinsdale Raceway: 12.5 mi
  • Bee Hive Kiln: 14.7 mi
Museums: 35
Attractions: 23
  • Greenfield Energy Park: 3.8 mi
  • rock overhang: 5.7 mi
  • Wolves Den: 5.8 mi
  • hole in wall: 5.9 mi
  • rock scramble: 6.0 mi
Cliffs: 21
Gardens: 20
Artworks: 15
Beaches: 12
  • Ashfield Town Beach: 12.3 mi
  • Puffers Pond North Beach: 16.1 mi
  • Puffers Pond South Beach: 16.2 mi
  • The Ledges: 18.9 mi
  • Richmond Town Beach at Cass Pond: 19.2 mi
Waterfalls: 11
Ghost towns: 4
Covered bridges: 2
Picnic sites: 2

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.5 miles of Just Roots Community Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Massamet MountainWSW 246°485 m5.9 mi
Belden HillNNW 347°437 m7.4 mi
Houghton HillW 275°423 m6.2 mi
Mount HopeWNW 289°422 m4.9 mi
Patten HillW 261°418 m5.4 mi
Massaemett MountainWSW 255°417 m5.6 mi
Frizzell HillN 0°399 m3.9 mi
Bald HillWNW 282°392 m6.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1319:5020:33
September equinox06:3818:1218:50
December solstice07:1815:3516:21

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242634465766716962513930
Precip in3.53.13.93.84.04.84.14.74.24.73.84.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Greenfield #3, 5 mi away.

  • American sycamore20 obs
  • northern maidenhair fern17 obs
  • red trillium15 obs
  • purple-flowered raspberry15 obs
  • Two-leaved Toothwort14 obs
  • bloodroot13 obs
  • long beech fern13 obs
  • Christmas fern11 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 site

OpenStreetMap element way/1366392220

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