Larry Kolp Community Gardens
Larry Kolp Community Gardens is a garden in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 49 m. Johnnycake Mountain stands 354 m to the west-northwest, 7.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Shade Swamp Sanctuary, a nature reserve 0.6 miles away.
What to expect
- Access
- permit
- Fee
- Yes
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Shade Swamp Sanctuary: 0.6 mi
- State of CT, Shade Swamp Sanctuary: 0.6 mi
- Town Open Space (Main Street): 1.2 mi
- Shade Swamp Sanctuary: 1.2 mi
- Town Open Space (Roma Drive) 2 Parcels: 1.4 mi
- Day-Lewis Museum: 0.7 mi
- Stanley-Whitman House Museum: 1.2 mi
- Hill Stead Museum: 1.5 mi
- Unionville Museum: 3.3 mi
- Plainville Historic Center: 3.7 mi
- Quirk Park: 0.7 mi
- Tunxis Mead Park: 0.9 mi
- Carrington Park: 2.0 mi
- Farmington Club: 2.7 mi
- Ignacy Jan Paderewski Park: 2.7 mi
- Vincent H. Core Memorial: 1.3 mi
- plinth: 2.5 mi
- Pavilion Cafe/Ice Cream Parlor: 3.2 mi
- Nature Center Ruins: 3.9 mi
- Stone House Ruins: 4.0 mi
- Rattlesnake Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Farmington Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Campground Hill: 2.9 mi
- Burnt Hill: 3.6 mi
- Killkenny Rocks: 3.7 mi
- Will Warren's Den: 1.7 mi
- Hospital Rock: 2.3 mi
- Carousel: 3.2 mi
- The Carrals: 3.2 mi
- Trolley Offices Sign: 3.2 mi
- Whigville Falls: 5.6 mi
- Freeman Hill Brook Falls: 5.8 mi
- Intermittent Cascade: 6.2 mi
- Mill Pond Falls: 6.4 mi
- Seven Steps Falls: 6.6 mi
- Sunken Garden: 1.4 mi
- Wolcott Community Garden: 5.2 mi
- Butterfly & Hummingbird Garden: 6.3 mi
- 5-Sense Garden: 6.3 mi
- Jessie's Community Garden: 6.3 mi
- Home: 5.1 mi
- A Journey toward Freedom & Excellence: 6.2 mi
- Painted Cow: 7.7 mi
- CT DOT Infrastructure Showcase: 7.7 mi
- Sedna: 7.7 mi
- Porcupine Hole: 1.6 mi
- Green Wall: 1.6 mi
- South Wall: 4.0 mi
- Solar Panel: 4.0 mi
- Superstructure: 4.1 mi
- Boating Side: 11.6 mi
- Waterfront: 11.7 mi
- Mattatuck Beach: 12.6 mi
- Dossin Park Beach: 13.7 mi
- Lake Beseck Beach: 15.3 mi
- Hermit spring: 14.7 mi
- Ever Flowing Spring: 16.0 mi
- Cannavo Spring: 17.9 mi
- Big Spring: 17.9 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 10.6 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 12.8 mi
- Wallingford Rest Area: 18.4 mi
- Picnic Grove: 11.7 mi
- Gay City State Park: 21.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.8 miles of Larry Kolp Community Gardens. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Johnnycake Mountain | WNW 287° | 354 m | 7.8 mi |
| South Mountain | SW 226° | 313 m | 7.1 mi |
| Lindsley Hill | SW 222° | 312 m | 9.1 mi |
| Scranton Mountain | WNW 294° | 300 m | 6.7 mi |
| Mount Hope | W 266° | 297 m | 6.4 mi |
| Compounce Mountain | SW 217° | 290 m | 7.7 mi |
| Schoolhouse Hill | NW 305° | 288 m | 8.3 mi |
| Fall Mountain | SW 234° | 284 m | 9.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:27 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:18 | 19:48 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:14 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 15:40 | 16:25 |
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 | 27 | 29 | 36 | 48 | 59 | 68 | 73 | 71 | 64 | 52 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 5.1 | 5.0 | 5.7 | 3.9 | 4.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Burlington, 7 mi away.
- garlic mustard18 obs
- American Black Bear15 obs
- Western Honey Bee14 obs
- Eastern Skunk Cabbage14 obs
- staghorn sumac13 obs
- Great Blue Heron12 obs
- Japanese barberry12 obs
- American pokeweed11 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 node/4903031614
Day trips start here
- East Windsor · 20 mi
- Longmeadow · 27 mi
- Tolland · 27 mi
- Connecticut River Valley · 28 mi
- Somers · 28 mi
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