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Lawton Park Community Garden

Lawton Park Community Garden from directly overhead

Lawton Park Community Garden is a garden in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 12 m. Single Tree Hill stands 100 m to the southwest, 2.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Gateway to the Gardens, a artwork 0.2 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 2.6 miles off.

What the record says

Height
1 m

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates42.34971, -71.12752

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Historic sites
Parks
  • Coolidge Park: 0.3 mi
  • Judge Sumner Z. Kaplan Park: 0.3 mi
  • Freeman Square: 0.4 mi
  • RIdley Green: 0.4 mi
  • Dwight Square: 0.4 mi
Gardens
Peaks
Attractions
  • 34: 1.4 mi
  • 26: 1.4 mi
  • 45: 1.4 mi
  • 14: 1.4 mi
  • 6: 1.4 mi
Beaches
Cliffs: 48
  • Lower Cliff: 2.9 mi
  • Upper Cliff: 3.0 mi
  • Temple Overhangs: 3.0 mi
  • The Alcove: 3.0 mi
  • Pusherman Wall: 3.0 mi
Picnic sites: 24
  • Pine Knoll: 3.6 mi
  • Oak Lea: 3.7 mi
  • Nature's Pavilion: 3.8 mi
  • Picnic Site 11: 6.9 mi
  • Picnic Site 12: 6.9 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Rest areas: 5
  • Commissioners Landing: 2.8 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 9.3 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 23.9 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Northbound: 23.9 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 24.8 mi
Springs: 3
  • Quarry Spring: 6.1 mi
  • Pakomet Spring: 10.2 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 21.5 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Cascade Falls: 7.1 mi
  • Rock Falls: 12.2 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 21.1 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 5.6 miles of Lawton Park Community Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Single Tree HillSW 215°100 m2.2 mi
Waban HillWSW 254°98 m2.5 mi
Bellevue HillS 189°94 m5.1 mi
Mount WalleyS 190°91 m2.9 mi
Wellington HillNW 318°91 m4.9 mi
Bald Pate HillSW 220°90 m4.1 mi
Green HillS 185°89 m3.2 mi
Chestnut HillSW 233°86 m2.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:2018:57
June solstice05:0919:4320:26
September equinox06:3218:0718:44
December solstice07:1115:3016:16

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283038495968747365534334
Precip in3.93.64.54.33.64.23.53.74.05.04.05.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jamaica Plain, 3 mi away.

  • Canada Goose1,795 obs
  • Eastern Cottontail1,221 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel1,178 obs
  • Mallard1,109 obs
  • American Robin1,105 obs
  • Wild Turkey1,103 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee1,076 obs
  • Western Honey Bee906 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/1050650363

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