- Elevation, modelled
- 14 m
- Tallest summit within 5.4 miles
- Great Blue Hill193 m · 5.4 mi
- Nearest byway
- Revolutionary Heritage Byway1.6 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:25local time
- Coordinates
- 42.2870, -71.0881
Lucerne-Balsam Streets Community Garden is a garden in Massachusetts, at a modelled 14 m. Great Blue Hill stands 193 m to the south-southwest, 5.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Willowwood Rock, a park 0.1 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 1.6 miles off.
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 5.4 miles of Lucerne-Balsam Streets Community Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Great Blue Hill | SSW 194° | 193 m | 5.4 mi |
| Chickatawbut Hill | SSE 163° | 156 m | 4.7 mi |
| Hancock Hill | S 184° | 155 m | 4.8 mi |
| Fenno Peak | SSE 162° | 151 m | 4.7 mi |
| Buck Hill | S 172° | 151 m | 5.0 mi |
| Nahanton Hill | SSE 160° | 145 m | 4.6 mi |
| Hemenway Hill | S 187° | 140 m | 4.8 mi |
| Kitchamakin Hill | SSE 160° | 133 m | 4.7 mi |
- 1.6 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage BywayNational
- 8.9 mi off the Battle Road Scenic BywayNational
- 28.6 mi off the Essex Coastal Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Skywalk Observatory · 4 mi
- Sunset Ledge · 19 mi
- Lookout Point · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Willowwood Rock: 0.1 mi
- Harambee Park: 0.4 mi
- Thetford Street Playground: 0.6 mi
- Walker Playground: 0.6 mi
- Elmhurst Park: 0.6 mi
- Wellington Hill: 0.5 mi
- Scarboro Hill: 1.0 mi
- Mount Bowdoin: 1.2 mi
- Sally Rock: 1.7 mi
- Popes Hill: 1.8 mi
- Wheatland Avenue Community Garden: 0.7 mi
- Spencer Street Community Garden: 0.8 mi
- Fanny Lou Hamer Community Garden: 1.1 mi
- Bog Garden: 1.1 mi
- Audrey Jacobs Memorial Community Garden: 1.3 mi
- Woodhaven Urban Wild: 1.1 mi
- Fernald Terrace Rock: 2.0 mi
- Monterey Hilltop Urban Wild: 2.3 mi
- Roslindale Wetlands: 2.3 mi
- Neponset River Reservation: 2.5 mi
- Goat: 1.2 mi
- Wildebeest: 1.2 mi
- Hartmann's Mountain Zebra: 1.2 mi
- African Lion: 1.2 mi
- Western Grey Kangaroo: 1.3 mi
- Schoolmaster Hill: 1.2 mi
- Schoolmaster Hill: 1.2 mi
- Franklin Park Overlook Shelter Ruins: 1.5 mi
- Ghost Bike for Joseph Lee Alan Pielmeier: 1.7 mi
- Franklin Park Zoo Old Bear Cages: 1.7 mi
- Pierce House: 1.8 mi
- Captain Robert Bennet Forbes House: 1.9 mi
- National Center of Afro-American Artists (NCAAA) Museum: 2.0 mi
- Loring-Greenough House: 2.1 mi
- Bay State Model Railroad Museum: 2.1 mi
- Drift by Mary Bonina: 1.9 mi
- Welcome to Jackson Square: 2.5 mi
- Reach: 2.6 mi
- Unity: 2.6 mi
- Mozart Park Mural: 2.6 mi
- Tenean Beach: 2.3 mi
- Wollaston Beach: 3.9 mi
- Wollaston Beach: 3.9 mi
- Nickerson Beach: 4.0 mi
- Orchard Beach: 4.3 mi
- Nature's Pavilion: 1.1 mi
- Oak Lea: 1.2 mi
- Pine Knoll: 1.3 mi
- Babcock Arboretum: 4.0 mi
- Stella Tirrell Picnic Area: 10.6 mi
- Commissioners Landing: 5.0 mi
- Westwood Rest Area: 6.0 mi
- State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 19.6 mi
- State Route 3 Parking Area Northbound: 19.6 mi
- Interstate 95 Rest Area: 21.5 mi
- Boathouse: 10.4 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 10.4 mi
- Oil Shed: 10.5 mi
- Boston Light: 10.5 mi
- Rainshed: 10.5 mi
- Pakomet Spring: 5.5 mi
- Quarry Spring: 10.3 mi
- Rock Falls: 7.4 mi
- Cascade Falls: 11.0 mi
- Haywardville: 12.2 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:49 | 18:20 | 18:57 |
| June solstice | 05:09 | 19:43 | 20:25 |
| September equinox | 06:32 | 18:07 | 18:44 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 15:30 | 16:16 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 28 | 30 | 38 | 49 | 59 | 68 | 74 | 73 | 65 | 53 | 43 | 34 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.6 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 5.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jamaica Plain, 2 mi away.
- Eastern Gray Squirrel532 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee525 obs
- Wild Turkey443 obs
- American Robin411 obs
- Eastern Cottontail395 obs
- Western Honey Bee268 obs
- Common Raccoon239 obs
- Japanese knotweed233 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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- Boston/Dorchester · 3 mi
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- Milton · 3 mi
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