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Madison Community Gardens

Madison Community Gardens from directly overhead

Madison Community Gardens is a garden in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 11 m. Pistapaug Mountain stands 210 m to the north-northwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Bauer Park, a park 0.1 miles away. North Fork Trail passes 18 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Access
Yes
Fee
No
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.29136, -72.61346

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Bauer Park: 0.1 mi
  • Madison Green: 1.0 mi
  • Madison Green Historic District: 1.0 mi
  • Town Open Space (Scotland Avenue): 1.5 mi
  • The Ox Pasture: 2.0 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Green Hill: 0.5 mi
  • Huzzle Guzzle Hill: 1.7 mi
  • Clapboard Hill: 2.3 mi
  • Camp Hill: 2.5 mi
  • Spencer Hill: 2.7 mi
Historic sites
Museums
Beaches
Gardens: 38
  • Native Plant Gardens: 0.1 mi
  • Lillian's Garden: 3.0 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 4.4 mi
  • Memorial Garden: 5.5 mi
  • Wallingford Community Garden: 13.5 mi
Waterfalls: 38
  • Nineveh Falls: 4.6 mi
  • Cascade: 5.2 mi
  • Stair Brook Falls: 10.9 mi
  • Clark Creek Falls: 12.8 mi
  • Cascade: 13.6 mi
Attractions: 29
  • Dinosaur Rock: 5.2 mi
  • Lavender Pond Farm: 6.2 mi
  • Bear Cave: 8.0 mi
  • Dodge Dump Truck: 8.4 mi
  • Stone Table: 8.7 mi
Artworks: 17
Cliffs: 7
Rest areas: 6
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 9.5 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 14.5 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 19.3 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 22.6 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 22.6 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Veterans Memorial Picnic Area: 22.1 mi
  • Gulf Beach Picnic Tables: 23.1 mi
Lighthouses: 1
Springs: 1
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.3 miles of Madison Community Gardens. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pistapaug MountainNNW 327°210 m11.6 mi
Goose HillNNE 13°201 m10.8 mi
Mount PisgahNNW 344°196 m11.2 mi
Totoket MountainNW 313°176 m10.8 mi
Quonnipaug MountainNNW 328°167 m8.5 mi
East SugarloafNW 314°156 m8.4 mi
Long HillNNE 27°154 m12.0 mi
Bunker HillN 355°153 m9.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1819:4620:28
September equinox06:3918:1318:50
December solstice07:1415:4116:25

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313239495968747366554536
Precip in2.72.83.74.23.53.53.43.64.03.83.13.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NEW Haven Tweed AP, 15 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Huron Skipper40 obs
  • American Toad29 obs
  • Common Garter Snake27 obs
  • Monarch27 obs
  • Black Swallowtail27 obs
  • Eastern Bluebird26 obs
  • Painted Turtle26 obs
  • Gray Treefrog25 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/1273562119

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