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Malden Youth Community Garden

Malden Youth Community Garden from directly overhead

Malden Youth Community Garden is a garden in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 7 m. Cairn Hill stands 92 m to the northwest, 1.7 miles off. The nearest named place is FIrst National Bank of Malden, a historic site 0.2 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 4.4 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Malden High School Gardening Club
Access
Yes
Fee
No

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.42754, -71.06414

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • FIrst National Bank of Malden: 0.2 mi
  • The First Church in Malden: 0.4 mi
  • Nicholas L. Delano Memorial Fountain: 0.4 mi
  • Firefighter Memorial: 0.8 mi
  • Saint Josephs Church Plaque: 0.9 mi
Parks
  • FitzGerald Park: 0.3 mi
  • Coytemore Lea Park: 0.4 mi
  • Waitt's Mount Park: 0.4 mi
  • Louis Newman Park: 0.4 mi
  • Lincoln Commons: 0.5 mi
Peaks
Gardens
  • Sylvester Baxter Delta: 1.1 mi
  • Anita's Garden: 2.5 mi
  • Winthrop Street Community Garden: 2.8 mi
  • Chelsea Community Garden: 3.0 mi
  • Alex's Place: 3.2 mi
Attractions
  • Hikmat home: 1.4 mi
  • 1899 MIT Observatory site: 1.4 mi
  • Stone Chimney: 2.3 mi
  • Pickerel Rock: 2.4 mi
  • Cycleboat Boston: 3.8 mi
Nature reserves
Artworks
Museums
Beaches
Cliffs: 50
Picnic sites: 23
  • Pinetops Picnic Area: 4.7 mi
  • Pine Knoll: 8.5 mi
  • Oak Lea: 8.6 mi
  • Nature's Pavilion: 8.7 mi
  • Picnic Site 1: 9.8 mi
Lighthouses: 7
Waterfalls: 4
  • Cascade Falls: 1.4 mi
  • Rock Falls: 16.0 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 18.3 mi
  • Newbury Falls: 23.3 mi
Springs: 4
  • Quarry Spring: 2.2 mi
  • Pakomet Spring: 15.1 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 20.6 mi
  • Rail Spring: 25.0 mi
Rest areas: 3
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 4.4 miles of Malden Youth Community Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cairn HillNW 318°92 m1.7 mi
Bear HillNW 320°91 m3.4 mi
Castle RockNNE 13°87.2 m4.3 mi
Winthrop HillNW 316°84 m3.1 mi
Boojum RockNW 310°83 m1.3 mi
Taylor MountainNW 316°81 m3.1 mi
Mount HoodNE 44°79 m2.3 mi
Whip HillNNW 335°79 m2.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:1918:57
June solstice05:0819:4320:26
September equinox06:3218:0618:43
December solstice07:1115:2916:15

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303238495868747366554536
Precip in3.43.24.23.63.23.93.33.23.64.03.74.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Boston, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Eastern Tent Caterpillar Moth208 obs
  • American Robin206 obs
  • Mallard191 obs
  • rock harlequin181 obs
  • striped wintergreen172 obs
  • Eastern Cottontail161 obs
  • Canada Goose159 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel150 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.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/11198750414

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