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Mansfield St. Community Garden

Mansfield St. Community Garden from directly overhead

Mansfield St. Community Garden is a garden in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 20 m. Mount Sanford stands 263 m to the north, 9.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Bog Garden, a garden 0.1 miles away. Merritt Parkway passes 10 miles off.

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What to expect

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Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.32035, -72.92490

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Marsh Botanical Gardens: 0.1 mi
  • Ella P. Scantlebury Park: 0.3 mi
  • Munson Street Triangle: 0.3 mi
  • Cretaceous Garden: 0.4 mi
  • Elm Haven Public Housing Playground: 0.4 mi
Museums
Historic sites
  • Bishop William M Philpot Sr Corner: 0.5 mi
  • Bishop James Varick Corner: 0.5 mi
  • Joe Grate Corner: 0.6 mi
  • Bishop Robert J Gay Sr Corner: 0.6 mi
  • World War I Cenotaph: 0.6 mi
Peaks
Nature reserves
Beaches
Gardens: 48
  • Bog Garden: 0.1 mi
  • Perennial Beds: 0.1 mi
  • Meadow: 0.1 mi
  • Camellias: 0.1 mi
  • Desert House: 0.1 mi
Waterfalls: 41
Attractions: 23
  • PEZ Visitor Center: 5.4 mi
  • Nelli Green's Bridge: 5.7 mi
  • World's Largest Pile of Horseshoes: 8.2 mi
  • Dinosaur Rock: 11.2 mi
  • Bear Cave: 11.3 mi
Artworks: 22
  • Beacon of Hope: 0.6 mi
  • Turtle Statue: 0.7 mi
  • Henry Gould Lewis: 1.2 mi
  • An American Dream: 1.3 mi
  • John B Pierce: 1.3 mi
Cliffs: 8
Picnic sites: 7
  • Gulf Beach Picnic Tables: 9.9 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 15.3 mi
  • Pond View: 16.1 mi
  • The Rotary Pavilion: 16.2 mi
  • Oak Grove: 16.6 mi
Rest areas: 5
  • Rest Area CT-15 (North Bound): 7.0 mi
  • Rest Area CT-15 (South Bound): 7.0 mi
  • Wallingford Rest Area: 12.3 mi
  • Southington Rest Area: 17.5 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 18.7 mi
Lighthouses: 4
Springs: 1
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.6 miles of Mansfield St. Community Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount SanfordN 353°263 m9.9 mi
High RockN 352°216 m6.4 mi
Mount CarmelNNE 13°206 m7.8 mi
Great HillWNW 287°202 m10.4 mi
Rock RimmonNW 317°199 m10.1 mi
Meeting House HillNNW 333°193 m8.2 mi
Round HillNW 319°190 m6.1 mi
Peck HillNW 306°183 m6.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2719:04
June solstice05:1919:4720:29
September equinox06:4018:1418:51
December solstice07:1515:4216:26

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, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • White-throated Sparrow254 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel243 obs
  • common mugwort223 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly222 obs
  • multiflora rose199 obs
  • American Robin191 obs
  • Mourning Dove180 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk168 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/1501072569

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