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Merrimack Community Garden

Merrimack Community Garden from directly overhead

Merrimack Community Garden is a garden in New Hampshire, at a modelled elevation of 102 m. Roby Hill stands 302 m to the northwest, 9.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Wasserman Park, a park 0.2 miles away. The Apple Way of Londonderry passes 5.8 miles off.

Community Gardens are available for residents by reservation only.

Visiting

What to expect

Access
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Getting there

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Coordinates42.82343, -71.53108
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Wasserman Park: 0.2 mi
  • Veterans Memorial Park: 0.5 mi
  • Green Space: 0.8 mi
  • Green Space: 1.1 mi
  • Twardowsky Field: 1.6 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
Historic sites
Artworks
  • Soldier and Sailers Monument: 3.5 mi
  • Millennium Child: 4.5 mi
  • Crocodilian: 5.2 mi
  • Diversity: 5.2 mi
  • The Face of PSA: 5.3 mi
Attractions
  • Labyrinth: 6.1 mi
  • Hudson Speedway: 6.2 mi
  • Yudicky Farm - Conservation Area: 8.0 mi
  • SkyVenture: 8.8 mi
  • Moonlight Meadery: 10.3 mi
Museums: 56
Beaches: 27
Gardens: 24
Waterfalls: 12
  • Wildcat Falls: 2.6 mi
  • The Falls: 7.2 mi
  • Purgatory Lower Falls: 8.9 mi
  • Middle Falls: 9.9 mi
  • Upper Falls: 10.0 mi
Picnic sites: 9
Rest areas: 6
  • Windham Weigh Station Northbound: 12.3 mi
  • Salem Rest Area and Welcome Center: 16.4 mi
  • Hooksett Rest Area: 19.9 mi
  • Hooksett Rest Area: 20.0 mi
  • Johnny Appleseed Visitor Information Center: 22.6 mi
Cliffs: 4
Springs: 3
  • River Road Spring: 13.4 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 17.9 mi
  • The Ashburnham Spring: 22.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.2 miles of Merrimack Community Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Roby HillNW 320°302 m9.6 mi
Prospect HillNW 306°269 m8.6 mi
Purgatory HillWNW 299°269 m9.8 mi
Chestnut HillNNW 331°265 m9.2 mi
Birch HillWSW 238°247 m6.5 mi
Boynton HillW 262°247 m9.4 mi
Dram Cup HillW 273°243 m9.6 mi
Badger HillWSW 252°238 m9.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5018:2118:58
June solstice05:0819:4620:29
September equinox06:3418:0818:45
December solstice07:1415:3016:16

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242634465867737163514030
Precip in3.43.24.34.23.94.33.73.94.04.83.94.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Nashua 2 NNW, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Painted Turtle24 obs
  • American Bullfrog21 obs
  • eastern white pine16 obs
  • purple pitcher plant16 obs
  • Wild Turkey15 obs
  • Great Blue Heron12 obs
  • Common Garter Snake12 obs
  • American Toad11 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/485604553

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