Milton Community Garden
Milton Community Garden is a garden in Vermont, at a modelled elevation of 101 m. Gilson Mountain stands 598 m to the northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Bombardier Park East, a park 0.1 miles away. Lake Champlain Byway - Vermont passes 1.5 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Milton Recreation
- Access
- Customers only
- Fee
- No
How to reach it
- 1.5 mi off the Lake Champlain Byway - Vermont
- 13.9 mi off the Lakes to Locks Passage, National
- 19.3 mi off the Olympic Trail
- 27.8 mi off the Military Trail
Overlooks nearby
- Sand Bar Causeway · 6 mi
- C Nature area · 9 mi
- Winooski River Walk · 9 mi
- Waterfront pause place 3 · 10 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Bombardier Park East: 0.1 mi
- Bombardier Park West: 0.2 mi
- Milton Town Square: 0.3 mi
- River Street Park: 1.4 mi
- Russell Greene Natural Area: 4.8 mi
- Cobble Hill: 1.4 mi
- Bald Hill: 3.3 mi
- Fox Hill: 3.6 mi
- Arrowhead Mountain: 3.6 mi
- Georgia Mountain: 4.1 mi
- Milton Town Forest: 3.3 mi
- Colchester Pond Natural Area: 4.6 mi
- Wolcott Family Natural Area: 4.8 mi
- Maple Shade Town Forest: 5.0 mi
- Beeman Preserve: 5.2 mi
- Old Car: 6.0 mi
- Colonel Donald G. Cook, USMC Memorial Statue: 8.7 mi
- The Black Snake Affair: 9.3 mi
- Ethan Allen: 9.8 mi
- Chittenden Mills: 9.9 mi
- Milton Historical Museum: 1.5 mi
- Vermont National Guard Library & Museum: 8.3 mi
- South Hero Bicentennial Museum: 9.1 mi
- Ethan Allen Homestead Museum: 9.3 mi
- The Old Red Mill: 9.9 mi
- Powerline A-Line: 12.4 mi
- The Wall: 12.4 mi
- Birnies Nose: 15.6 mi
- Devil's Dishpan: 16.7 mi
- Main Face: 17.0 mi
- West Street Community Garden: 8.5 mi
- Landry Community Garden: 9.0 mi
- Tommy Thompson Community Garden: 9.2 mi
- Tommy Thompson Community Garden: 9.2 mi
- Tommy Thompson Community Garden: 9.3 mi
- F16 Vermont Air National Guard: 9.8 mi
- Spirit Ethan Allen: 10.9 mi
- Poland Covered Bridge: 15.3 mi
- Airplane: 16.5 mi
- Shelburne Farms Cheesemaking: 16.9 mi
- Five Chutes: 4.8 mi
- Fairfax Falls: 6.9 mi
- Winooski Falls: 9.4 mi
- LaPlatte River Falls: 17.6 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 17.9 mi
- The Finger: 5.5 mi
- Catamount Statue: 10.4 mi
- Grey Lock: 10.6 mi
- Hyperbolic Paraboloid: 10.9 mi
- The Lone Sailor: 11.0 mi
- Thayer Beach: 7.8 mi
- Thayer Beach: 8.1 mi
- Leddy Park Beach: 10.3 mi
- Texaco Beach: 10.4 mi
- North Beach: 10.5 mi
- Shelburne Museum Covered Bridge: 17.5 mi
- Montgomery Covered Bridge: 18.8 mi
- Jaynes Covered Bridge: 19.1 mi
- Holmes Creek Covered Bridge: 21.2 mi
- Morgan Covered Bridge: 21.2 mi
- Finney Crossing Grills and Picnic Tables: 11.5 mi
- Dock Street Landing and Waterfront Park: 16.6 mi
- AuSable Chasm Picnic Area: 17.7 mi
- Rest Area I-89 (North Bound): 12.7 mi
- Rest Area I-89 (South Bound): 12.9 mi
- Big Spring: 16.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.9 miles of Milton Community Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gilson Mountain | NE 53° | 598 m | 12.9 mi |
| Bald Hill | SE 130° | 584 m | 13.0 mi |
| Flynn Hill | ESE 111° | 569 m | 12.0 mi |
| Leach Hill | ENE 58° | 510 m | 11.8 mi |
| Stewart Hill | ESE 113° | 501 m | 8.0 mi |
| South Hill | SE 129° | 490 m | 12.3 mi |
| Wintergreen Mountain | ENE 59° | 489 m | 14.9 mi |
| Buker Hill | E 91° | 483 m | 11.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:26 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:08 | 19:57 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:13 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 15:27 | 16:16 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 19 | 21 | 31 | 45 | 57 | 67 | 71 | 70 | 62 | 49 | 38 | 27 |
| Precip in | 2.5 | 2.1 | 2.7 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 3.0 | 3.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Essex Junction 1 N, 8 mi away.
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee33 obs
- Green Frog28 obs
- Common Garter Snake27 obs
- Viceroy27 obs
- Western Honey Bee26 obs
- Cucumber Root25 obs
- Common Whitetail25 obs
- Song Sparrow24 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/1374306361
Day trips start here
- Colchester · 6 mi
- Essex · 8 mi
- Winooski · 9 mi
- Jericho · 10 mi
- Burlington · 11 mi
- South Burlington · 11 mi
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