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Mission Hill Community Garden

Mission Hill Community Garden from directly overhead

Mission Hill Community Garden is a garden in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 17 m. Single Tree Hill stands 100 m to the west, 2.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Southwest Corridor Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 0.6 miles off.

What to expect

Access
restricted

How to reach it

Coordinates42.33017, -71.09799

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Southwest Corridor Park: 0.1 mi
  • Mission Hill Playground: 0.2 mi
  • Linwood Park: 0.2 mi
  • Southwest Corridor Park: 0.2 mi
  • Southwest Corridor Park: 0.3 mi
Gardens
Peaks
Nature reserves
Historic sites
Artworks
Attractions
  • Sam Adams Boston Brewery Tour: 1.1 mi
  • 9: 1.2 mi
  • 4: 1.2 mi
  • 1: 1.2 mi
  • 8: 1.2 mi
Beaches
Cliffs: 50
  • Lower Cliff: 3.9 mi
  • Upper Cliff: 3.9 mi
  • The Alcove: 3.9 mi
  • Temple Overhangs: 4.0 mi
  • Pusherman Wall: 4.1 mi
Picnic sites: 24
  • Pine Knoll: 1.7 mi
  • Oak Lea: 1.8 mi
  • Nature's Pavilion: 1.9 mi
  • Babcock Arboretum: 6.0 mi
  • Picnic Site 11: 8.8 mi
Rest areas: 6
  • Commissioners Landing: 2.3 mi
  • Westwood Rest Area: 8.4 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 21.8 mi
  • State Route 3 Parking Area Northbound: 21.8 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 24.0 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Springs: 3
  • Quarry Spring: 7.3 mi
  • Pakomet Spring: 8.5 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 23.5 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Cascade Falls: 8.0 mi
  • Rock Falls: 10.2 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 23.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.0 miles of Mission Hill Community Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Single Tree HillW 260°100 m2.8 mi
Waban HillW 280°98 m3.9 mi
Bellevue HillSSW 212°94 m4.4 mi
Mount WalleySW 233°91 m2.5 mi
Bald Pate HillWSW 247°90 m4.5 mi
Green HillSW 223°89 m2.6 mi
Chestnut HillW 271°86 m3.3 mi
Oak HillWSW 248°84 m4.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:2018:57
June solstice05:0919:4320:25
September equinox06:3218:0718:44
December solstice07:1115:3016:16

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283038495968747365534334
Precip in3.93.64.54.33.64.23.53.74.05.04.05.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jamaica Plain, 2 mi away.

  • Canada Goose1,392 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel1,122 obs
  • Eastern Cottontail1,064 obs
  • Mallard1,017 obs
  • American Robin920 obs
  • House Sparrow851 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee660 obs
  • Wild Turkey507 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.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/29830781

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