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Native Pollinator Garden

Native Pollinator Garden from directly overhead

Native Pollinator Garden is a garden in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 12 m. Turkey Hill stands 107 m to the northwest, 4.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Community Path, a park 0.1 miles away. Battle Road Scenic Byway passes 1.9 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Somerville Garden Club
Fee
No

How to reach it

Coordinates42.39474, -71.11367

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Community Path: 0.1 mi
  • Kenney Park: 0.3 mi
  • Albion Park: 0.4 mi
  • Powder House Park: 0.4 mi
  • Powderhouse Square: 0.5 mi
Artworks
  • George the Giraffe & Big Poppy: 0.1 mi
  • Elfland: 0.1 mi
  • Elly the Elephant: 0.2 mi
  • Free Range Sculpture Garden: 0.2 mi
  • Hudson Labyrinth: 0.3 mi
Gardens
  • Bikeway Community Garden: 0.3 mi
  • Community Garden: 0.5 mi
  • Tufts Community Garden: 0.7 mi
  • Alex's Place: 0.9 mi
  • Shawn Megan Memorial Garden: 1.1 mi
Peaks
  • Powder House Hill: 0.4 mi
  • Spring Hill: 0.5 mi
  • Spring Hill: 0.5 mi
  • Winter Hill: 0.7 mi
  • Central Hill: 0.8 mi
Historic sites
Attractions
Beaches
  • Borggaard Beach: 4.4 mi
  • Pleasure Bay Beach: 6.3 mi
  • Crystal Lake Beach: 6.6 mi
  • Revere Beach: 6.7 mi
  • Short Beach: 6.8 mi
Cliffs: 47
Picnic sites: 24
  • Pine Knoll: 6.3 mi
  • Oak Lea: 6.3 mi
  • Nature's Pavilion: 6.5 mi
  • Picnic Site 1: 7.1 mi
  • Valley Shelter: 7.2 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Springs: 3
  • Quarry Spring: 2.9 mi
  • Pakomet Spring: 13.1 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 19.8 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Cascade Falls: 4.0 mi
  • Rock Falls: 14.6 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 18.7 mi
Rest areas: 2
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 4.8 miles of Native Pollinator Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Turkey HillNW 311°107 m4.0 mi
Mount PisgahNW 323°105 m4.4 mi
Mount GilboaWNW 303°95 m4.2 mi
Cairn HillNNE 22°92 m3.8 mi
Wellington HillW 278°91 m4.0 mi
Arlington Heights HillsWNW 296°85 m4.2 mi
Winthrop HillN 5°84 m4.5 mi
Boojum RockNNE 26°83 m3.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:2018:57
June solstice05:0819:4320:26
September equinox06:3218:0718:44
December solstice07:1115:3016:15

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, 6 mi away.

  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee3,299 obs
  • Western Honey Bee2,363 obs
  • Brown-belted Bumble Bee1,377 obs
  • American Robin1,167 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle1,135 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel1,076 obs
  • Wild Turkey1,021 obs
  • Eastern Cottontail993 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/1119954932

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