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North Pole Community Garden

North Pole Community Garden from directly overhead

North Pole Community Garden is a garden in Kentucky, at a modelled elevation of 296 m. Pleasant Hill stands 330 m to the east-southeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Castlewood Community Garden, a garden 0.2 miles away. US 68 Scenic Byway passes 1.3 miles off. 23 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Seedleaf

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates38.05899, -84.47951

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Castlewood Park: 0.4 mi
  • Duncan Park: 0.6 mi
  • Coolavin Park: 0.8 mi
  • Elkhorn Park: 0.9 mi
  • Alumni Plaza: 0.9 mi
Historic sites
Artworks: 55
Museums: 24
Peaks: 23
  • Sugar Hill: 9.5 mi
  • Catnip Hill: 9.9 mi
  • Pleasant Hill: 10.4 mi
  • Meridian Hill: 11.5 mi
  • Spring Hill: 13.0 mi
Attractions: 11
Springs: 9
  • Blue Hole: 2.8 mi
  • Boils: 2.8 mi
  • Commonwealth Spring: 2.9 mi
  • Preston Spring: 3.4 mi
  • Linsday Spring: 4.2 mi
Nature reserves: 7
Waterfalls: 4
  • Silver Falls: 12.1 mi
  • Elk Lick Falls: 12.4 mi
  • Falls At Shaker Landing: 21.2 mi
  • Fulling Mill Falls: 21.8 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Scott County (Georgetown) Rest Area Northbound: 13.6 mi
  • Scott County (Georgetown) Rest Area Southbound: 13.7 mi
Cliffs: 2

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of North Pole Community Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pleasant HillESE 105°330 m21.4 mi
Rose HillESE 110°311 m22.9 mi
Five Forks HillENE 77°307 m22.9 mi
Spring HillESE 105°294 m13.0 mi
The BackboneWNW 303°262 m22.6 mi
Eagle Nest HillSE 126°260 m21.0 mi
Hickman HillWNW 298°251 m18.6 mi
The MoundWSW 257°226 m23.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:4219:1519:50
June solstice06:1620:2521:05
September equinox07:2619:0219:37
December solstice07:5116:4117:22

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343846566573777669584638
Precip in3.43.64.54.45.45.05.13.73.43.73.44.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lexington Bluegrass AP, 7 mi away.

  • Virginia Springbeauty55 obs
  • American Robin52 obs
  • House Sparrow52 obs
  • Common Garter Snake48 obs
  • Northern Cardinal38 obs
  • bur oak35 obs
  • European Starling33 obs
  • tree-of-heaven32 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.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/4072709120

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