Northwest Community Garden
Northwest Community Garden is a garden in Vermont, at a modelled elevation of 168 m. Killington Peak stands 1,293 m to the east, 8.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Baxter Street Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Crossroad of Vermont Byway passes 0.8 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Rutland Parks and Recreation Department
How to reach it
- 0.8 mi off the Crossroad of Vermont Byway
- 9.9 mi off the Scenic Route 100 Byway
- 13.4 mi off the Stone Valley Byway
- 15.5 mi off the Lakes to Locks Passage, National
Overlooks nearby
- Overlook View · 14 mi
- Lincoln Covered Bridge · 21 mi
- Mt Tom · 23 mi
- Kane's Falls · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Baxter Street Park: 0.1 mi
- Georgetti Park and Hiking Trails: 0.5 mi
- Depot Park: 0.6 mi
- Pine Hill Park: 0.6 mi
- Center Street Marketplace Park: 0.7 mi
- Pine Hill: 2.7 mi
- Boardman Hill: 3.3 mi
- East Mountain: 3.6 mi
- Bald Mountain: 3.8 mi
- Flat Rock: 4.4 mi
- Wilson Castle: 2.1 mi
- Doug Casella: 3.9 mi
- Edward Hastings Ripley: 3.9 mi
- Hubbardton Battle Monument: 9.4 mi
- Paul P Harris: 9.7 mi
- Clarendon Gorge Wildlife Management Area: 7.3 mi
- VT State Land: 7.6 mi
- Giffords Woods State Park: 9.9 mi
- Chittenden Town Forest: 10.6 mi
- Proctor Town Forest: 10.8 mi
- Norman Rockwell Museum: 2.3 mi
- Vermont Marble Museum: 4.2 mi
- New England Maple Museum: 7.4 mi
- Brandon Museum: 14.0 mi
- President Calvin Coolidge Museum and Educational Center: 14.4 mi
- Lower Tier: 8.5 mi
- Upper Tier: 8.5 mi
- Top Rock: 8.5 mi
- Deer Leap: 8.5 mi
- Wallace Ledge: 10.3 mi
- Mead's Falls: 1.4 mi
- Otter Creek Falls: 4.1 mi
- Irene Falls: 7.4 mi
- Thundering Brook Falls: 11.1 mi
- Buttermilk Upper Falls: 17.8 mi
- Oculus: 0.2 mi
- The Leash Sculpture: 0.6 mi
- Rutland Water Fountain: 0.7 mi
- Mandala II: 9.6 mi
- Chiseled Slate monoliths: 14.0 mi
- Pine Hill Park: 0.9 mi
- Beast Mountain Coaster: 9.6 mi
- Ballard Farm: 14.4 mi
- Robert Frost Interpretive Area: 23.8 mi
- Gorham Covered Bridge: 5.2 mi
- Kingsley Covered Bridge: 6.6 mi
- South Pomfret Covered Bridge: 22.8 mi
- Middle Covered Bridge: 23.4 mi
- Northeast Community Garden: 1.6 mi
- Southeast Community Garden: 1.8 mi
- Japanese Garden: 9.1 mi
- Vermont Welcome Center: 15.3 mi
- Robert Frost Wayside: 23.8 mi
- Lions Club Picnic Area: 20.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.7 miles of Northwest Community Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killington Peak | E 94° | 1,293 m | 8.4 mi |
| Pico Peak | ENE 77° | 1,206 m | 7.8 mi |
| Little Killington | E 100° | 1,194 m | 8.3 mi |
| Mendon Peak | E 100° | 1,170 m | 7.2 mi |
| Skye Peak | E 92° | 1,158 m | 9.4 mi |
| Shrewsbury Peak | ESE 105° | 1,122 m | 9.4 mi |
| Ramshead Peak | E 84° | 1,100 m | 8.3 mi |
| Snowdon Peak | E 89° | 1,095 m | 8.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:26 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:11 | 19:54 | 20:38 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:13 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 07:23 | 15:32 | 16:19 |
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 | 30 | 43 | 55 | 64 | 68 | 66 | 58 | 47 | 36 | 26 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.2 | 2.7 | 3.1 | 3.6 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 4.0 | 2.8 | 3.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rutland, 1 mi away.
- Asian Lady Beetle30 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee30 obs
- Peregrine Falcon22 obs
- American Robin21 obs
- Canada Goose20 obs
- box elder19 obs
- common reed18 obs
- Pine Grosbeak14 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 siteOpenStreetMap element way/864645589
Day trips start here
- Woodstock · 24 mi
- Brownsville · 28 mi
- Middlebury · 28 mi
- Lake George · 29 mi
- Quechee · 29 mi
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