Rutland/Wash St Comm Garden
Rutland/Wash St Comm Garden is a garden in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 4 m. Single Tree Hill stands 100 m to the west-southwest, 4.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Blackstone Square, a park 0.1 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway runs past it.
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- On the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
- 6.0 mi off the Battle Road Scenic Byway, National
- 25.2 mi off the Essex Coastal Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Skywalk Observatory · 1 mi
- Sunset Ledge · 22 mi
- Lookout Point · 26 mi
- Eagle Rock · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Blackstone Square: 0.1 mi
- Franklin Square: 0.1 mi
- O'Day Playground: 0.1 mi
- Puerto Rican Veterans Memorial: 0.2 mi
- Monsignor Reynolds Playground: 0.2 mi
- West Springfield Garden: 0.2 mi
- Dartmouth Garden: 0.3 mi
- Garden of Knowledge: 0.4 mi
- Warren and Clarendon Streets Garden: 0.4 mi
- Braddock Park Garden: 0.5 mi
- Puerto Rican Veterans Memorial: 0.2 mi
- George and Sadie Peters Memorial: 0.4 mi
- Newlywed Home of Martin LutherKing Jr. and Coretta Scott King: 0.5 mi
- Ghost bike - George Clemmer: 0.6 mi
- Sandor Petofi: 0.6 mi
- Harriet Tubman Memorial: 0.4 mi
- Emancipation: 0.4 mi
- Frederick Douglass: 0.5 mi
- Counterpoint: 0.6 mi
- A. Philip Randolph: 0.6 mi
- The Mapparium: 0.8 mi
- Boston Marathon Finish Line: 0.8 mi
- Swan Boats: 1.1 mi
- Good Will Hunting Bench: 1.1 mi
- Frog Pond Carousel: 1.2 mi
- New England Historic Genealogical Society: 0.9 mi
- First Corps of Cadets Museum: 0.9 mi
- Dillaway-Thomas House: 1.0 mi
- Shirley-Eustis House: 1.1 mi
- Gibson House: 1.1 mi
- Buena Vista Urban Wild: 1.1 mi
- 140 Highland St: 1.3 mi
- Parker Hilltop: 1.7 mi
- Back Of The Hill Urban Wild: 1.9 mi
- Hall's Pond Sanctuary: 2.0 mi
- Flagstaff Hill: 1.2 mi
- Beacon Hill: 1.5 mi
- Telegraph Hill: 1.5 mi
- Parker Hill: 1.7 mi
- Copps Hill: 2.1 mi
- Pleasure Bay Beach: 2.7 mi
- Tenean Beach: 3.6 mi
- Nickerson Beach: 4.0 mi
- Orchard Beach: 4.5 mi
- Wollaston Beach: 5.1 mi
- Pererea Point: 4.0 mi
- Moon Head: 5.0 mi
- Lower Cliff: 5.2 mi
- Upper Cliff: 5.2 mi
- The Alcove: 5.2 mi
- Pine Knoll: 2.4 mi
- Oak Lea: 2.5 mi
- Nature's Pavilion: 2.6 mi
- Babcock Arboretum: 5.7 mi
- Picnic Site 11: 9.7 mi
- Boathouse: 9.4 mi
- Keeper's Dwelling: 9.4 mi
- Oil Shed: 9.4 mi
- Rainshed: 9.4 mi
- Boston Light: 9.4 mi
- Commissioners Landing: 1.4 mi
- Westwood Rest Area: 9.4 mi
- State Route 3 Parking Area Northbound: 21.4 mi
- State Route 3 Parking Area Southbound: 21.4 mi
- Quarry Spring: 6.9 mi
- Pakomet Spring: 9.0 mi
- Mystery Spring: 23.9 mi
- Cascade Falls: 7.4 mi
- Rock Falls: 10.3 mi
- Wamesit Falls: 23.0 mi
- Haywardville: 8.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.0 miles of Rutland/Wash St Comm Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Single Tree Hill | WSW 255° | 100 m | 4.1 mi |
| Waban Hill | W 271° | 98 m | 5.1 mi |
| Bellevue Hill | SW 220° | 94 m | 5.6 mi |
| Mount Walley | WSW 237° | 91 m | 3.9 mi |
| Bald Pate Hill | WSW 246° | 90 m | 5.8 mi |
| Green Hill | SW 230° | 89 m | 3.9 mi |
| Chestnut Hill | W 263° | 86 m | 4.5 mi |
| Fisher Hill | W 259° | 81 m | 3.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:49 | 18:20 | 18:57 |
| June solstice | 05:08 | 19:43 | 20:25 |
| September equinox | 06:32 | 18:06 | 18:43 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 15:30 | 16:15 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 28 | 30 | 38 | 49 | 59 | 68 | 74 | 73 | 65 | 53 | 43 | 34 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.6 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 5.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jamaica Plain, 4 mi away.
- Eastern Gray Squirrel1,930 obs
- Canada Goose1,702 obs
- Rock Pigeon1,585 obs
- House Sparrow1,502 obs
- Mallard1,238 obs
- Eastern Cottontail890 obs
- American Robin813 obs
- European Starling613 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/29830479
Day trips start here
- Boston/South End · 0 mi
- Boston/Back Bay-Beacon Hill · 1 mi
- Boston/Downtown · 1 mi
- Boston/Fenway-Kenmore · 1 mi
- Boston/Roxbury · 1 mi
- Boston/South Boston · 1 mi
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