Sprout Garden
Sprout Garden is a garden in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 71 m. Sharp Hill stands 149 m to the north-northwest, 5.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Azalea Garden, a garden 0.2 miles away. State Routes 49 & 14A passes 14 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Connecticut College
- Fee
- No
How to reach it
- 13.9 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
- 16.1 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 17.0 mi off the North Fork Trail
- 23.9 mi off the Shannock Road
Overlooks nearby
- Bluff Overlook · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Starr Hill: 0.5 mi
- Soldier Hill: 0.6 mi
- Mamacoke Hill: 0.9 mi
- Twomile Hill: 1.3 mi
- Bailey Hill: 1.4 mi
- U.S. Coast Guard Museum: 0.5 mi
- Lyman Allyn Museum of Art: 0.6 mi
- United States Ship Nautilus: 1.1 mi
- Submarine Force Library and Museum: 1.2 mi
- Nathaniel Hempstead House: 1.8 mi
- Nelson W. Nitchman Fields: 0.8 mi
- Satterlee Plaza: 0.8 mi
- McKinley Park: 0.8 mi
- Robert Crown Park: 0.8 mi
- Hodges Square Park: 1.0 mi
- The Guns: 0.8 mi
- Captain Hopley Yeaton Memorial: 0.9 mi
- National Submarine Memorial - Conning Tower: 1.8 mi
- WWII Torpedo: 1.8 mi
- Soldiers-Sailors Monument: 2.0 mi
- Phoenix Drive Open Space: 1.2 mi
- Devine Tract: 1.3 mi
- Avery Tract: 1.7 mi
- Woodlands Tract: 1.8 mi
- Bates Woods Park: 1.9 mi
- Green Harbor Beach: 3.1 mi
- Mitchell Beach: 3.7 mi
- Kiddie's Beach: 4.0 mi
- Shennecossett Beach: 4.7 mi
- Osprey Beach: 4.7 mi
- The Whale: 2.0 mi
- Dinosaur Tracks: 4.1 mi
- Ledyard Oak Site: 4.2 mi
- Large Glacial Erratic: 9.3 mi
- Platt-Lords View-Stillman Marshes: 9.8 mi
- Cascade: 4.9 mi
- Cascade: 5.0 mi
- Silver Falls: 6.1 mi
- Yantic Falls: 10.6 mi
- Cascade: 13.9 mi
- Nathan Hale Statue: 1.6 mi
- Sparky: 4.1 mi
- Monty the T-Rex: 6.9 mi
- John Kelley Statue: 7.3 mi
- Mystic Blue: 7.6 mi
- Azalea Garden: 0.2 mi
- Laurel Walk: 0.2 mi
- Wildflower Garden: 0.3 mi
- Caroline Black Garden: 0.3 mi
- Bertholf Plaza: 0.5 mi
- Candlewood Ledge: 12.7 mi
- Pine Ledge: 18.3 mi
- Crow Head: 19.4 mi
- Ram Head: 22.8 mi
- Hedges Bank: 24.2 mi
- Watch Hill Lighthouse Museum: 14.0 mi
- Watch Hill Lighthouse: 14.0 mi
- Fog Signal Building: 14.0 mi
- Oil Shed: 14.0 mi
- Saybrook Breakwater Light: 14.7 mi
- Skate Hut: 2.0 mi
- Powder House: 2.3 mi
- Picnic Pavilion: 22.9 mi
- Little Nini Pavillion: 23.1 mi
- Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 6.4 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 7.2 mi
- Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 17.9 mi
- Old Spring: 6.8 mi
- Windham Spring: 24.3 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 20.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 6.6 miles of Sprout Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sharp Hill | NNW 335° | 149 m | 5.3 mi |
| Crandall Hill | NNW 349° | 137 m | 5.1 mi |
| Ridge Hill | NW 307° | 134 m | 5.5 mi |
| Morgan Hill | WNW 295° | 120 m | 5.0 mi |
| Polly Hill | WNW 289° | 117 m | 4.9 mi |
| Lynch Hill | NNW 344° | 115 m | 5.8 mi |
| Konomoc Hill | WNW 298° | 112 m | 3.6 mi |
| Pie Hill | NNW 341° | 109 m | 4.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:53 | 18:24 | 19:01 |
| June solstice | 05:16 | 19:44 | 20:26 |
| September equinox | 06:37 | 18:11 | 18:48 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 15:38 | 16:23 |
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 | 31 | 33 | 40 | 49 | 58 | 67 | 73 | 73 | 66 | 55 | 46 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.4 | 4.9 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Groton, 4 mi away.
- common mugwort36 obs
- Song Sparrow29 obs
- Canada Goose26 obs
- mountain laurel26 obs
- Red-tailed Hawk24 obs
- Hooded Merganser24 obs
- Sweet Pepperbush23 obs
- Monarch22 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/1092233107
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