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The Parks Department Community Garden

The Parks Department Community Garden from directly overhead

The Parks Department Community Garden is a garden in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 13 m. Atherton Hill stands 178 m to the north-northwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Anthoine Creek Park, a park 0.4 miles away. PEQUAWKET TRAIL SCENIC BYWAY passes 18 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Cith of South Portland
Fee
Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates43.62869, -70.25427
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Anthoine Creek Park: 0.4 mi
  • Erskine Park: 0.4 mi
  • Trout Brook Nature Preserve: 0.5 mi
  • Mill Creek Park: 0.5 mi
  • Yerxa Park: 0.6 mi
Nature reserves
  • Sawyer Marsh: 0.6 mi
  • Sawyer Marsh: 0.6 mi
  • Dow's Woods Nature Preserve: 0.8 mi
  • Winnick Woods: 1.5 mi
  • Hobstone Woods Preserve: 1.5 mi
Peaks
  • Meetinghouse Hill: 0.8 mi
  • Barren Hill: 1.0 mi
  • Cross Hill: 2.5 mi
  • Sandy Hill: 2.6 mi
  • Farm Hill: 2.8 mi
Historic sites
Gardens
Beaches
Attractions: 46
  • Portland Discovery Land and Sea Tours: 1.9 mi
  • Tug Stamford Propeller: 2.2 mi
  • Portland Observatory: 2.6 mi
  • Elks Club: 3.7 mi
  • Ampitheater: 4.9 mi
Museums: 37
Artworks: 30
Cliffs: 8
  • Cunner Ledges: 2.7 mi
  • Cod Ledges: 2.9 mi
  • Spurwink Rock Ledge: 3.2 mi
  • The Cliffs: 3.3 mi
  • White Head Cliff: 3.4 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Presumpscot Falls: 6.4 mi
  • Cascade Falls Waterfall: 9.6 mi
  • First Falls: 12.3 mi
  • Steep Falls: 23.2 mi
Lighthouses: 1
Rest areas: 1
  • Limington Rapids Rest Area: 21.3 mi
Springs: 1
  • Cold Bowling Spring: 22.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.5 miles of The Parks Department Community Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Atherton HillNNW 340°178 m14.3 mi
Blackstrap HillNNW 340°151 m9.6 mi
Leighton HillNNW 335°145 m9.1 mi
Libby HillNNW 335°144 m13.1 mi
Bruce HillN 357°136 m13.6 mi
Poplar RidgeNNW 341°133 m12.2 mi
Blackstrap HillNNW 337°129 m8.7 mi
Walnut HillN 359°129 m14.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4518:1618:53
June solstice05:0019:4320:27
September equinox06:2918:0318:40
December solstice07:1215:2116:08

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242634455564706962504030
Precip in3.53.54.14.43.74.13.43.63.85.34.24.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Portland Jetport, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • American Herring Gull108 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee87 obs
  • Western Honey Bee73 obs
  • Monarch73 obs
  • Common Eider53 obs
  • House Sparrow46 obs
  • sensitive fern46 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle45 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/826990976

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