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Three Oaks Community Garden

Three Oaks Community Garden from directly overhead

Three Oaks Community Garden is a garden in Michigan, at a modelled elevation of 207 m. Carlisle Hill stands 280 m to the south-southeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Dewey Cannon Park, a park 0.1 miles away. The Indiana Lincoln Highway Byway passes 7.8 miles off. 30 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Village of Three Oaks
Access
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.80051, -86.60821
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Dewey Cannon Park: 0.1 mi
  • Carver Park: 0.1 mi
  • Chamberlain Path: 0.2 mi
  • Dillard Park: 0.5 mi
  • Watkins Memorial Park: 0.6 mi
Nature reserves
Attractions: 35
  • Tree Sign: 11.0 mi
  • Notre Dame Elementary School: 12.4 mi
  • Lake Clare: 13.3 mi
  • Nature Preserve: 14.2 mi
  • South Vista: 14.2 mi
Historic sites: 34
  • First Church Camp (water tank): 8.9 mi
  • First Church Camp: 8.9 mi
  • 'First Church Camp' Ruins: 8.9 mi
  • War Memorial: 13.0 mi
  • Civil War Monument: 15.7 mi
Museums: 33
Peaks: 30
Artworks: 29
  • La Porte History Mural: 14.3 mi
  • Potawatomi Warrior: 14.3 mi
  • Duet: 15.8 mi
  • The Globe: 16.8 mi
  • Legacy of Leadership Sculpture: 17.0 mi
Gardens: 17
  • flower walk: 12.9 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 14.1 mi
  • Nature Adventure Garden: 14.1 mi
  • Railway Garden: 14.1 mi
  • Butterfly Larva Garden: 14.1 mi
Beaches: 14
  • New Buffalo Public Beach: 7.2 mi
  • Weko Beach: 9.8 mi
  • Stone Lake Beach: 14.4 mi
  • Stop 7 Beach: 14.9 mi
  • Stop 2 Beach: 15.4 mi
Lighthouses: 7
Picnic sites: 5
  • Picnic Area: 2.3 mi
  • Otahnagon Picnic Area: 10.7 mi
  • Hardwoods: 10.8 mi
  • Orchard Shore Shelters Picnic Area: 21.4 mi
  • Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore Lake View: 21.5 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • Michigan Welcome Center 707: 7.3 mi
  • Indiana Welcome Center: 10.5 mi
  • Rest Area Trucks Only: 22.0 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • 1 Foot Falls: 21.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Carlisle HillSSE 147°280.4 m10.9 mi
Vargo HillSE 140°270 m21.4 mi
Reeves HillSE 140°264 m20.7 mi
Mount EdwardN 8°242 m9.3 mi
Mount RandallN 6°235 m7.5 mi
Tower HillN 3°233 m7.3 mi
Pikes PeakN 2°229 m7.2 mi
Mount FullerN 1°227 m7.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:5119:2219:59
June solstice06:1220:4321:26
September equinox07:3519:0919:45
December solstice08:1116:3417:19

Local time (America/Detroit).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242837496069737265534030
Precip in3.02.52.73.84.34.44.04.23.44.13.22.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Laporte, 15 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Purple Martin28 obs
  • Tree Swallow16 obs
  • Eurasian Collared-Dove9 obs
  • Trumpeter Swan7 obs
  • Fish Crow7 obs
  • Bonaparte's Gull7 obs
  • Bufflehead6 obs
  • Savannah Sparrow6 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.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1062489169

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