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Yvonne’s Garden

Yvonne’s Garden from directly overhead

Yvonne’s Garden is a garden in Massachusetts, at a modelled elevation of 46 m. Prospect Hill stands 135 m to the north-northwest, 4.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Caterpillar, a artwork 0.1 miles away. Revolutionary Heritage Byway passes 5.8 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Access
Yes
Fee
No
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates42.32622, -71.23274

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Gardens
  • Bob's Island: 0.2 mi
  • Emma Hart Fessenden Garden: 2.3 mi
  • Wildflower Patch: 2.8 mi
  • Wildflower Patch: 2.8 mi
  • Rhododendron Garden: 5.1 mi
Parks
  • Warren Lincoln Playground: 0.3 mi
  • Windsor Road Historic District: 0.3 mi
  • Pine Ridge Road-Plainfield Street Historic District: 0.4 mi
  • Richardson Playground: 0.6 mi
  • Ouellet Park: 0.9 mi
Peaks
Nature reserves
  • Waban/Alban Island: 0.6 mi
  • Varick Woods: 0.6 mi
  • Varick Hill Conservation Area: 0.7 mi
  • Wellesley Conservation Land: 0.9 mi
  • Martin Conservation Area: 1.0 mi
Historic sites
Beaches
  • Crystal Lake Beach: 1.6 mi
  • Morses Pond Beach: 4.8 mi
  • North Beach: 6.3 mi
  • Powissett Beach: 6.4 mi
  • Shapiro Beach: 6.4 mi
Attractions
Museums
Cliffs: 43
  • Lunch Wall: 2.6 mi
  • Pusherman Wall: 2.8 mi
  • Temple Overhangs: 2.9 mi
  • The Alcove: 3.0 mi
  • Upper Cliff: 3.0 mi
Picnic sites: 42
  • Picnic Site 11: 4.1 mi
  • Picnic Site 10: 4.1 mi
  • Picnic Site 9: 4.1 mi
  • Picnic Site 12: 4.2 mi
  • Picnic Site 8: 4.2 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Rest areas: 4
  • Westwood Rest Area: 8.4 mi
  • Commissioners Landing: 8.4 mi
  • Interstate 95 Rest Area: 22.0 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 22.6 mi
Springs: 3
  • Quarry Spring: 10.0 mi
  • Pakomet Spring: 11.7 mi
  • Mystery Spring: 19.7 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Cascade Falls: 11.5 mi
  • Rock Falls: 14.7 mi
  • Wamesit Falls: 21.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 6.4 miles of Yvonne’s Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Prospect HillNNW 346°135 m4.4 mi
Little ProspectNNW 344°133 m4.2 mi
Pegan HillSW 215°125 m6.4 mi
Reeves HillWNW 282°122 m6.2 mi
Strawberry HillS 190°114 m6.4 mi
Doublet HillNW 306°108 m2.6 mi
Maugus HillWSW 239°101 m2.2 mi
Single Tree HillE 93°100 m4.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:4918:2018:57
June solstice05:0919:4320:26
September equinox06:3318:0718:44
December solstice07:1115:3116:16

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283038495968747365534334
Precip in3.93.64.54.33.64.23.53.74.05.04.05.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jamaica Plain, 6 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • garlic mustard158 obs
  • Wild Turkey153 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee141 obs
  • Mallard140 obs
  • Eastern Cottontail134 obs
  • American Robin120 obs
  • Western Honey Bee105 obs
  • American pokeweed105 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 node/13043495426

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