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Avery Community Gardens

Avery Community Gardens from directly overhead

Avery Community Gardens is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 81 m. Bald Mountain stands 322 m to the north-northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is High Farms Open Space, a nature reserve 0.6 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 29 miles off.

Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Town of South Windsor
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.82480, -72.52193
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Northwest Park: 1.4 mi
  • Parker Village Play Area: 1.4 mi
  • Sand Hill / Nevers Park: 1.8 mi
  • Hop River State Park Trail Head: 1.8 mi
  • Kennedy Road Soccer Complex: 1.9 mi
Artworks
Museums
Peaks
Gardens
  • Wickham Park Irish Garden: 3.8 mi
  • Wickham Park English Garden: 3.9 mi
  • Wickham Park Cabin Garden: 4.0 mi
  • Wickham Park Sensory Garden: 4.0 mi
  • sensory garden: 5.7 mi
Historic sites
  • Major John Mason Statue: 6.3 mi
  • Frank Lombardi Memorial: 7.8 mi
  • Ronald E. Blake: 8.1 mi
  • Hartford Circus Fire Memorial: 8.1 mi
  • William H. Putnam: 8.8 mi
Attractions: 59
  • filled-in well: 3.8 mi
  • The Dreamyard: 4.4 mi
  • Nike Missile Site: 6.1 mi
  • Hay Tedder: 8.4 mi
  • Keney Tower: 8.7 mi
Waterfalls: 57
  • Talcott Ravine: 1.7 mi
  • Center Springs Falls: 3.2 mi
  • Wyllys Falls: 4.6 mi
  • Case Falls: 4.6 mi
  • Hockanum Falls: 5.0 mi
Cliffs: 15
  • Flag Rock: 4.5 mi
  • Crow Point: 9.5 mi
  • Hart Meadow: 14.6 mi
  • Hidden Wall and the Watch Tower: 14.6 mi
  • Garden Wall: 14.6 mi
Beaches: 7
Rest areas: 3
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 12.5 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 12.5 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 21.9 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Picnic sites: 2
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 15.7 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 22.1 mi
Springs: 1
  • Windham Spring: 17.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.9 miles of Avery Community Gardens. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bald MountainNNE 26°322 m12.9 mi
Soapstone MountainNNE 31°315 m10.8 mi
Paulk HillENE 61°294 m8.0 mi
Kendall HillNE 51°290 m10.5 mi
Grant HillE 94°284 m7.0 mi
Sugar HillENE 58°282 m9.1 mi
Reed HillENE 77°275 m6.3 mi
Chestnut MountainNNE 33°275 m12.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2619:02
June solstice05:1619:4720:29
September equinox06:3818:1318:49
December solstice07:1515:3816:23

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293139506170757466544334
Precip in2.92.63.53.83.43.93.93.54.04.23.43.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hartford Brainard FLD, 9 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43438777

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