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Deming Street Community Gardens

Deming Street Community Gardens from directly overhead

Deming Street Community Gardens is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 75 m. Soapstone Mountain stands 315 m to the north-northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Ridgefield Open Space, a nature reserve 0.7 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 30 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Town of South Windsor

How to reach it

Coordinates41.81708, -72.53883

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks
Gardens
  • Wickham Park Irish Garden: 2.9 mi
  • Wickham Park English Garden: 2.9 mi
  • Wickham Park Cabin Garden: 3.0 mi
  • Wickham Park Sensory Garden: 3.0 mi
  • Growing Roots Community Garden: 4.8 mi
Artworks
Attractions
  • The Dreamyard: 3.5 mi
  • filled-in well: 4.8 mi
  • Nike Missile Site: 5.7 mi
  • Keney Tower: 7.7 mi
  • Hay Tedder: 7.9 mi
Museums
Historic sites
Waterfalls: 57
  • Talcott Ravine: 2.7 mi
  • Center Springs Falls: 2.8 mi
  • Wyllys Falls: 4.5 mi
  • Case Falls: 4.6 mi
  • Hockanum Falls: 6.0 mi
Cliffs: 17
  • Flag Rock: 5.0 mi
  • Crow Point: 8.6 mi
  • Hart Meadow: 13.6 mi
  • Hidden Wall and the Watch Tower: 13.6 mi
  • Garden Wall: 13.6 mi
Beaches: 7
Rest areas: 3
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 13.5 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 13.5 mi
  • Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 21.0 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Picnic sites: 2
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 16.0 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 22.5 mi
Springs: 2
  • Windham Spring: 18.5 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 24.9 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Soapstone MountainNNE 33°315 m11.8 mi
Paulk HillENE 61°294 m9.0 mi
Kendall HillNE 52°290 m11.6 mi
Grant HillE 90°284 m7.8 mi
Sugar HillENE 58°282 m10.1 mi
Reed HillENE 74°275 m7.3 mi
MannantuckSSE 156°273 m8.2 mi
John Tom HillSSE 155°272 m8.2 mi

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, 8 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1225335674

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