Babbs Beach
Babbs Beach is a beach in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 69 m. Liberty Hill stands 448 m to the west-northwest, 9.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Babb's Beach Recreation Area, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 12 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 69 m
How to reach it
- 12.3 mi off the Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20)
- 15.5 mi off the Route 112 Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Summit House · 21 mi
- Dam Overlook Observation Platform · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Pioneer Valley Live Steamers: 3.8 mi
- Old Newgate Prison and Copper Mine: 4.7 mi
- Amelia Park Children's Museum: 5.7 mi
- Salmon Brook Historical Society: 6.1 mi
- King House Museum: 6.3 mi
- Babb's Beach Recreation Area: 0.0 mi
- Town Of Suffield (Babb's Road): 0.2 mi
- Rail Trail: 0.7 mi
- Whalley Park: 1.7 mi
- Sunrise Park: 2.6 mi
- Huckleberry Mountain: 0.9 mi
- Millers Hill: 1.0 mi
- Southwick Hill: 2.1 mi
- Stony Knoll: 2.2 mi
- West Suffield Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Southwick Community Garden: 2.9 mi
- Front Garden: 5.2 mi
- Azalea Garden: 5.2 mi
- Back Garden: 5.2 mi
- Side Garden: 5.2 mi
- Heroes of Westfield: 6.0 mi
- Freedom Eagle: 6.6 mi
- Angel of Independence: 6.6 mi
- Epiphany: 6.8 mi
- Westfield is Fantastic: 6.8 mi
- E. Alexander Bergstrom: 3.9 mi
- Kotchen Quadrangle: 5.9 mi
- Suffield Academy Bell: 6.0 mi
- Veterans' Memorial: 6.2 mi
- Soldiers Monument: 6.2 mi
- Suffield Wildlife Management Area: 0.4 mi
- Congamond Heights: 0.4 mi
- New Town Beach: 1.1 mi
- Wispering Pines Regal Homes Cr: 1.6 mi
- Halmar, Inc. (Partridge Meadow): 1.8 mi
- A-3B "Skywarrior": 6.4 mi
- C-7A "Caribou": 6.4 mi
- HU-16E "Albatross": 6.4 mi
- New England Sky Screamer: 7.1 mi
- Smaug's Lair sign: 7.6 mi
- Lost Acres Falls: 6.3 mi
- Carpenter's Falls: 7.8 mi
- Enders Falls: 8.2 mi
- Beach Brook Falls: 8.5 mi
- Balance Rock Cascades: 9.1 mi
- Indian Leap: 16.3 mi
- Corps Wall: 16.4 mi
- Grotto: 16.4 mi
- Murdock Wall: 16.4 mi
- Progressive Buttress: 16.4 mi
- Thompsonville Boat Launch: 7.8 mi
- Haviland Pond Beach: 17.2 mi
- County Beach: 18.6 mi
- Holland Beach: 18.7 mi
- Rainbow Beach: 20.3 mi
- Big Spring: 13.9 mi
- Ever Flowing Spring: 14.8 mi
- Cannavo Spring: 18.5 mi
- Hermit spring: 18.8 mi
- Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 7.2 mi
- Szot Park Picnic Grove: 11.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.5 miles of Babbs Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberty Hill | WNW 295° | 448 m | 9.9 mi |
| Sweetman Mountain | NW 307° | 446 m | 8.8 mi |
| Pine Mountain | WSW 246° | 421 m | 9.9 mi |
| Holden Hill | WNW 303° | 412 m | 8.7 mi |
| Winchell Mountain | WNW 284° | 403 m | 7.9 mi |
| Morrison Hill | W 267° | 370 m | 10.1 mi |
| Washington Hill | WSW 238° | 359 m | 9.9 mi |
| South Mountain | W 279° | 357 m | 6.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:26 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:16 | 19:48 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:13 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:38 | 16:23 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 25 | 27 | 35 | 47 | 58 | 67 | 72 | 71 | 63 | 51 | 40 | 30 |
| Precip in | 4.0 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 4.7 | 4.2 | 5.1 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 5.2 | 4.1 | 5.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Westfield 3 SW, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/593630026
Day trips start here
- Longmeadow · 9 mi
- East Windsor · 13 mi
- Blandford · 14 mi
- Holyoke · 14 mi
- Somers · 16 mi
- Ludlow · 17 mi
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