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Babcock Ridge Preserve

Babcock Ridge Preserve from directly overhead

Babcock Ridge Preserve is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 52 m. Prentice Mountain stands 163 m to the northwest, 5.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Erisman Woodlands Preserve, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. State Routes 49 & 14A passes 0.7 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Avalonia Land Conservancy
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.44246, -71.86237
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
Historic sites
  • Cellar Hole: 4.3 mi
  • Babcock-Smith House Museum: 5.4 mi
  • Youngs Ledyard Morgan: 6.6 mi
  • Bucklin Memorial, Yawgoog Scout Reservation: 6.9 mi
  • H. C. Anthony Stockade: 7.0 mi
Museums: 52
Beaches: 41
Artworks: 24
  • Stone Turtle: 4.1 mi
  • Penguin: 6.6 mi
  • Giant Gnome: 6.8 mi
  • Mjolnir: 6.8 mi
  • Mystic Blue: 7.6 mi
Attractions: 21
Gardens: 15
Waterfalls: 14
  • Cascade: 10.0 mi
  • Cascade: 10.3 mi
  • Stepstone Falls: 12.9 mi
  • Yantic Falls: 13.4 mi
  • Spencer Rock Waterfall: 18.4 mi
Lighthouses: 6
Picnic sites: 6
  • Picnic Pavilion: 11.3 mi
  • Little Nini Pavillion: 11.5 mi
  • Skate Hut: 14.6 mi
  • Powder House: 14.8 mi
  • Big Beach: 20.8 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 7.4 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (South Bound): 12.8 mi
  • Rest Area I-95 (North Bound): 12.9 mi
  • Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 13.4 mi
Springs: 3
  • Old Spring: 6.7 mi
  • Factory Pond: 14.1 mi
  • Plum Point Spring: 23.8 mi
Cliffs: 3
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.2 miles of Babcock Ridge Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Prentice MountainNW 314°163 m5.4 mi
Chapman HillN 1°158 m3.5 mi
Barns HillNW 322°155 m4.6 mi
Pendleton HillNNE 12°153 m4.3 mi
Bay MountainNNW 338°152 m7.4 mi
Stewart HillNNW 337°149 m2.6 mi
Ayer HillWNW 299°144 m5.7 mi
Cossaduck HillNW 313°139 m2.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5218:2319:00
June solstice05:1519:4320:25
September equinox06:3618:1018:47
December solstice07:1115:3716:21

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323340495867747266554638
Precip in3.32.74.23.93.33.52.93.53.84.33.53.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Westerly State AP, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1025031603

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