Skip to content
Byway
Nature reserve · Connecticut

Barbara Drive

Barbara Drive from directly overhead

Barbara Drive is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 42 m. Pine Cone stands 323 m to the west, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Noden-Reed Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 21 miles off.

Municipal, Open To Public Without Fee

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.93352, -72.64669

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Noden-Reed Park: 0.1 mi
  • Northridge Park: 0.5 mi
  • Pesci Park: 0.8 mi
  • Ahern Park: 0.9 mi
  • Denslow Street Park: 0.9 mi
Peaks
  • Birges Hill: 0.4 mi
  • Barrett Hill: 0.7 mi
  • Lighthouse Hill: 2.0 mi
  • Prospect Hill: 2.5 mi
  • Taintor Hill: 3.2 mi
Nature reserves
Historic sites
  • Soldiers Memorial Hall: 1.2 mi
  • Connecticut Fallen Firefighters Memorial: 2.2 mi
  • 9/11 Memorial: 2.2 mi
  • Veterans' Memorial: 3.3 mi
  • Suffield Academy Bell: 3.6 mi
Museums
Artworks
  • Cow: 7.4 mi
  • Cow Mermaid Statue: 8.5 mi
  • Tumble Brook Sculpture: 10.2 mi
  • Bike Sculpture: 10.3 mi
  • Freedom Eagle: 10.4 mi
Gardens: 59
  • Phelps-Hatheway Garden: 3.2 mi
  • Back Garden: 3.9 mi
  • Side Garden: 3.9 mi
  • Front Garden: 3.9 mi
  • Front Garden: 3.9 mi
Attractions: 53
  • HU-16E "Albatross": 2.6 mi
  • C-7A "Caribou": 2.6 mi
  • A-3B "Skywarrior": 2.6 mi
  • Smaug's Lair sign: 5.5 mi
  • New England Sky Screamer: 7.6 mi
Waterfalls: 47
Cliffs: 27
  • Hart Meadow: 13.0 mi
  • Hidden Wall and the Watch Tower: 13.1 mi
  • Garden Wall: 13.1 mi
  • Superstructure: 14.0 mi
  • Solar Panel: 14.0 mi
Beaches: 7
Springs: 7
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 18.0 mi
  • Rd: 18.0 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 18.0 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 18.2 mi
  • Big Spring: 18.3 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 7.7 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 14.7 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 18.2 mi
  • West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 18.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.5 miles of Barbara Drive. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pine ConeW 276°323 m11.6 mi
Soapstone MountainE 82°315 m12.1 mi
West LedgeWSW 258°305 m11.9 mi
Talcott MountainSW 223°276 m11.5 mi
Weed HillW 272°241 m10.7 mi
Broad HillW 278°238 m10.6 mi
Fox HillESE 115°200 m11.5 mi
Avon MountainSW 221°191 m12.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1619:4820:30
September equinox06:3918:1318:50
December solstice07:1615:3816:23

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F273038506069747365534233
Precip in3.33.13.83.93.84.34.24.24.44.53.54.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hartford-bradley Intl AP, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/43436470

More nature reserves in Connecticut

Day trips start here

Drive to it

Byway plans a real route around stops like this one.

Plan a driveMore nature reserves
Private beta · Free to join

Take the scenic way to Barbara Drive.

Byway plans around your taste, verified places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.

Private beta · Free to join · No card · Invite when a spot opens