Harriet E. Babcock Preserve
Harriet E. Babcock Preserve is a nature reserve in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 97 m. Whifford Hill stands 291 m to the north-northwest, 9.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Holt–Kinney Woods, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Connecticut State Route 169 passes 13 miles off.
No street parking. Walk-in only or access from Bird Loop Trail
What to expect
- Operated by
- Joshua's Tract Conservation and Historic Trust
How to reach it
- 12.8 mi off the Connecticut State Route 169, National
- 16.7 mi off the State Routes 49 & 14A
- 6.6 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Holt–Kinney Woods: 0.3 mi
- Crane Hill Road Open Space: 0.4 mi
- Center Meadow: 0.7 mi
- Southworth Preserve: 0.8 mi
- Storrs Road Open Space: 0.9 mi
- Wolf Rock: 0.4 mi
- Chestnut Hill: 1.4 mi
- Ball Hill: 3.1 mi
- Tower Hill: 3.6 mi
- Wormwood Hill: 3.8 mi
- Southeast Park: 1.2 mi
- Spring Hill Fields: 1.4 mi
- Mansfield Hollow Lake Boat Launch: 1.9 mi
- Sunny Acres Park: 2.2 mi
- Alex Caisse Park: 2.6 mi
- Mansfield Historical Society: 1.7 mi
- Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry: 3.2 mi
- Hellenic Museum: 3.2 mi
- Connecticut Eastern Railroad Museum: 3.7 mi
- William Benton Museum of Art: 3.7 mi
- Chaffeeville Silk Mill: 2.1 mi
- Old root cellar: 3.0 mi
- Carrick A. McLaughlin plaque: 3.0 mi
- Captain Nathan Hale Monument: 4.9 mi
- dog memorial: 6.5 mi
- Weaving Shuttle: 3.2 mi
- U’s and C’s: 3.2 mi
- Copper Tower: 3.3 mi
- The Fallen: 3.5 mi
- Stone Book Universe: 3.5 mi
- Codfish Falls: 4.2 mi
- Diana's Pool Falls: 4.3 mi
- Cascades: 4.9 mi
- Cascades: 4.9 mi
- Little Muk Falls: 9.0 mi
- Wolf Rock: 0.4 mi
- Old Porcelain Mine: 4.6 mi
- March Route of Rochambeau's Army: Scotland Road: 5.6 mi
- March Route of Rochambeau's Army: Palmer Road: 8.9 mi
- Frog Rock: 11.0 mi
- Thread City Family Garden: 2.8 mi
- Mary's Garden: 3.6 mi
- Mansfield Community Garden: 3.6 mi
- Schwenk Family Garden: 3.8 mi
- Horticulture Garden: 3.8 mi
- Halls Pond Beach: 7.7 mi
- Sandy Beach: 14.2 mi
- Staffordville Beach: 16.2 mi
- Moosup Pond Beach: 18.0 mi
- Woodstock Town Beach: 20.1 mi
- Wolf Rock Cliff: 0.4 mi
- Fifty Foot Cliff: 1.8 mi
- Coney Rock: 2.3 mi
- Flag Rock: 12.3 mi
- Crow Point: 21.3 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 9.9 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 9.9 mi
- Rest Area I-395 (South Bound): 20.7 mi
- Gay City State Park: 12.1 mi
- Bara-Hack: 13.0 mi
- Johnsonville Village: 23.1 mi
- Windham Spring: 2.7 mi
- Picnic: 18.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.3 miles of Harriet E. Babcock Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whifford Hill | NNW 344° | 291 m | 9.1 mi |
| Westford Hill | N 5° | 290 m | 10.3 mi |
| Grant Hill | WNW 292° | 284 m | 9.7 mi |
| Parker Mountain | NNW 348° | 275 m | 10.3 mi |
| Sharpe Hill | N 2° | 268 m | 10.3 mi |
| Sprague Hill | NE 46° | 257 m | 10.1 mi |
| Wenberg Hill | N 357° | 245 m | 8.1 mi |
| Pumpkin Hill | NE 39° | 241 m | 7.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:53 | 18:24 | 19:01 |
| June solstice | 05:15 | 19:46 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:37 | 18:11 | 18:48 |
| December solstice | 07:14 | 15:37 | 16:22 |
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 | 27 | 29 | 37 | 48 | 59 | 67 | 72 | 71 | 63 | 52 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.7 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 2.7 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Willimantic Windham AP, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/43399100
Day trips start here
- Willimantic · 3 mi
- Storrs · 4 mi
- Mystic-Eastern · 10 mi
- Tolland · 11 mi
- Connecticut River Valley · 15 mi
- Norwich · 16 mi
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