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Babb's Beach Recreation Area

Babb's Beach Recreation Area from directly overhead

Babb's Beach Recreation Area is a park in Connecticut, at a modelled elevation of 78 m. Liberty Hill stands 448 m to the west-northwest, 9.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Babbs Beach, a beach less than a tenth of a mile away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 12 miles off.

Municipal, Open To Public With Fee

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Coordinates42.03008, -72.75116

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Town Of Suffield (Babb's Road): 0.2 mi
  • Rail Trail: 0.8 mi
  • Rail Trail: 1.2 mi
  • Rail Trail: 1.5 mi
  • Whalley Park: 1.7 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
Museums
Historic sites
  • E. Alexander Bergstrom: 3.9 mi
  • Kotchen Quadrangle: 5.9 mi
  • Suffield Academy Bell: 6.0 mi
  • Veterans' Memorial: 6.1 mi
  • Soldiers Monument: 6.2 mi
Gardens: 59
  • Southwick Community Garden: 2.9 mi
  • Front Garden: 5.2 mi
  • Front Garden: 5.2 mi
  • Azalea Garden: 5.2 mi
  • Back Garden: 5.2 mi
Artworks: 54
  • Heroes of Westfield: 6.0 mi
  • Freedom Eagle: 6.5 mi
  • Angel of Independence: 6.6 mi
  • Epiphany: 6.7 mi
  • Westfield is Fantastic: 6.8 mi
Attractions: 46
  • A-3B "Skywarrior": 6.4 mi
  • C-7A "Caribou": 6.4 mi
  • HU-16E "Albatross": 6.4 mi
  • New England Sky Screamer: 7.0 mi
  • Smaug's Lair sign: 7.6 mi
Waterfalls: 39
  • Lost Acres Falls: 6.3 mi
  • Carpenter's Falls: 7.8 mi
  • Enders Falls: 8.2 mi
  • Enders Falls: 8.3 mi
  • Enders Falls: 8.3 mi
Cliffs: 24
  • Indian Leap: 16.3 mi
  • Corps Wall: 16.4 mi
  • Grotto: 16.4 mi
  • Murdock Wall: 16.4 mi
  • Progressive Buttress: 16.4 mi
Beaches: 10
Springs: 7
  • Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 12.3 mi
  • Unnamed Bridge 2:43: 12.4 mi
  • Rd: 12.4 mi
  • Big Spring: 13.9 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 14.8 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 7.2 mi
  • Szot Park Picnic Grove: 11.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.0 miles of Babb's Beach Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Liberty HillWNW 295°448 m9.9 mi
Sweetman MountainNW 307°446 m8.8 mi
Prospect HillWNW 287°425 m9.5 mi
Pine MountainWSW 246°421 m10.0 mi
Holden HillWNW 303°412 m8.7 mi
Winchell MountainWNW 284°403 m8.0 mi
Washington HillWSW 238°359 m9.9 mi
South MountainW 279°357 m6.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2619:03
June solstice05:1619:4820:31
September equinox06:3918:1318:50
December solstice07:1715:3816:23

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F252735475867727163514030
Precip in4.03.63.94.74.25.14.33.84.45.24.15.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Westfield 3 SW, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Bluegill14 obs
  • Monarch13 obs
  • mountain laurel11 obs
  • eastern white pine10 obs
  • white campion10 obs
  • arrowhead rattlebox10 obs
  • common jewelweed9 obs
  • round-headed bush clover9 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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OpenStreetMap element way/43438191

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