Barber Pond State Wildlife Area
Barber Pond State Wildlife Area is a park in Connecticut, at a recorded elevation of 42 m. Pine Cone stands 323 m to the west-northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Trent Drive Park, a park 0.8 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 24 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 42 m
How to reach it
- 24.2 mi off the Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20)
- 27.3 mi off the Route 112 Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Trent Drive Park: 0.8 mi
- Mill Brook State Park: 0.9 mi
- Phelps Meadow Open Space (Section 1) 2 Parcels: 1.8 mi
- John Fitch Playground: 2.0 mi
- Washington Park: 2.0 mi
- Day Hill: 1.2 mi
- Cook Hill: 1.5 mi
- Lighthouse Hill: 3.4 mi
- Grant Hill: 4.7 mi
- Barrett Hill: 4.9 mi
- Farmstead Lane Open Space: 1.3 mi
- Phelps Park Open Space: 1.3 mi
- Silver Birch Lane Open Space: 1.5 mi
- Phelps Meadow Open Space (Section 1) 2 Parcels: 1.6 mi
- Pepperbush Way Open Space (2 Parcels): 1.6 mi
- Farm Tool: 1.8 mi
- VW: 1.8 mi
- 1964 Flood Prevention Project: 2.2 mi
- Tim Coyne Memorial: 2.5 mi
- Major John Mason Statue: 2.7 mi
- Cow: 2.2 mi
- Cow Mermaid Statue: 3.3 mi
- Tumble Brook Sculpture: 5.1 mi
- Painted Cow: 5.9 mi
- Sedna: 6.3 mi
- Vintage Radio & Communications Museum of CT: 2.4 mi
- Tobacco Museum: 2.6 mi
- Windsor Historical Society: 2.7 mi
- Walter Fyler House Museum: 2.7 mi
- Museum of American Political Life: 4.7 mi
- Growing Roots Community Garden: 6.0 mi
- Huntington Community Garden: 6.4 mi
- Robert A. Prill Annual Garden: 6.4 mi
- Elizabeth Park Rose Garden: 6.4 mi
- Elizabeth Park Perennial Garden: 6.4 mi
- Cathles Trail Falls: 9.1 mi
- Northgate Falls: 9.2 mi
- Westledge Trail Cascades: 9.4 mi
- Carpenter's Falls: 10.2 mi
- Center Springs Falls: 10.4 mi
- Smaug's Lair sign: 5.1 mi
- The Dreamyard: 5.4 mi
- Drake High Road Bridge: 5.7 mi
- C-7A "Caribou": 5.8 mi
- HU-16E "Albatross": 5.8 mi
- Hart Meadow: 8.0 mi
- Hidden Wall and the Watch Tower: 8.0 mi
- Garden Wall: 8.1 mi
- Superstructure: 8.8 mi
- Solar Panel: 8.8 mi
- Thompsonville Boat Launch: 10.2 mi
- Babbs Beach: 11.9 mi
- Sandy Beach: 16.9 mi
- Halls Pond Beach: 20.1 mi
- Holland Beach: 20.9 mi
- Ever Flowing Spring: 16.6 mi
- Big Spring: 17.3 mi
- Hermit spring: 18.6 mi
- Cannavo Spring: 20.3 mi
- Unnamed Bridge 2 2:46: 22.9 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Eastbound: 20.2 mi
- West Willington Rest Area Westbound: 20.2 mi
- Jennifer Hodges Memorial Rest Area: 21.6 mi
- Southington Rest Area: 23.0 mi
- Rivers Edge Picnic Grove: 12.9 mi
- Szot Park Picnic Grove: 19.9 mi
- Picnic Grove: 24.2 mi
- Gay City State Park: 15.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.3 miles of Barber Pond State Wildlife Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pine Cone | WNW 302° | 323 m | 11.1 mi |
| West Ledge | WNW 284° | 305 m | 9.8 mi |
| Talcott Mountain | WSW 238° | 276 m | 6.7 mi |
| East Hill | W 265° | 261 m | 10.7 mi |
| Onion Mountain | W 269° | 253 m | 9.8 mi |
| Ely Mound | SW 230° | 246 m | 7.7 mi |
| Weed Hill | WNW 302° | 241 m | 10.0 mi |
| Broad Hill | NW 307° | 238 m | 10.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:26 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 19:48 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:39 | 18:13 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:16 | 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 | 27 | 30 | 38 | 50 | 60 | 69 | 74 | 73 | 65 | 53 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hartford-bradley Intl AP, 5 mi away.
- Red Clover13 obs
- autumn olive13 obs
- common mugwort12 obs
- multiflora rose10 obs
- American Robin9 obs
- Painted Turtle8 obs
- common milkweed8 obs
- ribwort plantain8 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/359272710
Day trips start here
- East Windsor · 8 mi
- Longmeadow · 14 mi
- Somers · 15 mi
- Tolland · 16 mi
- Hampden · 20 mi
- Ludlow · 23 mi
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