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Babb Hill

Babb Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Babb Hill rises to 398 m in Connecticut. Bald Mountain stands 539 m to the northwest, 7.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Panorama Hill, a peak 1.0 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 20 miles off.

The story

mountain in United States of America

Wikidata Q31807550, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
398 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.96148, -73.11094

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
Historic sites
Waterfalls: 56
Attractions: 45
  • Army Corps of Engineers benchmark: 5.2 mi
  • Lighthouse cemetery: 5.5 mi
  • 4 towns meet: 5.9 mi
  • Charcoal mound exhibit: 6.3 mi
  • Indian Council Caves: 9.4 mi
Gardens: 36
  • Orintas Family Butterfly Garden & Viewing Stand: 15.4 mi
  • Southwick Community Garden: 16.2 mi
  • Flower Gardens: 17.9 mi
  • Herb Gardens: 17.9 mi
  • Heritage Garden: 18.0 mi
Artworks: 32
Cliffs: 25
  • Winsted Cliffs: 4.1 mi
  • The Beech: 7.8 mi
  • Space Invaders: 7.8 mi
  • Cloud Buttress: 7.8 mi
  • Squirrel Wall: 7.9 mi
Beaches: 8
Springs: 4
  • Cannavo Spring: 3.6 mi
  • Big Spring: 5.6 mi
  • Ever Flowing Spring: 6.3 mi
  • Hermit spring: 6.9 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Picnic Area: 12.3 mi
  • Guilder Pond Picnic area: 19.5 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 23.0 mi
Ghost towns: 2

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.5 miles of Babb Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bald MountainNW 310°539 m7.1 mi
Stone Man MountainW 268°528 m8.8 mi
Wangum Lake HillW 275°521 m7.6 mi
East Bald MountainNW 317°519 m6.6 mi
Higley HillNNW 337°518 m8.6 mi
Seymour MountainN 3°517 m6.7 mi
Dodds MountainN 357°516 m7.4 mi
Haystack MountainWNW 301°510 m5.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2819:05
June solstice05:1819:5020:32
September equinox06:4018:1518:52
December solstice07:1815:4016:25

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222432445564696760483828
Precip in4.03.34.23.94.15.04.84.74.95.14.14.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Norfolk 2 SW, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1931758 — Babb Hill, Northwest Hills County, Connecticut.

OpenStreetMap element node/359280953

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