Babb Hill
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. 56 named summits stand within 25 miles.
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
- 20.1 mi off the Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20)
- 22.2 mi off the Route 112 Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Marshall Street Preserve: 1.1 mi
- Mount McNiff Preserve: 1.8 mi
- Town Hall And Museum: 2.2 mi
- Wolcott Preserve: 2.5 mi
- Town Open Space (Town Farm): 2.5 mi
- Maasser Park: 1.9 mi
- Town Park: 2.9 mi
- Highland Lake Boat Launch: 3.0 mi
- Soldiers Memorial Monument: 3.2 mi
- Resha Beach: 3.6 mi
- Colebrook Historical Society: 2.1 mi
- American Museum of Tort Law: 3.2 mi
- American Mural Project: 3.8 mi
- Norfolk Historical Society Museum: 4.9 mi
- Peoples State Forest Nature Museum: 6.4 mi
- World War I Memorial: 5.2 mi
- Hermit memorial: 6.9 mi
- John Brown Birthplace: 9.0 mi
- Jones Memorial: 9.3 mi
- East Canaan Veterans Monument: 9.6 mi
- Panorama Hill: 1.0 mi
- Flagg Hill: 2.2 mi
- Spencer Hill: 2.4 mi
- Grant Hill: 2.8 mi
- Mount Pisgah: 2.9 mi
- 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
- Colebrook Falls: 2.2 mi
- Beulah Falls: 2.8 mi
- Tunxis Falls: 3.5 mi
- Buttermilk Falls: 5.2 mi
- Burr Falls: 6.4 mi
- Bike Sculpture: 17.2 mi
- Angel of Independence: 20.0 mi
- The Globe: 20.1 mi
- Newsboy Statue: 20.3 mi
- Tumble Brook Sculpture: 21.1 mi
- Orintas Family Butterfly Garden & Viewing Stand: 15.4 mi
- Southwick Community Garden: 16.2 mi
- Heritage Garden: 18.0 mi
- Cathy's Garden & Gazebo: 20.1 mi
- Dorothy Perkins Garden: 20.1 mi
- 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
- Holland Beach: 3.0 mi
- County Beach: 15.6 mi
- Sandy Beach: 18.4 mi
- Babbs Beach: 19.0 mi
- Morris Town Beach: 19.9 mi
- Cannavo Spring: 3.6 mi
- Big Spring: 5.6 mi
- Ever Flowing Spring: 6.3 mi
- Hermit spring: 6.9 mi
- Questing: 13.2 mi
- Dudley Town: 16.3 mi
- Guilder Pond Picnic area: 19.5 mi
- Picnic Grove: 23.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Babb Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Mountain | NW 310° | 539 m | 7.1 mi |
| Stone Man Mountain | W 268° | 528 m | 8.8 mi |
| Wangum Lake Hill | W 275° | 521 m | 7.6 mi |
| East Bald Mountain | NW 317° | 519 m | 6.6 mi |
| Higley Hill | NNW 337° | 518 m | 8.6 mi |
| Seymour Mountain | N 3° | 517 m | 6.7 mi |
| Dodds Mountain | N 357° | 516 m | 7.4 mi |
| Haystack Mountain | WNW 301° | 510 m | 5.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:28 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:18 | 19:50 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:15 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 15:40 | 16:25 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 22 | 24 | 32 | 44 | 55 | 64 | 69 | 67 | 60 | 48 | 38 | 28 |
| Precip in | 4.0 | 3.3 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 5.0 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 5.1 | 4.1 | 4.9 |
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
Day trips start here
- Berkshires · 14 mi
- Monterey · 16 mi
- Otis · 16 mi
- Blandford · 18 mi
- Great Barrington · 21 mi
- Chester · 23 mi
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