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Babcock Hill

Babcock Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Babcock Hill rises to 634 m in Vermont. Wheelock Mountain stands 843 m to the southeast, 8.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Sharps Hill, a peak 0.3 miles away. Connecticut River Byway passes 20 miles off.

The story

mountain in the United States of America

Wikidata Q35724656, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
634 m

How to reach it

Coordinates44.62838, -72.30677

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Craftsbury Common Park: 4.1 mi
  • Orcutt Park: 7.5 mi
  • Wolcott Field: 9.6 mi
  • Nichols Ledge: 11.8 mi
  • Hyde Park Baseball Fields: 11.9 mi
Museums: 16
  • Craftsbury Historical Socity: 4.2 mi
  • The Museum of Everyday Life: 5.0 mi
  • Bread and Puppet Museum: 7.4 mi
  • Glover Historical Society Museum: 8.0 mi
  • Noyes House Museum: 15.2 mi
Attractions: 11
  • Circus Smirkus World Headquarters: 1.6 mi
  • Walden Mountain Alpaca Farm: 8.3 mi
  • Great Vermont Corn Maze: 13.9 mi
  • A.M. Foster Bridge: 14.3 mi
  • Kingdom Trails Nordic Adventure Center: 16.9 mi
Historic sites: 9
Covered bridges: 8
Waterfalls: 7
  • Cheever Falls: 11.0 mi
  • Cadys falls: 15.4 mi
  • Dog Head Falls: 18.2 mi
  • Sloping Falls: 18.4 mi
  • Moss Glen Falls: 18.6 mi
Beaches: 7
  • Lake Elmore Beach: 12.4 mi
  • Southwest Cove Beach: 14.7 mi
  • ROL Camp Beach: 14.9 mi
  • South Beach: 14.9 mi
  • North Beach: 15.6 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Runaway Pond: 4.7 mi
  • Shady Rill Picnic Area: 24.3 mi
Cliffs: 2
  • Bald Hill: 18.3 mi
  • Marshfield Ledges: 20.8 mi
Gardens: 1
  • Cady's Falls Botanical Gardens: 16.0 mi
Artworks: 1
  • Kettle Pond State Park: 23.0 mi
Springs: 1
  • Big Spring: 24.6 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.4 miles of Babcock Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Wheelock MountainSE 124°843 m8.8 mi
Ide MountainSE 129°796 m9.3 mi
Stannard MountainSSE 147°779 m8.7 mi
Round MountainSE 144°774 m9.8 mi
Mount NorrisNW 313°760 m11.9 mi
Woodbury MountainSSW 209°756 m12.1 mi
Granby MountainENE 73°725 m9.9 mi
Black HillsENE 69°697 m4.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2319:02
June solstice05:0519:5420:39
September equinox06:3718:1018:49
December solstice07:2415:2416:12

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F151827405462666558463322

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Eden 2 S, 13 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356552442

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