Babes Hill
Babes Hill rises to 296 m in Connecticut. Mount Everett stands 793 m to the northwest, 4.8 miles off. The nearest named place is East Twin Lake Water Access, a park 0.6 miles away. Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20) passes 19 miles off.
The story
Mountain in United States of America.
Wikidata Q31807553, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 296 m
How to reach it
- 18.7 mi off the Jacob's Ladder Trail (Route 20)
- 28.6 mi off the Route 112 Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Toms Hill: 1.1 mi
- Miles Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Cave Hill: 2.9 mi
- Bowman Hill: 2.9 mi
- Dutcher Hill: 3.0 mi
- East Twin Lake Water Access: 0.6 mi
- Lawrence Field: 3.0 mi
- Edith Scoville Memorial Sanctuary: 3.1 mi
- Barnard Memorial Park: 4.8 mi
- Salisbury Village Open Space: 4.8 mi
- Taconic Chapel Park: 1.8 mi
- Ashley Falls Woods: 2.2 mi
- Mary Alice White Easement: 2.3 mi
- Town Open Space: 2.3 mi
- Drury Preserve: 2.6 mi
- C H Pease Museum: 2.7 mi
- Connecticut Railroad Historical Museum: 2.8 mi
- Sheffield Historical Society: 4.7 mi
- FV - Canaan Historical Society: 6.4 mi
- Holley Williams House Museum: 6.5 mi
- Dough Boy: 2.8 mi
- East Canaan Veterans Monument: 5.2 mi
- Tri-State Marker: 5.7 mi
- Battlesite Monument: 7.0 mi
- Copake Iron Furnace: 8.7 mi
- Sages Ravine Brook Falls: 2.6 mi
- Bear Rock Falls: 3.3 mi
- Sages Ravine Falls: 3.4 mi
- Lower Falls: 3.8 mi
- Upper Falls: 3.9 mi
- Newsboy Statue: 9.4 mi
- Liebowitz Letter: 11.3 mi
- Naked Lady: 11.4 mi
- Divine Mercy: 17.0 mi
- The First Station - Jesus Is Condemned by Pilate: 17.1 mi
- Beckley Furnace: 4.9 mi
- Giant's Thumb: 4.9 mi
- Sheffield Covered Bridge: 5.5 mi
- Town Hill Farm: 8.1 mi
- Orchard City Millage Sign: 10.8 mi
- Devil’s Pulpit: 13.9 mi
- The Beech: 15.9 mi
- Space Invaders: 15.9 mi
- Squirrel Wall: 16.0 mi
- Cloud Buttress: 16.0 mi
- Heritage Garden: 13.9 mi
- Naumkeag Garden: 17.0 mi
- Berkshire Botanical Garden: 17.7 mi
- Walled Garden: 20.3 mi
- Orintas Family Butterfly Garden & Viewing Stand: 23.8 mi
- East Beach: 17.1 mi
- Holland Beach: 17.2 mi
- West Beach: 17.8 mi
- County Beach: 19.2 mi
- Iroquis Waterfront: 23.1 mi
- Cannavo Spring: 17.8 mi
- Big Spring: 20.3 mi
- Hermit spring: 20.6 mi
- Ever Flowing Spring: 21.1 mi
- Questing: 8.3 mi
- Dudley Town: 16.5 mi
- Guilder Pond Picnic area: 5.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 7.8 miles of Babes Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Everett | NW 323° | 793 m | 4.8 mi |
| Mount Frissell | W 274° | 747 m | 5.4 mi |
| Mount Ashley | WNW 282° | 725 m | 5.2 mi |
| Mount Race | NW 311° | 723 m | 3.8 mi |
| Bear Mountain | W 269° | 708 m | 4.0 mi |
| Brace Mountain | W 269° | 706 m | 6.0 mi |
| South Brace Mountain | W 265° | 702 m | 5.9 mi |
| Round Mountain | W 272° | 695 m | 5.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:29 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:19 | 19:51 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:16 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 15:40 | 16:26 |
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 | 25 | 27 | 35 | 47 | 58 | 66 | 71 | 69 | 62 | 51 | 40 | 30 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 2.6 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.9 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 3.5 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Falls Village, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/359259712
Day trips start here
- Great Barrington · 10 mi
- Monterey · 12 mi
- Berkshires · 14 mi
- Stockbridge · 17 mi
- Otis · 18 mi
- Lee · 19 mi
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