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Babbs Beach is a 3-mile out-and-back in Suffield Wildlife Management Area near Hosmer Corner, MA. The route reaches Babbs Beach at the turnaround, 1.3 miles in. It is mostly level, with 0 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 11/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi240 – 272 ft3.0 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.04830, -72.74123
Nearest town Hosmer Corner, MA

Directions

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Babbs Beach

3 mi · ▲ 0 ft · 1 hr

Elevation 241–272 ft

Out & Back · Suffield Wildlife Management Area

Trailhead: 42.04830, -72.74123

Weather Aug 4: sunrise 5:48 AM · sunset 8:08 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading S.
  2. 0.3 miTurn right, heading W.
  3. 0.1 miTurn left, heading S.
  4. 0.9 miPass Babbs Beach.
  5. 0.4 miTurn right, heading N.
  6. 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
  7. 250 ftSharp right, heading W.
  8. 150 ftBear left, heading NE.
  9. 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
  10. 0.7 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

100% dirt

Weather

Sunrise 5:48 AMSunset 8:08 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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