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Babbs Beach is a 5.2-mile out-and-back in Suffield Wildlife Management Area near Ebbs Corner, CT. The route reaches Babbs Beach. It is mostly level, with 111 ft of elevation gain, and mostly dirt. It scores 12/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi240 – 364 ft5.5 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 42.01960, -72.73851
Nearest town Ebbs Corner, CT

Directions

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Babbs Beach

5.2 mi · ▲ 111 ft · 1 hr 47 min

Elevation 239–365 ft

Out & Back · Suffield Wildlife Management Area

Trailhead: 42.01960, -72.73851

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

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading N.
  2. 0.4 miTurn right, heading NE.
  3. 150 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  4. 50 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  5. 0.2 miBear left, heading N.
  6. 0.6 miTurn left, heading N.
  7. 0.3 miTurn left, heading W.
  8. 0.7 miReach Babbs Beach, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  9. 0.2 miTurn left, heading E.
  10. 0.3 miTurn right, heading N.
  11. 0.1 miTurn left, heading E.
  12. 150 ftBear left, heading E.
  13. 0.2 miTurn right, heading N.
  14. 200 ftBear right, heading N.
  15. 300 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  16. 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
  17. 0.3 miSharp right, heading E.
  18. 0.7 miSharp left, heading SW.
  19. 0.4 miBear left, heading S.
  20. 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
  21. 150 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  22. 0.4 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

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