Hubbard River

Hubbard River
Hubbard River
Map
Location
CountryUnited States
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationjunction of Babcock Brook and Hall Pond Brook Tolland, Massachusetts
 • coordinates42°04′54″N 72°58′25″W / 42.0816°N 72.9737°W / 42.0816; -72.9737
Mouth 
 • location
Barkhamsted Reservoir,
Hartland, CT
 • coordinates
42°01′45″N 72°56′08″W / 42.0292°N 72.9356°W / 42.0292; -72.9356
 • elevation
528 feet (161 m)
Length4.6 miles (7.4 km)
Basin features
ReferencesU.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Hubbard River

The Hubbard River, 4.6 miles (7.4 km) long,[1] is part of the Farmington River watershed. It flows through Connecticut and Massachusetts.[2]

The river is a main feature of Massachusetts's Granville State Forest where it drops 450 feet (140 m) in 2.5 miles (4.0 km). It is named for Samuel Hubbard, the English colonist who came to the area, operating a saw mill near the river in 1749.[2] The river heads in Tolland, Massachusetts, at the junction of Babcock Brook and Hall Pond Brook, then flows southeast across Granville, Massachusetts to Barkhamsted Reservoir in the town of Hartland, Connecticut.[3]

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed April 1, 2011
  2. ^ a b Granville State Forest, Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation.
  3. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Hubbard River