Battery Bailey
Battery Bailey is a historic site in Maryland, at a modelled elevation of 72 m. Gantt Hill stands 156 m to the west-southwest, 6.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Westmoreland Hills Local Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. George Washington Memorial Parkway passes 1.5 miles off. 41 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Material
- metal
How to reach it
- 1.5 mi off the George Washington Memorial Parkway, National
- 2.3 mi off the Old Georgetown Pike
- 0.9 mi off the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway
- 9.7 mi off the Star-Spangled Banner Byway
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Westmoreland Hills Local Park: 0.0 mi
- Westmoreland Circle: 0.5 mi
- Dalecarlia Parkway: 0.5 mi
- Sangamore Local Park: 0.8 mi
- Galen Tait Memorial Park: 0.8 mi
- Boundary Park Neighborhood Conservation Area: 0.9 mi
- Potomac Palisades Conservation Park: 1.0 mi
- Spring Valley Park: 1.2 mi
- Vinton Park: 1.4 mi
- Marie Butler Leven Preserve: 2.5 mi
- Dopamine Land: 1.4 mi
- American University Museum at the Katzen: 1.5 mi
- Clara Barton House: 2.0 mi
- KID Museum: 2.3 mi
- Kreeger Museum: 2.4 mi
- Lock 6: 0.9 mi
- Lock 5: 1.1 mi
- Lock 7: 1.8 mi
- All Hallows Guild Traveling Carousel: 2.6 mi
- Twin Oaks: 2.8 mi
- Friendship Garden: 1.3 mi
- American University Arboretum and Gardens: 1.4 mi
- Fort Reno Community Garden: 1.6 mi
- Margaret's Garden: 2.1 mi
- Topaz House West Garden: 2.5 mi
- John Wesley: 1.3 mi
- John Wesley Statue: 1.3 mi
- When Now Becomes Then: 1.4 mi
- Oh it’s you, Welcome!: 1.4 mi
- Labyrinth: 1.5 mi
- Fletcher's Cove: 2.4 mi
- Picnic Grove 13: 3.0 mi
- Picnic Grove 14: 3.1 mi
- Picnic Grove 15: 3.1 mi
- Picnic Grove 18: 3.1 mi
- Loughborough Mill: 0.5 mi
- Fort Sumner: 0.7 mi
- Washington and Glen Echo Railroad: 0.9 mi
- Belmont, 1906: 1.4 mi
- Jefferson Garcia-Yanez: 1.5 mi
- Point Reno: 1.8 mi
- Mount Alto: 2.7 mi
- Georgetown Heights: 3.1 mi
- Camp Hill: 3.1 mi
- Linnean Hill: 3.4 mi
- Clean Drinking Manor Spring: 4.1 mi
- Silver Spring: 5.0 mi
- Takoma Spring: 5.8 mi
- Indian Springs: 12.0 mi
- Sandy Spring: 13.8 mi
- Stubblefield Falls: 4.8 mi
- Scott's Run Falls: 5.1 mi
- Great Falls: 8.3 mi
- Coe Creek: 20.7 mi
- Brambleton Sign/Water Decoration: 22.6 mi
- Fishing Shore: 2.9 mi
- Purplehorse Beach: 7.3 mi
- Sycamore Beach: 7.4 mi
- Lake Barcroft Beach: 7.6 mi
- Rosier Bluff: 13.1 mi
- Indian Queen Bluff: 14.4 mi
- Quartz Rock Outcropping: 18.2 mi
- Indian Head: 24.2 mi
- Manassas Safety/Rest Area West: 22.9 mi
- Manassas Safety/Rest Area East: 23.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Battery Bailey. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gantt Hill | WSW 254° | 156 m | 6.9 mi |
| Hunting Hill | NNW 333° | 156 m | 10.3 mi |
| Black Hill | NNW 328° | 148 m | 19.1 mi |
| Mount Daniel | SW 226° | 144 m | 5.4 mi |
| Minor's Hill | SW 218° | 140 m | 4.3 mi |
| Freedom Hill | WSW 254° | 140 m | 7.5 mi |
| Prout Hill | SW 222° | 137 m | 6.6 mi |
| Upton Hill | SSW 200° | 125 m | 5.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:45 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 05:44 | 19:58 | 20:38 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:32 | 19:07 |
| December solstice | 07:24 | 16:08 | 16:50 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 34 | 37 | 44 | 56 | 65 | 73 | 78 | 76 | 69 | 57 | 46 | 38 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 3.2 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 5.1 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 3.3 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dalecarlia Rsvr, 1 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/13089282039
Day trips start here
- Bethesda · 2 mi
- Washington, D.C./Upper Northwest · 2 mi
- Arlington (Virginia)/Far North · 3 mi
- Arlington (Virginia)/Rosslyn–Ballston Corridor · 4 mi
- McLean · 4 mi
- Washington, D.C./Adams Morgan-Columbia Heights · 4 mi
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