Battery Blair
Battery Blair is a historic site in Maine, at a modelled elevation of 15 m. Atherton Hill stands 178 m to the north-northwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Battery DeHart, a historic site 0.1 miles away. PEQUAWKET TRAIL SCENIC BYWAY passes 20 miles off.
What the record says
- Inscription
- Battery Blair was completed in 1903. It was named for Francis P. Blair Jr. a veteran of the Mexican and Civil Wars who rose to rank of major general and later represented Missouri in the U.S. Senate. The Battery consisted of two twelve-inch guns, the larg
How to reach it
- 20.5 mi off the PEQUAWKET TRAIL SCENIC BYWAY
Named places within 25 miles
- Battery DeHart: 0.1 mi
- Sinking of the USS Eagle: 0.1 mi
- Battery Sullivan: 0.1 mi
- Battery Garesche: 0.1 mi
- Battery Hobart: 0.2 mi
- w: 0.1 mi
- Plaisted Park: 0.4 mi
- Cliff House Beach: 1.0 mi
- Fisherman's Point: 1.5 mi
- DiPetro Park: 1.5 mi
- Maiden Cove Beach: 0.5 mi
- Devil's Bathing Beach: 0.9 mi
- Cliff House Beach: 0.9 mi
- Danforth Cove Beach: 1.1 mi
- Big Beach: 1.2 mi
- Stonegate: 0.8 mi
- Robinson Woods Preserve: 1.1 mi
- Hobstone Woods Preserve: 1.4 mi
- Ram Island: 1.5 mi
- Sawyer Marsh: 1.6 mi
- Farm Hill: 1.5 mi
- Meetinghouse Hill: 1.8 mi
- Barren Hill: 2.7 mi
- Shore Acres Hill: 3.0 mi
- Cross Hill: 3.5 mi
- Community Garden: 1.9 mi
- The Cape Community Garden at Maxwell's Farm: 2.1 mi
- The Parks Department Community Garden: 2.3 mi
- The Garden at Gull Crest: 3.1 mi
- Shaw Sculpture Park: 3.4 mi
- Portland Discovery Land and Sea Tours: 3.1 mi
- Tug Stamford Propeller: 3.2 mi
- Portland Observatory: 3.5 mi
- Elks Club: 5.9 mi
- Ampitheater: 7.0 mi
- Fifth Maine Regiment Museum: 2.3 mi
- Umbrella Cover Museum: 2.4 mi
- Cushing's Point Museum: 2.4 mi
- Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad Museum: 3.2 mi
- Victoria Mansion: 3.2 mi
- The Armillary: 3.2 mi
- Seven: 3.4 mi
- Triangles At Work: 3.8 mi
- Thomas Reed Memorial: 3.8 mi
- Duck House: 3.9 mi
- Cunner Ledges: 1.0 mi
- Cod Ledges: 1.2 mi
- The Cliffs: 1.8 mi
- White Head Cliff: 1.9 mi
- Spurwink Rock Ledge: 3.7 mi
- Presumpscot Falls: 7.4 mi
- Cascade Falls Waterfall: 11.3 mi
- First Falls: 12.3 mi
- Bug Light: 2.6 mi
- Limington Rapids Rest Area: 23.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.6 miles of Battery Blair. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atherton Hill | NNW 332° | 178 m | 15.6 mi |
| Blackstrap Hill | NNW 330° | 151 m | 11.0 mi |
| Leighton Hill | NW 325° | 145 m | 10.6 mi |
| Libby Hill | NNW 328° | 144 m | 14.5 mi |
| Bruce Hill | NNW 348° | 136 m | 14.3 mi |
| Poplar Ridge | NNW 333° | 133 m | 13.5 mi |
| Blackstrap Hill | NNW 326° | 129 m | 10.1 mi |
| Walnut Hill | N 350° | 129 m | 15.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:45 | 18:15 | 18:53 |
| June solstice | 05:00 | 19:43 | 20:27 |
| September equinox | 06:29 | 18:02 | 18:40 |
| December solstice | 07:12 | 15:21 | 16:08 |
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 | 24 | 26 | 34 | 45 | 55 | 64 | 70 | 69 | 62 | 50 | 40 | 30 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 5.3 | 4.2 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Portland Jetport, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/6184536655
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