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Battery Chester

Battery Chester from directly overhead

Battery Chester is a historic site in California, at a modelled elevation of 102 m. Mount Tamalpais East Peak stands 784 m to the north-northwest, 11 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Material
concrete
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates37.78268, -122.50882
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Picnic sites
  • Picnic Area: 0.2 mi
  • Udo & Jürgen's place: 1.3 mi
  • Bicentennial Campground picnic area: 3.1 mi
  • Picnic Pod A: 3.1 mi
  • West Portal Playground Picnic Area: 3.7 mi
Artworks
Attractions
Beaches: 60
Parks
Museums
Gardens
  • Queen Wilhelmina Tulip Garden: 0.9 mi
  • Argonne School Native Garden and Outdoor Classroom: 1.8 mi
  • Argonne School Edible Garden and Outdoor Classroom: 1.8 mi
  • Compton Community Garden: 2.0 mi
  • Children's Garden: 2.2 mi
Peaks
Nature reserves
Waterfalls: 16
Springs: 11
Cliffs: 6
Ghost towns: 4
Lighthouses: 3
Natural arches: 3
  • Bird Island Arch: 3.2 mi
  • Temple: 21.1 mi
  • Keyhole: 21.6 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Steep Ravine Hot Spring: 9.8 mi
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.8 miles of Battery Chester. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount Tamalpais East PeakNNW 340°784 m10.8 mi
Mount Tamalpais West PointNNW 333°527 m10.3 mi
Bare KnollNW 324°478 m10.1 mi
Wooded KnollNW 323°465 m10.1 mi
Cardiac HillNNW 327°413 m9.4 mi
San Bruno Mountain SummitSSE 149°371 m7.7 mi
Richardson EastN 7°338.6 m4.7 mi
Peak 1041N 352°317.297 m5.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4819:22
June solstice05:4919:5720:36
September equinox06:5918:3419:09
December solstice07:2316:1416:55

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F525454555557586060605753
Precip in3.94.03.01.40.60.20.00.10.10.92.24.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SAN Francisco Oceanside, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1533773223

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