Battery Chester
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 nearest named place is Memorial stone: Richard N. Goldman, a historic site 0.1 miles away.
What the record says
- Material
- concrete
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Diana: 0.3 mi
- The Thinker: 0.5 mi
- El Cid Campeador: 0.5 mi
- Pax Jerusalemme: 0.6 mi
- “Playland Revisited”, Ray Beldner 1996: 0.6 mi
- Sutro Baths: 0.3 mi
- Camera Obscura: 0.4 mi
- Dutch Windmill: 0.8 mi
- Anglers Lodge: 1.2 mi
- Murphy Windmill: 1.2 mi
- Sutro Heights Park: 0.4 mi
- Cabrillo Playground: 0.9 mi
- Rochambeau Playground: 1.3 mi
- Fulton Playground: 1.3 mi
- La Playa Park: 1.5 mi
- Rob Hill: 2.0 mi
- Strawberry Hill: 2.1 mi
- Heidelberg Hill: 2.4 mi
- Presidio Hill: 2.5 mi
- Grand View Hill: 2.7 mi
- Mile Rock Beach: 0.4 mi
- Marshall's Beach: 2.0 mi
- Black Sands Beach: 2.9 mi
- East Beach: 3.5 mi
- Rodeo Beach: 3.7 mi
- Fort Funston: 4.3 mi
- Cypress Ridge Open Space: 5.4 mi
- Old Hilary's Botanical Preserve: 7.4 mi
- Aramburu Island: 7.4 mi
- Richardson Bay Audubon Sanctuary: 7.5 mi
- 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
- 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
- Greg & Bev James Picnic Area: 5.0 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 1.8 mi
- Huntington Falls: 2.1 mi
- Grey Fox Creek Fountain: 6.7 mi
- Kent Falls: 8.0 mi
- Dawn Falls: 11.2 mi
- El Polín Spring: 3.0 mi
- Old Spring: 5.0 mi
- Lone Tree Spring: 9.4 mi
- Red Rock Spring: 9.9 mi
- Rock Springs: 10.5 mi
- Yellow Bluff: 4.2 mi
- Vent 5: 8.9 mi
- East Slope Badlands: 11.7 mi
- Aramai Point: 12.2 mi
- Rock Fort: 14.7 mi
- Winehaven: 12.7 mi
- Lynn: 15.1 mi
- Russell City: 22.4 mi
- Stokes Landing: 23.7 mi
- Point Bonita Lighthouse: 2.5 mi
- Quarters A: 8.2 mi
- Yerba Buena Island Lighthouse: 8.2 mi
- Bird Island Arch: 3.2 mi
- Temple: 21.1 mi
- Keyhole: 21.6 mi
- Steep Ravine Hot Spring: 9.8 mi
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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Tamalpais East Peak | NNW 340° | 784 m | 10.8 mi |
| Mount Tamalpais West Point | NNW 333° | 527 m | 10.3 mi |
| Bare Knoll | NW 324° | 478 m | 10.1 mi |
| Wooded Knoll | NW 323° | 465 m | 10.1 mi |
| Cardiac Hill | NNW 327° | 413 m | 9.4 mi |
| San Bruno Mountain Summit | SSE 149° | 371 m | 7.7 mi |
| Richardson East | N 7° | 339 m | 4.7 mi |
| Peak 1041 | N 352° | 317 m | 5.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:48 | 19:22 |
| June solstice | 05:49 | 19:57 | 20:36 |
| September equinox | 06:59 | 18:34 | 19:09 |
| December solstice | 07:23 | 16:14 | 16:55 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 52 | 54 | 54 | 55 | 55 | 57 | 58 | 60 | 60 | 60 | 57 | 53 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 2.2 | 4.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SAN Francisco Oceanside, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/1533773223
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