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Battery Kessler

Battery Kessler from directly overhead

Battery Kessler is a historic site in New York, at a modelled elevation of 3 m. Todt Hill stands 125 m to the west-northwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Battery Harris Magazine 1, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 18 miles off. 45 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Height
0.7 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.55806, -73.89682
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Beaches
  • Fort Tilden Beach: 0.2 mi
  • Jacob Riis Park Beach 14: 1.0 mi
  • Jacob Riis Park Beach 13: 1.0 mi
  • Jacob Riis Park Beach 12: 1.0 mi
  • Jacob Riis Park Beach 11: 1.1 mi
Artworks
Nature reserves
Gardens
Parks
Museums
Attractions
Peaks: 45
Picnic sites: 27
  • Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge: 5.6 mi
  • Picnic Area B: 10.3 mi
  • Picnic Area A: 10.3 mi
  • Picnic Area G: 10.3 mi
  • Picnic Area F: 10.3 mi
Lighthouses: 9
Waterfalls: 7
  • Binnen Falls: 8.0 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 8.2 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 8.3 mi
  • The Loch: 16.7 mi
  • The Falls: 23.0 mi
Cliffs: 6
  • Palisades: 14.9 mi
  • Palisades: 16.0 mi
  • Palisades: 18.0 mi
  • Coogan's Bluff: 19.1 mi
  • Palisades: 23.2 mi
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 1
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 24.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Battery Kessler. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Todt HillWNW 284°125 m11.8 mi
Crawford HillSW 233°120 m19.0 mi
Telegraph HillSW 232°106 m18.4 mi
Harbor HillNE 39°106 m21.4 mi
Nook HillWNW 300°92 m24.9 mi
Bronx High PointN 359°85 m23.5 mi
Beacon HillSW 234°82 m21.3 mi
Manhattan High PointN 354°81 m20.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3219:08
June solstice05:2619:4920:30
September equinox06:4418:1918:55
December solstice07:1615:4916:32

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343643536272787670584839
Precip in3.53.04.43.84.04.44.83.93.94.03.24.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NY AVE V Brooklyn, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/285103783

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