Battery Lee
Battery Lee is a historic site in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 10 m. Mount Townsend stands 1,914 m to the southwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Battery Wilhelm, a historic site 0.1 miles away. PORT TOWNSEND TO KEYSTONE passes 2.0 miles off. 38 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Built
- 1900
How to reach it
- 2.0 mi off the PORT TOWNSEND TO KEYSTONE
- 4.9 mi off the Cascade Loop, National
- 18.0 mi off the MUKILTEO TO CLINTON
- 23.0 mi off the EDMONDS TO KINGSTON
Overlooks nearby
- Ralph E. White Memorial Obsercation Deck · 23 mi
- Mount Walker North Viewpoint · 24 mi
- Mt. Walker Viewpoint · 24 mi
- South Point · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- John Pope Marine Park: 3.0 mi
- Adams Street Park: 3.1 mi
- Memorial Field: 3.1 mi
- East Beach Park: 3.2 mi
- Rothschild House State Park: 3.2 mi
- Salish Sea Circle: 3.0 mi
- Wings Mural: 3.1 mi
- Whale Wheel: 8.2 mi
- Dolmen: 10.7 mi
- Labyrinth: 10.7 mi
- Morgan Hill: 3.7 mi
- Jorgenson Hill: 4.8 mi
- Scenic Heights: 10.9 mi
- Big Skidder Hill: 15.0 mi
- Little Skidder Hill: 16.1 mi
- Battery Wilhelm: 0.1 mi
- Battery Grattan: 0.2 mi
- Battery Revere: 0.2 mi
- Battery Downes: 0.4 mi
- Battery Calwell: 0.6 mi
- Memory's Vault: 4.2 mi
- Ancient Cedar: 5.3 mi
- Alexander Blockhouse: 8.2 mi
- Sunshine Herb & Lavender Farm: 12.9 mi
- 7 Cedars Casino: 15.8 mi
- Fort Flagler State Park: 0.5 mi
- Smuggler's Cove: 4.7 mi
- South Whidbey State Park: 5.4 mi
- Trillium Community Forest: 6.6 mi
- Pratt Preserve: 7.2 mi
- Fort Flagler Museum: 0.5 mi
- Jefferson County Museum: 3.0 mi
- Bell Tower: 3.2 mi
- Coast Artillery Museum: 4.1 mi
- Port Townsend Aero Museum: 6.2 mi
- North Beach: 5.0 mi
- Portage Beach: 5.2 mi
- Glass Beach: 5.4 mi
- Double Bluff Beach: 11.7 mi
- Double Bluff County Park: 11.8 mi
- Pratts Bluff: 6.2 mi
- North Bluff: 6.3 mi
- Blowers Bluff: 10.4 mi
- Double Bluff: 11.1 mi
- Foulweather Bluff: 11.8 mi
- Rhododendron Gardens: 4.2 mi
- Master Gardener Park: 4.3 mi
- Educational Gardens: 5.4 mi
- Meerkerk Rhododendron Gardens: 6.1 mi
- Meerkerk Gardens: 6.2 mi
- Admiralty Head Lighthouse: 4.1 mi
- Point Wilson Lighthouse: 4.1 mi
- Office: 15.2 mi
- Point No Point Lighthouse: 15.2 mi
- New Dungeness Lighthouse Reservation: 20.1 mi
- McGees: 8.2 mi
- Skagit City: 24.6 mi
- Rosario Picnic Area: 21.9 mi
- Lion's Centennial Pavilion: 24.8 mi
- Smokey Point Southbound Rest Area: 23.4 mi
- Smokey Point Northbound Rest Area: 23.6 mi
- Ludlow Falls: 12.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Battery Lee. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Townsend | SW 226° | 1,914 m | 23.5 mi |
| Mount Townsend-North Peak | SW 227° | 1,893 m | 23.4 mi |
| Welch Peaks | SW 224° | 1,862 m | 24.3 mi |
| Maynard Peak | WSW 239° | 1,547 m | 23.5 mi |
| Dirty Face Ridge | SW 231° | 1,524 m | 23.1 mi |
| Little River Peak | SW 229° | 1,501 m | 22.2 mi |
| Three O'Clock Ridge | WSW 239° | 1,493 m | 23.6 mi |
| Bon Jon Peak | SW 228° | 1,414 m | 21.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:43 | 19:24 |
| June solstice | 05:11 | 20:26 | 21:15 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:29 | 19:10 |
| December solstice | 07:59 | 15:26 | 16:20 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 42 | 43 | 46 | 50 | 55 | 59 | 63 | 63 | 60 | 52 | 46 | 42 |
| Precip in | 2.2 | 1.6 | 1.9 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 1.6 | 2.4 | 2.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Port Townsend, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/837428535
Day trips start here
- Port Townsend · 4 mi
- Greenbank · 6 mi
- Whidbey Island · 6 mi
- Coupeville · 8 mi
- Ebey's Landing National Historical Reserve · 8 mi
- Freeland · 9 mi
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