Battery Merriam
Battery Merriam is a historic site in California, at a recorded elevation of 82 m. Mount Orizaba stands 639 m to the south-southwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Lookout Point Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 24 miles off. 25 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 82 m
How to reach it
- 24.3 mi off the Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110, National
Overlooks nearby
- Point Grandview · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Fort MacArthur Museum: 0.2 mi
- Cabrillo Beach Bath House: 0.6 mi
- George F. Canyon Nature Center: 4.5 mi
- Banning Residence Museum: 5.7 mi
- Lomita Railroad Museum: 6.1 mi
- SS Lane Victory: 1.2 mi
- Battleship USS Iowa: 2.2 mi
- The Graben: 4.0 mi
- Wayfarers Chapel: 5.3 mi
- Tiger Woods Point: 6.5 mi
- Lookout Point Park: 0.1 mi
- Point Fermin Park: 0.4 mi
- Wilder Annex Point Fermin Park: 0.5 mi
- Cabrillo Beach Park: 0.6 mi
- Alma Park: 0.9 mi
- Battery Leary: 0.1 mi
- Battery Farley: 0.2 mi
- Battery Osgood: 0.2 mi
- Korean Friendship Bell: 0.2 mi
- Sunken City: 0.5 mi
- Gaffey Street Community Gardens: 3.1 mi
- She-Oak Meadow: 5.5 mi
- South Coast Botanic Garden: 5.7 mi
- Desert Garden: 5.7 mi
- Pollination Garden: 5.8 mi
- Stephen M. White: 0.5 mi
- Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo: 0.6 mi
- Victory Arch: 1.3 mi
- Ghost Fish: 1.6 mi
- Jabob's Ladder: 2.0 mi
- White Point Nature Preserve: 1.3 mi
- Least Tern Site: 2.6 mi
- Ocean Trails Reserve: 3.0 mi
- Forrestal Reserve: 3.8 mi
- George F Canyon Nature Preserve: 4.5 mi
- San Pedro Hill: 3.4 mi
- Ridgecrest Hill: 6.0 mi
- Signal Hill: 9.6 mi
- Landing Hill: 11.7 mi
- Blue Cavern Point: 21.1 mi
- Cabrillo Beach: 0.6 mi
- Royal Palms County Beach: 1.9 mi
- Long Beach City Beach: 8.0 mi
- Redondo Beach State Park: 9.8 mi
- Mother's Beach: 10.5 mi
- Day Camp: 9.3 mi
- Mother's Beach: 10.4 mi
- Lakeside Picnic Area: 11.9 mi
- Washington Park Picnic Area: 15.9 mi
- Common Grounds: 19.5 mi
- Washout Falls: 22.4 mi
- Frog Jump Falls: 22.4 mi
- Bear Claw Fall: 22.4 mi
- Schweitzer Falls: 22.5 mi
- Torqua Spring: 23.0 mi
- Kuruvungna Springs: 24.8 mi
- Point Fermin Lighthouse: 0.5 mi
- San Pedro Escarpment: 2.2 mi
- Spa Palace: 23.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Battery Merriam. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Orizaba | SSW 197° | 639 m | 24.3 mi |
| Black Jack Mountain | SSW 195° | 596 m | 23.3 mi |
| Silver Peak | SW 222° | 550 m | 23.6 mi |
| Mount Banning | SSW 199° | 492 m | 25.0 mi |
| Fletcher | SSW 195° | 454 m | 22.1 mi |
| San Pedro Hill | NW 313° | 449 m | 3.4 mi |
| Slide 2 | SW 223° | 419 m | 24.1 mi |
| Mount Torquemada | SW 214° | 407 m | 23.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:32 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:44 | 19:31 | 20:08 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:19 | 18:51 |
| December solstice | 06:55 | 16:11 | 16:49 |
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 | 57 | 57 | 59 | 61 | 64 | 66 | 69 | 70 | 70 | 66 | 61 | 56 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 3.7 | 2.0 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 2.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Torrance AP, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/682588118
Day trips start here
- Long Beach · 10 mi
- Seal Beach · 11 mi
- Compton · 13 mi
- Gardena · 13 mi
- Lakewood · 13 mi
- Hawthorne · 14 mi
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