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Battery Mills

Battery Mills from directly overhead

Battery Mills is a historic site in New York, at a modelled elevation of 22 m. Stony Hill stands 179 m to the northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Battery Hudson, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 18 miles off. 51 named summits stand within 25 miles.

source is NPS GNRA "Self Guided Tour" walking map

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Coordinates40.60090, -74.05523
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • Battery Hudson: 0.1 mi
  • Battery Upton: 0.1 mi
  • Battery Dix: 0.1 mi
  • Battery Barbour: 0.1 mi
  • Battery Barry: 0.2 mi
Parks
Museums
Artworks
  • South Beach: 0.9 mi
  • Eyes: 2.1 mi
  • Wingdale: 2.9 mi
  • St. Anne: 3.1 mi
  • St. Anthony: 3.1 mi
Beaches
Nature reserves
Gardens
  • Hill Street Community Garden: 1.9 mi
  • Compost and Community Garden: 2.3 mi
  • Narrows Botanical Gardens: 2.7 mi
  • West 23rd Street Community Garden: 3.7 mi
  • Surfside Multicultural Garden Coalition: 3.7 mi
Attractions
Peaks: 51
  • Fox Hills: 1.5 mi
  • Park Hill: 1.7 mi
  • Signal Hill: 2.1 mi
  • Emerson Hill: 2.1 mi
  • Todt Hill: 3.1 mi
Picnic sites: 35
Cliffs: 12
Waterfalls: 9
  • Fallkill Falls: 6.1 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 6.3 mi
  • Ambergill Falls: 6.3 mi
  • The Loch: 14.3 mi
  • Hemlock Falls: 16.0 mi
Lighthouses: 7
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 16.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Stony HillNW 326°179 m17.6 mi
Mayapple HillNW 314°175 m17.0 mi
Packanack MountainNNW 337°144 m24.8 mi
Riker HillNW 316°134 m20.3 mi
Long HillWNW 289°126 m21.2 mi
Todt HillW 269°125 m3.1 mi
Crawford HillSSW 206°120 m16.0 mi
Telegraph HillSSW 203°106 m15.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3219:08
June solstice05:2619:5020:31
September equinox06:4418:1918:55
December solstice07:1715:4916:33

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, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/35098920

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