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Battery Nash

Battery Nash from directly overhead

Battery Nash is a historic site in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 47 m. Buck Mountain stands 1,149 m to the west-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Battery Warner, a historic site 0.1 miles away. SEATTLE TO BREMERTON passes 0.6 miles off. 35 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The story

historic fort in Washington State, USA

Wikidata Q5472247, joined on its National Register reference.

What the record says

Built
1901

What to expect

Operated by
Bainbridge Island Metro Park and Recreation District

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates47.57555, -122.51901

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Parks
  • Bensam Park: 1.3 mi
  • Halls Hill Lookout and Labyrinth: 1.7 mi
  • Manchester Stormwater Park: 1.8 mi
  • Red Pine Park: 3.2 mi
  • Waterfront Park: 3.3 mi
Beaches
  • Lytle Beach: 1.8 mi
  • Manitou Beach: 5.4 mi
  • Lowman Beach: 6.2 mi
  • Private beach: 6.2 mi
  • West McGraw Street End: 6.6 mi
Gardens
  • Garden: 2.1 mi
  • Eagle Harbor Church Community Pea Patch: 3.4 mi
  • Rock Farm Community Garden: 5.8 mi
  • Rolling Bay Community Garden: 6.1 mi
  • West Seattle Bee Garden: 7.1 mi
Museums
Peaks: 35
  • High Point: 4.3 mi
  • High Point: 7.1 mi
  • Magnolia Bluff: 7.1 mi
  • Magnolia: 7.8 mi
  • Queen Anne Hill: 8.6 mi
Picnic sites: 29
  • Camp Kelly: 2.3 mi
  • Eagledale Park: 2.4 mi
  • Evergreen Park: 5.1 mi
  • Picnic Shelter 5: 6.5 mi
  • Picnic Shelter 4: 6.6 mi
Lighthouses: 17
Waterfalls: 7
  • Dickerson Falls: 9.8 mi
  • Waterwall: 16.0 mi
  • North Fork Falls: 18.3 mi
  • Far Country Falls: 18.6 mi
  • Coal Creek Falls: 19.1 mi
Cliffs: 6
Ghost towns: 6
Springs: 2
  • Licton Springs: 12.0 mi
  • Ravenna Park Sulfur Spring: 12.0 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Buck MountainWNW 302°1,149 m23.4 mi
Mount TurnerWNW 300°1,025 m21.9 mi
Webb MountainW 277°845 m23.7 mi
Mount WalkerNW 310°844 m23.0 mi
Green HillWNW 299°725 m20.9 mi
Squak Mountain Central PeakESE 102°618 m22.6 mi
Squak Mountain West PeakESE 103°608 m22.0 mi
Poo Poo PointESE 102°564 m24.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4219:23
June solstice05:1320:2421:12
September equinox06:5818:2919:10
December solstice07:5615:2916:22

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F414246505661666662534540
Precip in9.35.86.43.92.41.60.81.11.85.18.89.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bremerton, 8 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

National Register of Historic Places, reference 78002759OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1162662092

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