Battery Smur
Battery Smur is a historic site in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 4 m. Saddle Mountain stands 1,001 m to the southeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Base End Station, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. JCT ASTORIA-MEGLAR BRIDGE TO FOWLER STREET IN RAYMOND passes 3.6 miles off. 32 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Built
- 1900
How to reach it
- 3.6 mi off the JCT ASTORIA-MEGLAR BRIDGE TO FOWLER STREET IN RAYMOND
- 4.2 mi off the Pacific Coast, National
- 4.7 mi off the JCT SR 101 VIC POINTE ELLICE TO JCT SR 4 VIC NASELLE
- 13.9 mi off the JCT 101 VIC LONG BEACH TO COAL CREEK RD VIC LONGVIEW CITY LIMITS
Overlooks nearby
- Silver Point Interpretive Overlook · 24 mi
- Cathlamet Viewpoint · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Carruthers Memorial Park: 1.7 mi
- Light House Park: 3.2 mi
- Warrenton City Park: 3.4 mi
- Chinook Park: 4.0 mi
- Charlie Davis Park: 4.8 mi
- Megler Mountain: 5.3 mi
- Coxcomb Hill: 7.0 mi
- McKenzie Head: 7.4 mi
- McKenzie Head: 7.4 mi
- Bear Mountain: 9.2 mi
- Base End Station: 0.0 mi
- Coal Yard: 0.0 mi
- Mine Casemate: 0.1 mi
- Mine Commander's Station: 0.1 mi
- Earthworks Fort: 0.2 mi
- War Games Building: 0.3 mi
- Warrenton Historical Museum: 4.2 mi
- Oregon Film Museum: 6.0 mi
- Flavel House: 6.1 mi
- Fort Clatsop Interperitive Center: 6.2 mi
- 155mm GPF Gun: 0.3 mi
- Peter Iredale: 2.2 mi
- Astoria Riverfront Trolley: 5.0 mi
- Goonies "Mouth's House": 5.7 mi
- Douglas Fir: 6.0 mi
- Lewis & Clark at Dismal Nitch: 5.4 mi
- Comcomly Canoe: 6.9 mi
- California Condor: 7.9 mi
- Ocas: 10.9 mi
- Clark's Tree: 12.4 mi
- Lewis and Clark National Historical Park: 6.6 mi
- Knappton Water Access: 8.6 mi
- Twilight Eagle Sanctuary: 12.8 mi
- Gearhart Ocean State Park: 12.8 mi
- Teal Slough Natural Resources Conservation Area: 15.6 mi
- Pacific City: 7.1 mi
- Knappton: 8.4 mi
- Frankfort: 11.0 mi
- Necanicum: 22.3 mi
- Clifton: 23.8 mi
- Columbia Beach: 2.4 mi
- Waikiki Beach: 7.0 mi
- Seaside Beach: 14.6 mi
- Crescent Beach: 20.2 mi
- Yellow Bluff: 7.8 mi
- North Head: 8.6 mi
- Yellow Bluff: 14.2 mi
- Pigeon Bluff: 14.2 mi
- Cullaby Lake County Park: 8.8 mi
- Klootchy Creek County Park: 20.0 mi
- Picnic Area: 21.1 mi
- Arcadia Beach: 24.9 mi
- Youngs River Falls: 12.6 mi
- Barrier Falls: 22.8 mi
- Fishhawk Falls: 24.9 mi
- Ford Stevens Memorial Rose Garden: 0.3 mi
- Garden of Surging Waves: 6.2 mi
- Dismal Nitch Rest Area: 5.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Battery Smur. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saddle Mountain | SE 141° | 1,001 m | 21.0 mi |
| Elk Mountain | ESE 121° | 816 m | 21.9 mi |
| Wickiup Mountain | ESE 111° | 807 m | 19.1 mi |
| Sugarloaf Mountain | SSE 168° | 791 m | 24.5 mi |
| Humbug Mountain | SSE 146° | 747 m | 23.2 mi |
| Knob Point | ESE 106° | 632 m | 22.7 mi |
| Green Mountain | SE 137° | 623 m | 17.8 mi |
| Davis Point | SSE 161° | 540 m | 18.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:20 | 18:49 | 19:29 |
| June solstice | 05:25 | 20:25 | 21:12 |
| September equinox | 07:04 | 18:36 | 19:15 |
| December solstice | 07:56 | 15:42 | 16:33 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 44 | 44 | 46 | 49 | 53 | 57 | 61 | 61 | 59 | 53 | 47 | 43 |
| Precip in | 10.6 | 7.2 | 7.9 | 5.8 | 3.4 | 2.3 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 2.7 | 6.7 | 11.1 | 10.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Astoria AP (port OF), 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/405975404
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