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Battery Vicars

Battery Vicars from directly overhead

Battery Vicars is a historic site in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 10 m. Tyler Peak stands 1,933 m to the southwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Battery Kinzie, a historic site 0.1 miles away. PORT TOWNSEND TO KEYSTONE passes 2.1 miles off. 46 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Built
1901
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates48.14249, -122.75966

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • North Beach County Park: 1.0 mi
  • Bobby McGarraugh Park: 1.1 mi
  • Chetzemoka Park: 1.4 mi
  • Sather Park: 1.4 mi
  • Memorial Field: 1.8 mi
Peaks: 46
  • Morgan Hill: 1.3 mi
  • Jorgenson Hill: 7.5 mi
  • Scenic Heights: 9.2 mi
  • Big Skidder Hill: 15.2 mi
  • Gierin Hill: 15.2 mi
Artworks: 35
  • Salish Sea Circle: 1.9 mi
  • Wings Mural: 2.0 mi
  • Whale Wheel: 6.4 mi
  • Kraken: 11.2 mi
  • Mermaid: 11.3 mi
Nature reserves: 35
Attractions: 33
  • Memory's Vault: 0.4 mi
  • Alexander Blockhouse: 6.3 mi
  • Ancient Cedar: 9.5 mi
  • Sunshine Herb & Lavender Farm: 11.3 mi
  • 7 Cedars Casino: 14.3 mi
Historic sites: 32
Museums: 19
Beaches: 19
Cliffs: 18
Lighthouses: 12
Gardens: 9
  • Rhododendron Gardens: 0.8 mi
  • Master Gardener Park: 2.7 mi
  • Educational Gardens: 8.9 mi
  • Meerkerk Rhododendron Gardens: 10.0 mi
  • Meerkerk Gardens: 10.1 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Picnic sites: 2
Waterfalls: 1
  • Ludlow Falls: 15.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Tyler PeakSW 227°1,933 m24.4 mi
Mount TownsendSW 216°1,914.1 m23.5 mi
Mount Townsend-North PeakSW 217°1,893 m23.3 mi
Peak BSW 229°1,865 m24.9 mi
Welch PeaksSW 215°1,862.3 m24.5 mi
Welch PeaksSW 215°1,832 m24.9 mi
Maynard PeakSW 229°1,547 m22.6 mi
Dirty Face RidgeSW 220°1,524 m22.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1518:4319:24
June solstice05:1220:2721:16
September equinox06:5818:3019:11
December solstice08:0015:2616:20

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F424346505559636360524642
Precip in2.21.61.91.51.51.40.70.51.11.62.42.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Port Townsend, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/825472582

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