Battle Monument
Battle Monument is a historic site in Maryland, at a modelled elevation of 10 m. Spook Hill stands 233 m to the north-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Battle Monument Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Historic National Road - Maryland runs past it. 28 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
The Battle Monument, located in Battle Monument Square on North Calvert Street between East Fayette and East Lexington Streets in Baltimore, Maryland, commemorates the Battle of Baltimore, with the British fleet of the Royal Navy's bombardment of Fort McHenry, the Battle of North Point, southeast of the city in Baltimore County on the Patapsco Neck peninsula, and the stand-off on the eastern siege fortifications along Loudenschlager and Potter's Hills, later called Hampstead Hill, in what is now Patterson Park since 1827, east of town. It honors those who died in September 1814, during the War of 1812. The monument lies in the middle of the street and is between the two Baltimore City Circuit Courthouses that are located on the opposite sides of North Calvert Street. It was sponsored by the City and the "Committee of Vigilance and Safety" led by Mayor Edward Johnson and military commanders: Brig. Gen. John Stricker, Maj. Gen. Samuel Smith and Lt. Col. George Armistead (of Fort McHenry).
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Dates from 1825.
Wikidata Q14691875, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Height
- 15.03 m
How to reach it
- On the Historic National Road - Maryland, National
- On the Baltimore's Historic Charles Street, National
- 0.3 mi off the National Historic Seaport
- 1.3 mi off the Falls Road
Overlooks nearby
- Elephant Overlook · 3 mi
- Quarry Overlook · 7 mi
- Abandoned Quarry · 7 mi
- Old Transmission Tower · 8 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Battle Monument Park: 0.0 mi
- War Memorial Plaza: 0.1 mi
- Veteran's Park: 0.3 mi
- Holocaust Memorial: 0.3 mi
- Hopkins Plaza: 0.3 mi
- Cecilius Calvert Statue: 0.1 mi
- Mayor Thomas D'Alesandro, Jr.: 0.2 mi
- Aegean Urn: 0.2 mi
- Aegean Urn: 0.2 mi
- Birth of Venus: 0.2 mi
- Cathy Hughes Plaza: 0.1 mi
- Cathy Hughes Plaza: 0.1 mi
- Black Soldiers Statue: 0.1 mi
- War of 1812 Bomb & Rack: 0.1 mi
- John Mifflin Hood Monument: 0.2 mi
- The Peale: 0.1 mi
- Port Discovery Children's Museum: 0.3 mi
- Historic Ships in Baltimore: 0.4 mi
- USS Constellation: 0.4 mi
- Chesapeake: 0.4 mi
- Fountain at Charles Center: 0.2 mi
- Fountain at Charles Plaza: 0.2 mi
- Shield of Baltimore City: 0.2 mi
- Fountain and Garden at Charles Center: 0.2 mi
- Bromo Seltzer Arts Tower: 0.5 mi
- Pope John Paul II Prayer Garden: 0.3 mi
- Billie Holiday Garden: 0.7 mi
- Upper Fell’s Point Community Garden: 1.2 mi
- Gardens of Hope: 1.2 mi
- Frank M. Houck Memorial Garden: 1.2 mi
- Rosemont Park: 2.9 mi
- African Journey: 3.0 mi
- Masonville Cove Urban Wildlife Refuge Partnership: 3.3 mi
- Burnside Park: 6.0 mi
- Fort Carroll Sanctuary: 7.3 mi
- Federal Hill: 0.8 mi
- Prospect Hill: 3.2 mi
- Bend Hill: 3.9 mi
- Tank Hill: 4.6 mi
- German Hill: 5.2 mi
- Etting Park: Hope Garden: 1.5 mi
- Glen Artney Area: 7.3 mi
- Avalon Area: 7.4 mi
- Hilton Shelters: 7.8 mi
- Orange Grove Area: 8.1 mi
- Miami Beach: 13.0 mi
- Dog Beach: 15.5 mi
- Herald Harbor Beach 1: 16.9 mi
- Gibson Island Beach: 17.5 mi
- Lake Claire Beach: 18.7 mi
- Quarry (former): 9.6 mi
- Quarry (former): 9.6 mi
- Balancing Reservoir Spillway: 9.6 mi
- Old Quarry: 9.6 mi
- Quarry (former): 9.7 mi
- Round Falls: 2.3 mi
- failed mill dam: 3.0 mi
- Cascade Falls: 8.2 mi
- McKeldin Falls: 15.3 mi
- Crises Spring: 2.8 mi
- Mountain Pass Spring: 3.0 mi
- Marble Springs: 9.8 mi
- Sandy Spring: 24.2 mi
- Hawkins Point Light: 7.1 mi
- Daniels: 11.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Battle Monument. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spook Hill | NNW 347° | 233 m | 24.5 mi |
| Ivy Hill | NNW 344° | 200 m | 12.1 mi |
| Oregon Ridge | NNW 344° | 191 m | 14.1 mi |
| Chestnut Hill | W 272° | 169 m | 9.8 mi |
| The Bunker | NW 308° | 157 m | 18.6 mi |
| Abell Ridge | N 353° | 155 m | 8.4 mi |
| Satyr Hill | NNE 25° | 151 m | 8.7 mi |
| Cherry Hill | NE 35° | 149 m | 15.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:11 | 18:43 | 19:19 |
| June solstice | 05:41 | 19:57 | 20:37 |
| September equinox | 06:55 | 18:30 | 19:05 |
| December solstice | 07:23 | 16:05 | 16:47 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Jun, Aug–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 37 | 39 | 47 | 58 | 67 | 77 | 82 | 79 | 73 | 61 | 50 | 41 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.8 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 3.0 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Maryland SCI CTR, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
National Register of Historic Places, reference 73002181OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- National Register of Historic Places — Battle Monument, reference 73002181, listed 06/04/73.
OpenStreetMap element way/453652377
Day trips start here
- Baltimore · 0 mi
- Baltimore/Downtown · 0 mi
- Baltimore/East Baltimore · 1 mi
- Baltimore/Fells Point · 1 mi
- Baltimore/Inner Harbor · 1 mi
- Baltimore/Midtown · 1 mi
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