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Battle Pass Historic Marker

Battle Pass Historic Marker from directly overhead

Battle Pass Historic Marker is a historic site in New York, at a modelled elevation of 37 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the north-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Site of the Dongan Oak, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Bronx River Parkway passes 12 miles off. 51 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Material
bronze;granite
Inscription
HISTORIC MARKER OF BATTLE PASS / AT THIS POINT THE OLD PORTE ROAD OR VALLEY GROVE ROAD / INTERSECTED THE LINE OF HILLS SEPARATING FLATBUSH FROM / BROOKLYN AND GOWANUS. IN THE BATTLE OF LONG ISLAND, AUGUST 27, 1776, THIS PASS WAS BARRICADED IN FRONT BY DON
Visiting

What to expect

Access
Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates40.66638, -73.96723
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Attractions
Gardens
  • Rose Arc: 0.2 mi
  • Oak Circle: 0.2 mi
  • Bluebell Wood: 0.2 mi
  • Rock Garden: 0.2 mi
  • Monocot Border: 0.2 mi
Museums
Artworks
Parks
Beaches
  • Pier 4 Beach: 2.7 mi
  • Beach/Kayak launch ramp: 2.8 mi
  • Pebble Beach: 2.9 mi
  • Canarsie Beach: 5.0 mi
  • Gansevoort Peninsula Sand Bluff: 5.5 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks: 51
Picnic sites: 40
Cliffs: 14
  • Palisades: 6.6 mi
  • Palisades: 7.7 mi
  • Palisades: 9.9 mi
  • Coogan's Bluff: 11.6 mi
  • Palisades: 15.6 mi
Waterfalls: 10
  • Ambergill Falls: 0.2 mi
  • Binnen Falls: 0.3 mi
  • Fallkill Falls: 0.4 mi
  • The Loch: 8.9 mi
  • The Falls: 16.7 mi
Lighthouses: 9
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • Tulip Springs: 18.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High MountainNNW 330°268 m24.2 mi
Mount CecchinoNNW 330°230 m24.0 mi
Stony HillNW 305°179 m17.6 mi
Mayapple HillWNW 294°175 m18.4 mi
Packanack MountainNW 322°144 m23.2 mi
Riker HillWNW 298°134 m21.3 mi
Long HillW 275°126 m24.8 mi
Todt HillWSW 240°125 m9.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3219:08
June solstice05:2619:5020:31
September equinox06:4418:1918:55
December solstice07:1715:4916:32

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, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/9143312717

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