Red Bank Battle Monument
Red Bank Battle Monument is a historic site in New Jersey, at a modelled elevation of 11 m. Diamond Rock Hill stands 188 m to the northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Red Bank Battlefield, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Blue Route passes 8.1 miles off. 28 named summits stand within 25 miles.
1906 monument to Colonel Christopher Greene and the Battle of Red Bank
The story
Memorial monument dedicated in 1906 on the Red Bank Battlefield, New Jersey.
Dates from 1906-06-21.
Wikidata Q122966079, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Inscription
- Upon this spot on October 22, 1777 Colonel Christopher Greene of the First Rhode Island Continentals ...
How to reach it
- 8.1 mi off the Blue Route
- 20.3 mi off the Bayshore Heritage Byway, National
- 20.3 mi off the Delaware Bayshore Byway, National
- 21.2 mi off the Brandywine Valley Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Hawk Point · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- The James & Ann Whitall House: 0.1 mi
- Fort Mifflin: 1.3 mi
- Gloucester County Historical Society Museum: 3.0 mi
- Museum Of American History at Deptford: 3.8 mi
- The Mario Lanza Institute and Museum: 4.4 mi
- Melville Statue: 1.7 mi
- Wilt Chamberlain: 2.2 mi
- Ed Snider Statue: 2.3 mi
- Score!: 2.5 mi
- Julius Erving Statue: 2.5 mi
- Eastwick Community Garden: 3.1 mi
- Daly St Community Garden: 3.8 mi
- Emily Community Garden: 4.0 mi
- Hicks St Memory Garden: 4.0 mi
- Community Garden at Ralph Brooks Park - Annex: 4.2 mi
- Almonesson Creek Park: 6.1 mi
- Tall Pines State Preserve: 7.1 mi
- Timber Creek Park: 7.4 mi
- Centennial Arboretum: 7.9 mi
- Ceres Park & Nature Preserve: 8.7 mi
- Red Bank Battlefield: 0.0 mi
- Red Bank Battlefield Park: 0.2 mi
- Soupy Island: 0.7 mi
- Temple Place Park: 0.8 mi
- Fort Mifflin: 1.3 mi
- Christopher Greene Monument: 0.0 mi
- Fort Mercer: 0.1 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 2.5 mi
- Guglielmo Marconi: 3.2 mi
- Major General John Fulton Reynolds: 3.5 mi
- Commandant's Quarters: 1.9 mi
- Italian market: 5.0 mi
- USS New Jersey: 5.6 mi
- USS Becuna: 5.6 mi
- USS Olympia: 5.6 mi
- Picnic Grove: 5.4 mi
- Bird Lake Picnic Area: 6.8 mi
- Picnic Area 5: 8.2 mi
- Picnic Area 1: 8.2 mi
- Picnic Area 4: 8.2 mi
- Wawa Truck Stop: 10.3 mi
- King of Prussia Service Plaza: 17.9 mi
- Deepwater Rest Area: 19.8 mi
- Historical "Ancient Indian Spring": 10.6 mi
- West Branch Trout Creek Spring: 17.5 mi
- Tinicum Rear Range Lighthouse: 3.1 mi
- Washington Lake Beach: 10.3 mi
- Darling: 15.0 mi
- Monkey Rock: 17.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Red Bank Battle Monument. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diamond Rock Hill | NW 310° | 188 m | 22.1 mi |
| Mount Misery | NW 315° | 176 m | 21.3 mi |
| Ebright Azimuth | W 262° | 137 m | 17.7 mi |
| Chestnut Hill | N 356° | 136 m | 14.3 mi |
| Hunting Hill | WNW 294° | 125 m | 15.1 mi |
| Osborne Hill | W 279° | 113 m | 22.4 mi |
| Militia Hill | N 352° | 104 m | 17.3 mi |
| Camp Hill | N 359° | 104 m | 17.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:05 | 18:37 | 19:13 |
| June solstice | 05:33 | 19:53 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:49 | 18:24 | 19:00 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 15:57 | 16:40 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 34 | 36 | 44 | 55 | 64 | 74 | 79 | 77 | 70 | 58 | 47 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.8 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 3.5 | 2.9 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Phila Intl AP, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/266455716
Day trips start here
- Woodbury · 3 mi
- Philadelphia/South · 4 mi
- Camden · 5 mi
- Tinicum Township · 5 mi
- Gibbstown · 6 mi
- Lansdowne · 6 mi
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