The Battery
The Battery is a historic site in Vermont, at a modelled elevation of 65 m. Baldface Mountain stands 673 m to the west-southwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Grave Site, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Lake Champlain Byway - Vermont passes 0.3 miles off.
The story
Public park in Burlington, Vermont, USA.
Dates from 1870.
Wikidata Q4869866, matched on coordinates and name (69 m apart).
What the record says
- Inscription
- It was the fedense of Burlington and of the united states army here encamped during the war of 1812. THE TABLET was erected by the green mountain chapter,
How to reach it
- 0.3 mi off the Lake Champlain Byway - Vermont
- 9.6 mi off the Lakes to Locks Passage, National
- 13.1 mi off the Olympic Trail
- 23.4 mi off the Mad River Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Granite Steps · 1 mi
- Waterfront pause place 3 · 1 mi
- Winooski River Walk · 2 mi
- C Nature area · 2 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Battery Park: 0.0 mi
- Water Works Park: 0.2 mi
- Hoehl Park: 0.3 mi
- City Hall Park: 0.4 mi
- Champlain St Park: 0.5 mi
- Arthur Park: 1.2 mi
- Rock Point: 1.6 mi
- Arms Forest: 1.6 mi
- Centennial Woods Natural Area: 1.7 mi
- McKenzie Park: 1.9 mi
- Pheasant Hill: 5.3 mi
- Malletts Head: 6.3 mi
- Lone Tree Hill: 6.5 mi
- Brownell Mountain: 6.6 mi
- Brigham Hill: 7.9 mi
- Grave Site: 0.0 mi
- Burlington Civil War Memorial: 0.4 mi
- Millennium Bell Time Capsule: 0.4 mi
- Goldstar Mother's Dedication: 0.4 mi
- Queen Mountain Club: 0.4 mi
- Powerline A-Line: 9.1 mi
- The Wall: 9.2 mi
- Upper Upper West Bolton Shoulder: 16.2 mi
- Wild West Wall: 16.2 mi
- Main Face: 16.2 mi
- ECHO Leahy Center for Lake Champlain: 0.3 mi
- Fleming Museum of Art: 1.1 mi
- Ethan Allen Homestead Museum: 2.0 mi
- Craig's: 2.3 mi
- Vermont National Guard Library & Museum: 3.3 mi
- Grey Lock: 0.1 mi
- The Lone Sailor: 0.3 mi
- Catamount Statue: 1.1 mi
- Hyperbolic Paraboloid: 1.3 mi
- Kelis the Afronaut: 1.6 mi
- Texaco Beach: 0.9 mi
- Blodgett Beach: 1.0 mi
- North Beach: 1.3 mi
- Lakeside Beach Access: 1.4 mi
- Blanchard Beach: 1.6 mi
- Myrtle Street Avant Garden: 0.3 mi
- Riverside Nieghborhood Garden: 0.9 mi
- Tommy Thompson Community Garden: 1.3 mi
- Childrens Garden: 1.8 mi
- Landry Community Garden: 1.8 mi
- Spirit Ethan Allen: 0.3 mi
- F16 Vermont Air National Guard: 3.7 mi
- Shelburne Farms Cheesemaking: 6.4 mi
- Children’s Farmyard: 6.4 mi
- Steamboat Ticonderoga: 7.3 mi
- Winooski Falls: 1.9 mi
- LaPlatte River Falls: 7.5 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 12.2 mi
- Alice Falls: 12.4 mi
- Horseshoe Falls: 12.4 mi
- Finney Crossing Grills and Picnic Tables: 5.9 mi
- AuSable Chasm Picnic Area: 12.2 mi
- Dock Street Landing and Waterfront Park: 18.5 mi
- Shelburne Museum Covered Bridge: 7.2 mi
- Holmes Creek Covered Bridge: 10.7 mi
- Rest Area I-89 (North Bound): 7.6 mi
- Rest Area I-89 (South Bound): 7.6 mi
- Big Spring: 21.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.8 miles of The Battery. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baldface Mountain | WSW 256° | 673 m | 15.6 mi |
| Poke-O-Moonshine Mountain | WSW 249° | 659 m | 15.5 mi |
| Huckleberry Hill | ESE 105° | 503 m | 13.4 mi |
| Bigelow Mountain | W 260° | 501 m | 12.5 mi |
| Stewart Hill | ENE 62° | 501 m | 13.6 mi |
| Red Rock | SE 145° | 493 m | 15.4 mi |
| Lincoln Hill | SE 146° | 492 m | 15.1 mi |
| South Hill | E 83° | 490 m | 14.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:27 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:09 | 19:57 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:14 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 15:28 | 16:17 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 21 | 23 | 32 | 46 | 58 | 68 | 72 | 71 | 63 | 50 | 39 | 28 |
| Precip in | 2.1 | 1.8 | 2.2 | 3.1 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 2.7 | 2.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Burlington Intl AP, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/5454948954
Day trips start here
- Burlington · 1 mi
- Winooski · 2 mi
- South Burlington · 3 mi
- Colchester · 4 mi
- Essex · 6 mi
- Shelburne · 6 mi
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