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The Battery

The Battery from directly overhead

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

Coordinates44.48059, -73.21942

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • 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
Nature reserves
Historic sites: 37
  • Grave Site: 0.0 mi
  • William Wells: 0.0 mi
  • Burlington Civil War Memorial: 0.4 mi
  • Millennium Bell Time Capsule: 0.4 mi
  • Goldstar Mother's Dedication: 0.4 mi
Cliffs: 33
  • 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
Museums: 27
Gardens: 15
Beaches: 13
  • 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
Artworks: 12
Attractions: 10
Waterfalls: 10
  • 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
Picnic sites: 3
Rest areas: 2
  • Rest Area I-89 (North Bound): 7.6 mi
  • Rest Area I-89 (South Bound): 7.6 mi
Springs: 1
  • Big Spring: 21.5 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.7 miles of The Battery. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Baldface MountainWSW 256°673 m15.6 mi
Poke-O-Moonshine MountainWSW 249°659 m15.5 mi
Bald HillE 85°584 m14.8 mi
Huckleberry HillESE 105°503 m13.4 mi
Bigelow MountainW 260°501 m12.5 mi
Stewart HillENE 62°501 m13.6 mi
Red RockSE 145°493 m15.4 mi
Lincoln HillSE 146°492 m15.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2719:05
June solstice05:0919:5720:42
September equinox06:4118:1418:52
December solstice07:2715:2816:17

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F212332465868727163503928
Precip in2.11.82.23.13.84.34.13.53.73.82.72.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Burlington Intl AP, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/5454948954

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