Battery Park
Battery Park is a park in Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 40 m. Sabot Hill stands 92 m to the west-northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Lt Charles Bland, Sr Park (Triangle Park), a park 0.1 miles away. Lee's Retreat passes 23 miles off. 11 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 40 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- City of Richmond
How to reach it
- 23.4 mi off the Lee's Retreat
Named places within 25 miles
- Lt Charles Bland, Sr Park (Triangle Park): 0.1 mi
- Yancey Street Playground: 0.5 mi
- Pollard Park: 0.5 mi
- North Central Park: 0.8 mi
- Hotchkiss Park: 0.9 mi
- Happy Children: 0.4 mi
- Brookland Park Blvd at Ninja Kombucha: 0.4 mi
- I Can Because I Said So: 0.5 mi
- Hope: 0.5 mi
- Sports Are Life: 0.9 mi
- Richmond's First African American Police Officers: 1.1 mi
- Ebenezer Baptist Church: 1.1 mi
- Bill Bojangles Robinson Statue: 1.2 mi
- Ezekiel & Weilman Company Inc. Established 1924: 1.2 mi
- Site of J.E.B Stuart's Death: 1.4 mi
- George Edward Pickett's Grave: 1.9 mi
- Raleigh E. Colston's Grave: 1.9 mi
- The Iron Dog: 2.0 mi
- Kanawha Plaza Fountain: 2.0 mi
- James Branch Cabell's Grave: 2.1 mi
- Barton Mansion Garden: 0.5 mi
- Brookland Park Community Garden: 0.6 mi
- Charles S. Gilpin Community Farm: 0.8 mi
- HJWA Community Garden: 1.1 mi
- MCV Community Garden: 1.6 mi
- Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia: 1.1 mi
- The JXN Haus: 1.1 mi
- Maggie L. Walker National Historic Site: 1.3 mi
- Science Museum of Virginia: 1.5 mi
- Children's Museum of Richmond: 1.5 mi
- Gambles Hill: 2.0 mi
- Sliding Hill: 8.5 mi
- Turkey Hill: 9.1 mi
- Shooters Hill: 11.0 mi
- Blanco Mount: 15.8 mi
- Young's Spring: 2.7 mi
- Youngs Spring: 2.7 mi
- Byrd Park Spring: 2.7 mi
- Dogwood Dell Spring: 3.0 mi
- Buttermilk Spring: 3.1 mi
- Manchester Wall Rock Climbing: 2.6 mi
- Drewrys Bluff: 9.9 mi
- Drewrys Bluff: 9.9 mi
- Chaffin Bluff: 10.1 mi
- Hardens Bluff: 17.4 mi
- Pony Pasture - James River Park: 4.6 mi
- Wells Fargo Picnic Area: 10.0 mi
- Picnic Shelter 2: 11.7 mi
- Picnic Shelter 1: 11.7 mi
- Toe Ink Wayside: 17.3 mi
- Moody Conservation Area: 10.4 mi
- New Market Park: 11.3 mi
- Ware Bottom Church Battlefield Park: 15.6 mi
- Heart of Virginia Scout Reservation: 24.5 mi
- Lorraine: 9.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Battery Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sabot Hill | WNW 283° | 92 m | 17.9 mi |
| Shooters Hill | W 273° | 69 m | 11.0 mi |
| Sliding Hill | N 359° | 63 m | 8.5 mi |
| Gambles Hill | S 188° | 44 m | 2.0 mi |
| Turkey Hill | E 91° | 43 m | 9.1 mi |
| Malvern Hill | SE 137° | 41 m | 16.0 mi |
| Minitree Hill | ESE 109° | 36 m | 23.8 mi |
| Evelynton Heights | SE 136° | 28 m | 22.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:47 | 19:22 |
| June solstice | 05:49 | 19:56 | 20:35 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:34 | 19:08 |
| December solstice | 07:22 | 16:15 | 16:56 |
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 | 38 | 41 | 48 | 58 | 67 | 75 | 79 | 78 | 71 | 60 | 50 | 42 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.6 | 4.0 | 3.2 | 4.0 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 4.9 | 4.6 | 3.4 | 3.1 | 3.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Richmond Intl AP, 7 mi away.
- Eastern Gray Squirrel149 obs
- Mourning Dove131 obs
- American Robin118 obs
- House Sparrow113 obs
- white clover95 obs
- Western Honey Bee80 obs
- Northern Mockingbird79 obs
- American pokeweed77 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/677107281
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