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Battery Heights

Battery Heights, seen from above at true elevation

Battery Heights rises to 85 m in Virginia. Big Cobbler Mountain stands 476 m to the west, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Brawner House, a attraction 0.4 miles away. Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway passes 4.2 miles off. 57 named summits stand within 25 miles.

About

The story

Mountain in Virginia, United States of America.

Wikidata Q49011051, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
85 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates38.81186, -77.55720

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Attractions
  • Brawner House: 0.4 mi
  • Deep Cut Battlefield: 0.7 mi
  • Stone House: 1.7 mi
  • Rickett's Battery: 1.9 mi
  • Griffin's Battery: 2.0 mi
Historic sites
  • 14th Brooklyn Monument: 0.6 mi
  • Second Manassas Monument: 0.6 mi
  • New York Regiment: 0.7 mi
  • Chinn House (Hazel Plain): 1.3 mi
  • Texas Brigade: 1.4 mi
Parks
  • NOVA Circle: 2.1 mi
  • Ellis Barron Park: 2.3 mi
  • Bull Run Swim & Raquet Club: 2.6 mi
  • Rosemont-Lewis Regional Park: 3.1 mi
  • Catharpin Park: 3.3 mi
Peaks: 57
Artworks: 53
  • Carol: 7.0 mi
  • Wildcat: 7.9 mi
  • Maze: 9.6 mi
  • Girl with Dog: 9.6 mi
  • Horse head: 10.8 mi
Gardens: 50
Museums: 36
Picnic sites: 25
  • Brownsville Picnic Area: 0.6 mi
  • Hyland Hills Park: 6.7 mi
  • Picnic Area at Ellanor C. Lawerence Park: 7.4 mi
  • Little Picnic Island: 12.1 mi
  • Pony Barn: 13.4 mi
Beaches: 6
  • West Beach: 17.7 mi
  • Beaver Landing: 17.9 mi
  • Dolphin Beach: 18.2 mi
  • Sycamore Beach: 20.7 mi
  • Purplehorse Beach: 20.7 mi
Springs: 5
  • Peace Spring: 8.5 mi
  • Harmony Spring: 8.6 mi
  • Hunsucker Spring: 8.6 mi
  • Lambert's Spring: 8.7 mi
  • White Rock Spring: 9.3 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Brambleton Sign/Water Decoration: 11.8 mi
  • Coe Creek: 11.9 mi
  • Great Falls: 20.8 mi
  • Scott's Run Falls: 21.9 mi
  • Stubblefield Falls: 22.3 mi
Rest areas: 4
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area West: 3.4 mi
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area East: 3.4 mi
  • Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area South: 19.8 mi
  • Dale City Car-Only Safety Rest Area North: 19.8 mi
Cliffs: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Big Cobbler MountainW476 m21.4 mi
Naked MountainWNW448 m24.1 mi
Little Cobbler MountainW441 m21.2 mi
Wildcat MountainW417 m15.2 mi
Signal MountainWNW413 m9.2 mi
Rappahannock MountainW404 m15.6 mi
High Point MountainWNW397 m9.0 mi
White RockWNW387 m9.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1518:4719:22
June solstice05:4620:0020:39
September equinox06:5918:3419:09
December solstice07:2616:1016:52

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333643556473787668564638

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Manassas, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356583279

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