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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

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
Nature reserves
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
Artworks: 59
  • Carol: 7.0 mi
  • Wildcat: 7.9 mi
  • Wildcat: 7.9 mi
  • Maze: 9.6 mi
  • Girl with Dog: 9.6 mi
Peaks: 57
Gardens: 56
Museums: 36
Picnic sites: 35
  • Brownsville Picnic Area: 0.6 mi
  • Shelter #11: 3.5 mi
  • Shelter #1: 3.6 mi
  • Shelter #2: 3.7 mi
  • Shelter #3: 3.8 mi
Springs: 6
  • Peace Spring: 8.5 mi
  • Harmony Spring: 8.6 mi
  • Hunsucker Spring: 8.6 mi
  • Lambert's Spring: 8.7 mi
  • UnNamed Spring: 8.8 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
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 MountainW 275°476 m21.4 mi
Naked MountainWNW 288°448 m24.1 mi
Little Cobbler MountainW 281°441 m21.2 mi
Wildcat MountainW 265°417 m15.2 mi
Signal MountainWNW 302°413 m9.2 mi
Rappahannock MountainW 264°404 m15.6 mi
High Point MountainWNW 290°397 m9.0 mi
White RockWNW 302°387 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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