Battle Hill
Battle Hill rises to 66 m in New York. High Mountain stands 268 m to the north-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Civil War Soldiers' Monument, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Bronx River Parkway passes 13 miles off. 51 named summits stand within 25 miles.
Higheset natural point of elevation in Brooklyn.
The story
highest natural point in Brooklyn, New York
Wikidata Q4870056, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 66 m
How to reach it
- 13.0 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 13.7 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Civil War Soldiers' Monument: 0.0 mi
- Minerva and the Altar to Liberty: 0.0 mi
- Joseph Alfed Perry: 0.3 mi
- James B. Warden: 0.4 mi
- SS Arctic Memorial: 0.5 mi
- Civic Virtue Triumphant Over Unrighteousness: 0.1 mi
- Bees for Sunset Park: 0.8 mi
- Bees for Sunset Park: 0.8 mi
- Captain America: 0.8 mi
- Panther: 1.1 mi
- Butterfly Gardens: 0.3 mi
- Mayrose Community Garden: 0.3 mi
- 6/15 Green: 0.5 mi
- Jardín los Colibríes: 0.7 mi
- Prospect Farm: 0.7 mi
- Detective Joseph Mayrose Park: 0.3 mi
- Cuite Park: 0.6 mi
- Seeley Playground: 0.6 mi
- Captain John McKenna IV Park: 0.7 mi
- Colonel Donald Cook Square: 0.8 mi
- Lesbian Herstory Archives: 0.6 mi
- Old Stone House: 1.1 mi
- Lefferts Historic House: 1.4 mi
- Living Torah Museum: 1.6 mi
- Brooklyn Museum: 1.7 mi
- Winter Flea + Smorgasburg: 1.0 mi
- Hammerhead Peninsula: 1.1 mi
- Camperdown Elm: 1.3 mi
- Hamadryas Baboon: 1.4 mi
- Tufted Deer: 1.4 mi
- Beach/Kayak launch ramp: 2.1 mi
- Pier 4 Beach: 2.8 mi
- Pebble Beach: 3.3 mi
- Matthew J. Buono Beach: 4.8 mi
- Caven Point Beach: 4.8 mi
- Bird Island: 2.8 mi
- WNYC Transmitter Park: 5.2 mi
- Jones Woods Park: 5.5 mi
- Eibs Pond Park: 5.7 mi
- Four Sparrow Marsh: 5.8 mi
- Lookout Hill: 0.9 mi
- Quaker Hill: 1.0 mi
- Sullivan Hill: 1.2 mi
- Breeze Hill: 1.2 mi
- Willink Hill: 1.4 mi
- Pier 5 Uplands Seating Area: 2.7 mi
- Picnic Peninsula: 2.7 mi
- Pier 3 Greenway Terrace: 2.9 mi
- Freedom Field: 4.5 mi
- Street Seats: 6.8 mi
- Palisades: 6.6 mi
- Palisades: 8.0 mi
- Palisades: 10.5 mi
- Coogan's Bluff: 12.4 mi
- Palisades: 16.4 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 1.0 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 1.2 mi
- Binnen Falls: 1.3 mi
- The Loch: 9.7 mi
- Hemlock Falls: 17.0 mi
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 5.3 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 13.5 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 13.5 mi
- North Tower: 18.0 mi
- Twin Lights State Historic Site: 18.0 mi
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 11.7 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 15.9 mi
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 15.9 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 16.1 mi
- Barber: 16.6 mi
- Feltville Historic District: 20.9 mi
- Tulip Springs: 17.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Battle Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Mountain | NNW 333° | 268 m | 24.3 mi |
| Mount Cecchino | NNW 333° | 230 m | 24.0 mi |
| Stony Hill | NW 309° | 179 m | 17.1 mi |
| Mayapple Hill | WNW 297° | 175 m | 17.6 mi |
| Packanack Mountain | NW 325° | 144 m | 23.1 mi |
| Riker Hill | WNW 301° | 134 m | 20.6 mi |
| Long Hill | W 277° | 126 m | 23.7 mi |
| Todt Hill | WSW 239° | 125 m | 7.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:32 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:26 | 19:50 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:19 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:49 | 16:33 |
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 | 34 | 36 | 43 | 53 | 62 | 72 | 78 | 76 | 70 | 58 | 48 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.0 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 3.2 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NY AVE V Brooklyn, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/11544202596
Day trips start here
- Brooklyn/Bedford-Stuyvesant and Flatbush · 3 mi
- Brooklyn/Downtown · 3 mi
- Downstate New York · 4 mi
- Manhattan/Chinatown · 4 mi
- Manhattan/Financial District · 4 mi
- Manhattan/Lower East Side · 4 mi
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