Conception's Battery

Conception's Battery: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: usually quiet; mostly local visitors. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this fort: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit Conception's Battery

Season: October to February; carry water in summer.

Crowd: Usually quiet; mostly local visitors.

Typical week: Mon quiet · Tue quiet · Wed quiet · Thu quiet · Fri light · Sat light · Sun light.

How to reach Conception's Battery — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: -34.95000, -54.97259. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Conception's Battery

• Isla Gorriti · river spot · Maldonado · ~1 km · Must-see
• Mansa Beach · beach · ~3 km · Must-see
• Faro de Punta del Este · beach · Maldonado · ~4 km · Must-see
• Iglesia de la Candelaria · church · Maldonado · ~4 km · Must-see
• Catedral de San Fernando · church · Maldonado · ~6 km · Must-see
• Sea Museum · museum · Maldonado · ~14 km · Must-see
• Faro de Isla de Lobos · beach · Maldonado · ~14 km · Must-see
• Isla de Lobos · river spot · Maldonado · ~15 km · Must-see
• Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Atchugarry · museum · Maldonado · ~21 km · Must-see
• Iglesia de San Carlos · church · Maldonado · ~23 km · Must-see
• Punta Colorada · beach · ~32 km · Must-see
• Cerro del Indio · viewpoint · Maldonado · ~35 km · Must-see
• Cerro San Antonio · viewpoint · Maldonado · ~36 km · Must-see
• Piriápolis · beach · ~38 km · Must-see
• Cerro Pan de Azúcar · viewpoint · Maldonado · ~38 km · Must-see
• Faro de José Ignacio · beach · Maldonado · ~41 km · Must-see
• Cerro de las Ánimas · viewpoint · Maldonado · ~49 km · Must-see
• Playa Honda · beach · ~1 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Conception's Battery

Other forts & heritage near Conception's Battery

• Molino de Pérez · fort · Montevideo · ~128 km · Must-see
• Monumento a José Pedro Varela · fort · Montevideo · ~136 km · Must-see
• Palacio Pietracaprina · fort · Montevideo · ~136 km · Must-see
• Obelisco a los Constituyentes de 1830 · fort · Montevideo · ~136 km · Must-see
• Palacio Legislativo · fort · Montevideo · ~139 km · Must-see
• Mausoleo a José Gervasio Artigas · fort · Montevideo · ~140 km · Must-see
• Casa de los Ximénez · fort · Montevideo · ~141 km · Must-see
• Molino Lavagna · fort · Maldonado · ~22 km
• El Águila · fort · Canelones · ~95 km
• Monumento a Artigas · fort · Rocha · ~98 km

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