Battery Wilhelm

Battery Wilhelm: 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 Battery Wilhelm

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 Battery Wilhelm — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 48.10221, -122.69440. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Battery Wilhelm

• Marrowstone Point Lighthouse · beach · Jefferson · ~1 km · Must-see
• Port Townsend Historic District · fort · Jefferson · ~6 km · Must-see
• Mystery Bay State Park · park · Jefferson · ~6 km · Must-see
• Port Townsend · beach · Jefferson · ~6 km · Must-see
• Port Townsend Post Office · church · Jefferson · ~6 km · Must-see
• Coast Artillery Museum · museum · Jefferson · ~8 km · Must-see
• Point Wilson · beach · Jefferson · ~8 km · Must-see
• Point Wilson Lighthouse · fort · Jefferson · ~8 km · Must-see
• Admiralty Head Lighthouse · attraction · Island · ~8 km · Must-see
• Fort Worden Historical State Park · fort · Jefferson · ~8 km · Must-see
• Fort Casey State Park · fort · Island · ~9 km · Must-see
• Crockett Lake · lake · Island · ~9 km · Must-see
• Lake Hancock · lake · Island · ~10 km · Must-see
• Fort Townsend Historical State Park · fort · Jefferson · ~10 km · Must-see
• Admiralty Inlet Natural Area Preserve · sanctuary · Island · ~10 km · Must-see
• Port Townsend Aero Museum · museum · Jefferson · ~12 km · Must-see
• Meerkerk Gardens · sanctuary · Island · ~13 km · Must-see
• Kinney Point State Park · sanctuary · Jefferson · ~13 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Battery Wilhelm

Other forts & heritage near Battery Wilhelm

• Port Townsend Historic District · fort · Jefferson · ~6 km · Must-see
• Point Wilson Lighthouse · fort · Jefferson · ~8 km · Must-see
• Fort Worden Historical State Park · fort · Jefferson · ~8 km · Must-see
• Fort Casey State Park · fort · Island · ~9 km · Must-see
• Fort Townsend Historical State Park · fort · Jefferson · ~10 km · Must-see
• Point No Point Lighthouse · fort · Kitsap · ~31 km · Must-see
• Fort Whitman · fort · Skagit · ~39 km · Must-see
• New Dungeness · fort · Clallam · ~40 km · Must-see
• West Point Light · fort · King · ~66 km · Must-see
• Fort Lawton Historic District · fort · King · ~67 km · Must-see

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