Battery Mellon
USA /
Florida /
Anna Maria /
World
/ USA
/ Florida
/ Anna Maria
World / United States / Florida
military, fortification
Three 3" masking pedestal mount guns were mounted here from 1904 to 1920.
Battery Mellon was named on December 27, 1904 in honor of Captain Charles Mellon, 2nd U.S. Artillery, who was killed in action with Seminole Indians at the head of Lake Monroe, Florida February 8, 1837.
Battery Mellon was named on December 27, 1904 in honor of Captain Charles Mellon, 2nd U.S. Artillery, who was killed in action with Seminole Indians at the head of Lake Monroe, Florida February 8, 1837.
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 27°36'8"N 82°45'43"W
- Avon Park Air Force Range (KAGR) 131 km
- Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39 236 km
- Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS) 239 km
- ICBM Row (Part of Cape Canaveral Air Force Station) 239 km
- Military Installation - Camp Blanding 282 km
- Cecil Field 306 km
- Naval Air Station Jacksonville 312 km
- Weapon Storage Area 375 km
- Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay 378 km
- Fort Stewart Main Cantonment 490 km
- Southwest Channel 3.7 km
- Lower Tampa Bay 11 km
- Bay 13 km
- Terra Ceia Bay 17 km
- Tampa Bay 26 km
- Middle Tampa Bay 27 km
- Pinellas County, Florida 32 km
- Manatee County, Florida 40 km
- Hillsborough County, Florida 44 km
- Sarasota County, Florida 63 km