- Elevation, modelled
- 86 m
- Tallest summit within 19.1 miles
- High Mountain268 m · 14.9 mi
- Nearest byway
- Palisades Scenic Byway0.4 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:32local time
- Coordinates
- 40.8486, -73.9636
Battery 2 is a historic site in New Jersey, at a modelled 86 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the northwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Magazine, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 0.4 miles off.
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.1 miles of Battery 2. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Mountain | NW 305° | 268 m | 14.9 mi |
| Beech Mountain | NW 304° | 260 m | 16.0 mi |
| Mount Cecchino | WNW 303° | 230 m | 14.7 mi |
| Campgaw Mountain | NW 319° | 224 m | 18.8 mi |
| Hook Mountain | N 7° | 214 m | 19.0 mi |
| Mount Nebo | N 8° | 208 m | 14.0 mi |
| Poacher Peak | WNW 303° | 185 m | 16.5 mi |
| Moon Hill | WNW 303° | 180 m | 16.2 mi |
- 0.4 mi off the Palisades Scenic BywayNational
- 4.8 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 19.9 mi off the Merritt ParkwayNational
Named places within 25 miles
Historic sites
- Magazine: 0.1 mi
- Battery 4: 0.1 mi
- Battery 1: 0.1 mi
- West 173rd Street: 1.1 mi
- Haven Avenue: 1.1 mi
Museums
Beaches
- Hazard Beach: 0.4 mi
- Dyckman Street Beach: 2.2 mi
- Bloomer Beach: 2.5 mi
- Spuyten Duyvil Beach: 2.8 mi
- Undercliff Beach: 2.9 mi
Peaks
- Manhattan High Point: 1.4 mi
- Long Hill: 2.0 mi
- Inwood Hill: 2.6 mi
- Spuyten Duyvil Hill: 3.2 mi
- Mount Morris: 3.2 mi
Attractions
- La casa de los Tenenbaums: 1.9 mi
- Original brown stone houses: 2.0 mi
- Joker Stairs: 2.3 mi
- Abyssinian Baptist Church: 2.5 mi
- Taste Harlem Tour: 2.9 mi
Waterfalls: 14
- The Loch: 3.7 mi
- The Falls: 7.0 mi
- Great Falls: 12.3 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 12.7 mi
- Binnen Falls: 12.9 mi
Lighthouses: 6
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 9.1 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 12.0 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 12.3 mi
- Cold Spring Harbor Light: 24.0 mi
- Stamford Harbor Ledge Light: 24.8 mi
Rest areas: 2
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 3.9 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 11.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1
- Feltville Historic District: 25.0 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:32 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:25 | 19:50 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:19 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 15:48 | 16:32 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Day trips start here
- Fort Lee · 0 mi
- Englewood · 3 mi
- Manhattan/Harlem and Upper Manhattan · 3 mi
- Bronx · 4 mi
- Manhattan/Upper West Side · 4 mi
- Teaneck · 4 mi
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