- Elevation, modelled
- -3 m
- Tallest summit within 18.3 miles
- Copicut Hill109 m · 12.1 mi
- Nearest byway
- Paradise Ave and Other Roads18.1 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:22local time
- Coordinates
- 41.5936, -70.9010
Battery Gaston is a historic site in Massachusetts, at a modelled -3 m. Copicut Hill stands 109 m to the northwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Battery Walcott, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Paradise Ave and Other Roads passes 18 miles off.
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.3 miles of Battery Gaston. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Copicut Hill | NW 317° | 109 m | 12.1 mi |
| Pocasset Hill | WNW 285° | 95 m | 15.6 mi |
| Cook Hill | WNW 288° | 85 m | 15.5 mi |
| Prospect Hill | SSE 153° | 78 m | 17.6 mi |
| Townsend Hill | WNW 291° | 77 m | 15.6 mi |
| Townsend Hill | WNW 291° | 77 m | 15.6 mi |
| Deer Horn Hill | ENE 74° | 71 m | 16.8 mi |
| Whiting Hill | SE 141° | 68 m | 16.6 mi |
- 18.1 mi off the Paradise Ave and Other Roads
- 18.4 mi off the Revolutionary Heritage BywayNational
- 19.1 mi off the Route 114 and High Street
- 23.9 mi off the Old King's Highway (Route 6A)National
Overlooks nearby
- Gaspee Point Overlook · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Historic sites
- Battery Walcott: 0.0 mi
- New Bedford Merchant Mariners: 0.1 mi
- Vietnam War Memorial: 0.1 mi
- Battery Cross: 0.1 mi
- Honoring The Women in Military Service: 0.2 mi
Museums
- Fort Taber-Fort Rodman military Museum: 0.1 mi
- New Bedford Fire Museum: 2.7 mi
- New Bedford Whaling Museum: 3.1 mi
- Mariner's Home: 3.1 mi
- New Bedford Art Museum: 3.2 mi
Beaches
- Medeiros Beach: 0.7 mi
- Noname Beach: 0.9 mi
- Round Hill Beach: 4.0 mi
- Round Hill Beach: 4.1 mi
- Round Hill Beach: 4.2 mi
Peaks
- Round Hill: 4.0 mi
- Tarkiln Hill: 6.5 mi
- Pinnacle Rock: 6.5 mi
- Mendall Hill: 7.5 mi
- Tinkham Hill: 8.0 mi
Attractions: 39
- Seamen's Bethel: 3.1 mi
- Buzzards Bay Coalition: 3.1 mi
- Rodman Candleworks: 3.1 mi
- New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park Visitor Center: 3.2 mi
- Bumber Boats: 8.1 mi
Lighthouses: 7
- Clark's Point Light: 0.0 mi
- Nobska Point Light: 13.8 mi
- West Chop Light: 17.4 mi
- Keeper's House: 17.4 mi
- Fog Signal Building: 17.4 mi
Rest areas: 3
- Rest Area SR-25 Welcome Center: 19.8 mi
- Rest Area I-195 (East Bound): 20.9 mi
- Rest Area I-195 (West Bound): 21.2 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:48 | 18:19 | 18:56 |
| June solstice | 05:10 | 19:40 | 20:22 |
| September equinox | 06:32 | 18:06 | 18:43 |
| December solstice | 07:08 | 15:32 | 16:17 |
Local time (America/New_York).
- OpenStreetMap record
- Official site
- National Register of Historic Places, reference 73001954
Day trips start here
- Dartmouth · 4 mi
- New Bedford · 4 mi
- SouthCoast · 4 mi
- Mattapoisett · 6 mi
- Westport · 8 mi
- Marion · 10 mi
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