Battery Morris
Battery Morris is a historic site, at a modelled elevation of 4 m. Todt Hill stands 125 m to the north-northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Battery Urmston, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Bronx River Parkway passes 25 miles off. 36 named summits stand within 25 miles.
Four three-inch rapid-fire gun emplacements.
The story
Historic district and landmark in Monmouth County, New Jersey.
Wikidata Q5471291, joined on its National Register reference.
What the record says
- Built
- 1904
How to reach it
- 25.4 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 26.5 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 29.5 mi off the Millstone Valley Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- North Beach: 0.4 mi
- FIshing Beach: 2.6 mi
- Beach E: 3.2 mi
- Beach D: 3.5 mi
- Beach C: 4.1 mi
- Nike Missile: 2.8 mi
- Endeavor: 7.2 mi
- Happy Fishing: 7.2 mi
- Samba Balloon Ride: 7.2 mi
- Jump Around Dune Buggy: 7.2 mi
- Navesink Park: 4.1 mi
- Mount Mitchell Scenic Overlook County Park: 4.4 mi
- Lenape Woods Greenway Municipally Open Space: 4.5 mi
- Huddy Park: 4.6 mi
- Croydon Hall Park: 4.8 mi
- Atlantic Highlands Historica: 4.3 mi
- Spermaceti Cove Life Boat Station: 5.3 mi
- Fort Wadsworth Visitor's Center and Museum: 9.5 mi
- Harbor Defense Museum: 9.6 mi
- Mont Sec House: 9.7 mi
- Surfside Multicultural Garden Coalition: 7.1 mi
- Santos White Community Garden: 7.3 mi
- West 23rd Street Community Garden: 7.5 mi
- Dana Borell Garden: 8.1 mi
- Parterre (Rose Garden): 8.4 mi
- 9/11 Memorial Dove: 4.4 mi
- Middletown North Senior Mural: 6.6 mi
- Middletown North Lion: 6.8 mi
- Jackie Robinson and Pee Wee Reese Monument: 7.3 mi
- Evil Clown of Middletown: 7.3 mi
- Battery Urmston: 0.0 mi
- Battery Peck: 0.1 mi
- Southwest Bastion Fort: 0.1 mi
- 9-Gun Battery: 0.3 mi
- Battery Potter: 0.4 mi
- Huber Woods County Park: 6.0 mi
- Swinburne Island: 6.9 mi
- Piping Plover Protected area: 7.3 mi
- New Creek Bluebelt: 8.5 mi
- Tatum Park: 9.1 mi
- Highlands of Navesink: 4.9 mi
- Garrett Hill: 5.7 mi
- Telegraph Hill: 10.1 mi
- Emerson Hill: 10.5 mi
- Todt Hill: 10.5 mi
- Telegraph Hill Picnic Area: 10.4 mi
- Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge: 14.0 mi
- Picnic Peninsula: 15.5 mi
- Pier 5 Uplands Seating Area: 15.5 mi
- Pier 3 Greenway Terrace: 15.7 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 0.7 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 0.7 mi
- North Tower: 5.3 mi
- Twin Lights State Historic Site: 5.3 mi
- South Tower: 5.3 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 13.3 mi
- Binnen Falls: 13.4 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 13.5 mi
- The Loch: 22.5 mi
- Hemlock Falls: 24.3 mi
- Barber: 13.8 mi
- Raritan Landing: 24.0 mi
- Feltville Historic District: 24.6 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 14.7 mi
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 14.8 mi
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 24.4 mi
- Palisades: 18.9 mi
- Hawk Hill: 24.3 mi
- Tulip Springs: 24.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Battery Morris. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Todt Hill | NNW 328° | 125 m | 10.5 mi |
| Crawford Hill | WSW 240° | 120 m | 10.8 mi |
| Telegraph Hill | WSW 239° | 106 m | 10.1 mi |
| Nook Hill | NW 319° | 92 m | 24.2 mi |
| Beacon Hill | WSW 240° | 82 m | 13.1 mi |
| Throck Morton Hill | SSW 211° | 81 m | 17.6 mi |
| Queens High Point | NE 37° | 79 m | 24.9 mi |
| Cranberry Hill | SSW 208° | 74 m | 16.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:32 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:27 | 19:49 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:19 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:50 | 16:33 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 34 | 36 | 43 | 53 | 62 | 72 | 78 | 76 | 70 | 58 | 48 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.0 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 3.2 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NY AVE V Brooklyn, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
National Register of Historic Places, reference 80002505OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/417340469
Day trips start here
- Keansburg · 7 mi
- Staten Island · 11 mi
- Brooklyn/Bedford-Stuyvesant and Flatbush · 14 mi
- Perth Amboy · 14 mi
- Bayonne · 15 mi
- Brooklyn/Downtown · 15 mi
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