Fort Mercer
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Fort Mercer is a historic site in New Jersey, at a modelled elevation of 2 m. Diamond Rock Hill stands 188 m to the northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Red Bank Battlefield, a park 0.1 miles away. Blue Route passes 8.1 miles off. 28 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Fort Mercer was an earthen fort on the eastern shores of the Delaware River in New Jersey that was constructed by the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. The fort was built in 1777 by Polish engineer Thaddeus Kosciuszko under the command of George Washington. Along with Fort Mifflin on the Pennsylvania side of the Delaware River to its west, Fort Mercer was designed to block the British advance on the revolutionary capital of Philadelphia during the Philadelphia campaign. Fort Mercer was located in an area called Red Bank in what is now the borough of National Park in Gloucester County, New Jersey. The fort was named in honor of Brigadier General Hugh Mercer who died earlier that year in fighting at the Battle of Princeton. The fort's site is now part of Red Bank Battlefield Historical Park, which includes a monument and museum. Several cannons attributed to British warships lost supporting the attack on the fort, and others found buried at the fort itself, are in the park.
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Dates from 1777.
Wikidata Q5471674, linked from the OpenStreetMap record's article tag.
How to reach it
- 8.1 mi off the Blue Route
- 20.3 mi off the Bayshore Heritage Byway, National
- 20.3 mi off the Delaware Bayshore Byway, National
- 21.2 mi off the Brandywine Valley Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Hawk Point · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Red Bank Battlefield: 0.1 mi
- Red Bank Battlefield: 0.1 mi
- Red Bank Battlefield Park: 0.3 mi
- Soupy Island: 0.7 mi
- Temple Place Park: 0.9 mi
- Christopher Greene Monument: 0.1 mi
- Red Bank Battle Monument: 0.1 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 2.5 mi
- Christopher Columbus: 3.1 mi
- Guglielmo Marconi: 3.1 mi
- The James & Ann Whitall House: 0.2 mi
- Fort Mifflin: 1.2 mi
- Gloucester County Historical Society Museum: 3.0 mi
- Museum Of American History at Deptford: 3.9 mi
- The Mario Lanza Institute and Museum: 4.4 mi
- Melville Statue: 1.6 mi
- Wilt Chamberlain: 2.2 mi
- Ed Snider Statue: 2.2 mi
- Score!: 2.4 mi
- Julius Erving Statue: 2.4 mi
- Commandant's Quarters: 1.8 mi
- Italian market: 4.9 mi
- USS New Jersey: 5.5 mi
- USS Becuna: 5.6 mi
- USS Olympia: 5.6 mi
- Eastwick Community Garden: 3.0 mi
- Daly St Community Garden: 3.8 mi
- Emily Community Garden: 3.9 mi
- Hicks St Memory Garden: 3.9 mi
- Community Garden at Ralph Brooks Park - Annex: 4.1 mi
- Almonesson Creek Park: 6.2 mi
- Tall Pines State Preserve: 7.2 mi
- Timber Creek Park: 7.4 mi
- Centennial Arboretum: 7.8 mi
- Ceres Park & Nature Preserve: 8.7 mi
- Picnic Area #1: 5.1 mi
- Picnic Area #2: 5.1 mi
- Picnic Grove: 5.4 mi
- Bird Lake Picnic Area: 6.7 mi
- Picnic Area 5: 8.1 mi
- Wawa Truck Stop: 10.4 mi
- King of Prussia Service Plaza: 17.8 mi
- Deepwater Rest Area: 19.9 mi
- Historical "Ancient Indian Spring": 10.6 mi
- West Branch Trout Creek Spring: 17.4 mi
- Tinicum Rear Range Lighthouse: 3.1 mi
- Washington Lake Beach: 10.4 mi
- Darling: 15.0 mi
- Monkey Rock: 16.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Fort Mercer. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diamond Rock Hill | NW 310° | 188 m | 22.1 mi |
| Mount Misery | NW 315° | 176 m | 21.2 mi |
| Ebright Azimuth | W 262° | 137 m | 17.6 mi |
| Chestnut Hill | N 356° | 136 m | 14.3 mi |
| Hunting Hill | WNW 294° | 125 m | 15.0 mi |
| Osborne Hill | W 279° | 113 m | 22.4 mi |
| Militia Hill | N 352° | 104 m | 17.2 mi |
| Camp Hill | N 359° | 104 m | 17.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:05 | 18:37 | 19:13 |
| June solstice | 05:33 | 19:53 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:49 | 18:24 | 19:00 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 15:57 | 16:40 |
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 | 44 | 55 | 64 | 74 | 79 | 77 | 70 | 58 | 47 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.8 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 3.5 | 2.9 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Phila Intl AP, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaOpenStreetMap element node/6656000446
Day trips start here
- Woodbury · 3 mi
- Philadelphia/South · 4 mi
- Camden · 5 mi
- Tinicum Township · 5 mi
- Gibbstown · 6 mi
- Lansdowne · 6 mi
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