Historic site · New York
Glacis Gun Battery
Glacis Gun Battery is a historic site in New York, at a modelled elevation of 39 m. Stony Hill stands 179 m to the northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Battery Catlin, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 18 miles off. 49 named summits stand within 25 miles.
built in 1874
How to reach it
Coordinates40.60615, -74.05731
- 17.8 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 17.9 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 28.4 mi off the Millstone Valley Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
Museums
- Mont Sec House: 0.1 mi
- Fort Wadsworth Visitor's Center and Museum: 0.2 mi
- Alice Austen House: 0.7 mi
- Garibaldi-Meucci Museum: 1.1 mi
- Harbor Defense Museum: 1.3 mi
Parks
- Arthur von Briesen Park: 0.1 mi
- Fort Wadsworth: 0.3 mi
- John E. White Playground: 0.3 mi
- Alice Austen House and Park: 0.7 mi
- Reinhard E. Kaltenmeier Playground: 0.8 mi
Beaches
- Matthew J. Buono Beach: 0.6 mi
- South Beach: 1.4 mi
- Midland Beach: 2.7 mi
- New Dorp Beach: 3.7 mi
- Cedar Grove Beach: 4.2 mi
Gardens
- Hill Street Community Garden: 1.6 mi
- Compost and Community Garden: 2.1 mi
- Narrows Botanical Gardens: 2.4 mi
- Tuscan Garden: 3.4 mi
- The Tuscan Garden: 3.4 mi
Attractions
- The Gingerbread House: 1.8 mi
- Billiou-Stillwell-Perine House: 2.4 mi
- Jurassic Park: 2.9 mi
- Winter Flea + Smorgasburg: 4.3 mi
- New York City Farm Colony: 4.3 mi
Artworks
- South Beach: 1.2 mi
- Eyes: 1.7 mi
- Wingdale: 2.7 mi
- St. Anne: 3.0 mi
- St. Anthony: 3.0 mi
Historic sites: 56
- Battery Catlin: 0.1 mi
- Battery Duane: 0.2 mi
- Cannon: 0.2 mi
- Battery Bacon: 0.2 mi
- Battery Turnbull: 0.3 mi
Nature reserves
- Eibs Pond Park: 1.3 mi
- Last Chance Pond Park: 2.6 mi
- New Creek Bluebelt: 2.7 mi
- Jones Woods Park: 2.8 mi
- Swinburne Island: 2.8 mi
Peaks: 49
- Fox Hills: 1.2 mi
- Park Hill: 1.4 mi
- Signal Hill: 1.8 mi
- Emerson Hill: 2.0 mi
- Todt Hill: 3.0 mi
Picnic sites: 35
- Freedom Field: 6.2 mi
- Picnic Peninsula: 6.8 mi
- Pier 5 Uplands Seating Area: 6.8 mi
- Pier 3 Greenway Terrace: 7.1 mi
- Linden Airport mini-park: 9.8 mi
Cliffs: 10
- Palisades: 9.5 mi
- Hawk Hill: 16.0 mi
- Coogan's Bluff: 16.8 mi
- little daddy Maginot: 19.3 mi
- Maginot Mountain: 19.4 mi
Waterfalls: 9
- Fallkill Falls: 5.9 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 6.1 mi
- Binnen Falls: 6.1 mi
- The Loch: 14.0 mi
- Hemlock Falls: 15.7 mi
Lighthouses: 8
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 8.4 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 10.4 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 10.4 mi
- North Tower: 15.0 mi
- Twin Lights State Historic Site: 15.0 mi
Rest areas: 4
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 11.3 mi
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 11.4 mi
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 15.1 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 17.4 mi
Ghost towns: 3
- Barber: 11.8 mi
- Feltville Historic District: 18.0 mi
- Raritan Landing: 22.2 mi
Springs: 1
- Tulip Springs: 16.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Glacis Gun Battery. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stony Hill | NW 326° | 179 m | 17.2 mi |
| Mayapple Hill | NW 314° | 175 m | 16.7 mi |
| Packanack Mountain | NNW 337° | 144 m | 24.4 mi |
| Riker Hill | NW 315° | 134 m | 19.9 mi |
| Todt Hill | W 263° | 125 m | 3.0 mi |
| Crawford Hill | SSW 205° | 120 m | 16.3 mi |
| Telegraph Hill | SSW 203° | 106 m | 15.8 mi |
| Nook Hill | NW 304° | 92 m | 15.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:01 | 18:32 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:26 | 19:50 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:19 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:49 | 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, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/412175470
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- Staten Island · 5 mi
- Brooklyn/Bedford-Stuyvesant and Flatbush · 7 mi
- Brooklyn/Downtown · 7 mi
- Manhattan/Financial District · 7 mi
- Downstate New York · 8 mi
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