Historic site · New York
Nutter's Battery
Nutter's Battery is a historic site in New York, at a modelled elevation of 13 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Fort Clinton, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 4.0 miles off.
The story
1814 fortification in New York City.
Wikidata Q7070572, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Built
- 1812..1815
What to expect
How to reach it
Coordinates40.79654, -73.95286
- 4.0 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 4.6 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 22.0 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
Attractions
- Huddlestone Arch: 0.2 mi
- Glen Span Arch: 0.4 mi
- Taste Harlem Tour: 0.9 mi
- Abyssinian Baptist Church: 1.5 mi
- Eleanor Roosevelt High Residence: 1.7 mi
Gardens: 60
- North Garden (French): 0.2 mi
- Center Garden (Italian): 0.2 mi
- Conservatory Garden: 0.2 mi
- South Garden (English): 0.2 mi
- 110th St Block Assoc. Garden: 0.3 mi
Artworks
- Three Dancing Maidens – Untermyer Fountain: 0.2 mi
- Lafayette and Washington: 0.6 mi
- Albert Bertel Thorvaldsen: 0.6 mi
- La Luz Que Sale De La Obscuridad: 0.6 mi
- Alfred Lincoln Seligman Fountain: 0.6 mi
Museums
- The Africa Center: 0.2 mi
- El Museo Del Barrio: 0.3 mi
- Museum of the City of New York: 0.3 mi
- The Jewish Museum: 0.8 mi
- The Studio Museum In Harlem: 0.9 mi
Parks
- Martin Luther King Playground: 0.3 mi
- Peter Minuit Playground: 0.3 mi
- Mae Grant Playground: 0.3 mi
- Frederick Douglass Circle: 0.4 mi
- Samuel Marx Triangle: 0.4 mi
Beaches
- Hallet’s Cove: 2.1 mi
- Hazard Beach: 4.0 mi
- Maxwell Place Beach: 5.0 mi
- Gansevoort Peninsula Sand Bluff: 5.0 mi
- Dyckman Street Beach: 5.2 mi
Nature reserves
- Hallett Nature Sanctuary: 2.4 mi
- Cabrini Woods Nature Sanctuary: 4.3 mi
- WNYC Transmitter Park: 4.6 mi
- Hackensack Meadowlands Conservation and Wildlife Area: 4.7 mi
- Pugsley Creek Park: 5.4 mi
Peaks
- Great Hill: 0.3 mi
- Mount Morris: 0.7 mi
- Summit Rock: 1.3 mi
- Vista Rock: 1.5 mi
- Janes Hill: 2.4 mi
Historic sites: 56
- Fort Clinton: 0.1 mi
- Farmers Gate: 0.1 mi
- Duke Ellington Memorial: 0.2 mi
- Blockhouse No. 1: 0.2 mi
- Burnett Memorial Fountain: 0.2 mi
Picnic sites: 44
- Picnic Area on Marcus Garvey Pool Deck: 0.8 mi
- Street Seats: 3.2 mi
- The Backyard: 6.4 mi
- Pier 3 Greenway Terrace: 7.2 mi
- Pier 5 Uplands Seating Area: 7.4 mi
Cliffs: 12
- Palisades: 2.2 mi
- Coogan's Bluff: 2.6 mi
- The Palisades: 10.7 mi
- Big Ma Maginot Drop: 14.1 mi
- Sir Maginot Drop: 14.1 mi
Waterfalls: 10
- The Loch: 0.4 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 9.2 mi
- Binnen Falls: 9.3 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 9.4 mi
- Great Falls: 14.6 mi
Lighthouses: 6
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 6.3 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 12.6 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 12.6 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 23.3 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 23.3 mi
Rest areas: 4
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 4.5 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 12.2 mi
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 23.1 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 23.2 mi
Ghost towns: 2
- Feltville Historic District: 24.1 mi
- Barber: 24.4 mi
Springs: 1
- Tulip Springs: 18.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.8 miles of Nutter's Battery. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Mountain | NW 313° | 268 m | 17.6 mi |
| Beech Mountain | NW 313° | 260 m | 18.7 mi |
| Mount Cecchino | NW 312° | 230 m | 17.4 mi |
| Mount Nebo | N 4° | 208 m | 17.5 mi |
| Poacher Peak | NW 311° | 185 m | 19.1 mi |
| Moon Hill | NW 311° | 180 m | 18.8 mi |
| Stony Hill | W 274° | 179 m | 15.2 mi |
| Mayapple Hill | W 265° | 175 m | 17.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:32 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:25 | 19:50 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:19 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:48 | 16:32 |
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 | 54 | 63 | 72 | 78 | 76 | 69 | 58 | 48 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.2 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 3.6 | 4.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NY City Cntrl Park, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/387380393
Day trips start here
- Manhattan/Central Park · 1 mi
- Manhattan/Harlem and Upper Manhattan · 1 mi
- Manhattan/Upper West Side · 1 mi
- Manhattan · 2 mi
- Manhattan/Upper East Side · 2 mi
- Manhattan/Theater District · 3 mi
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