- Elevation, modelled
- 12 m
- Tallest summit within 25 miles
- Stony Hill179 m · 17.9 mi
- Nearest byway
- Bronx River Parkway17.0 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:31local time
- Coordinates
- 40.6089, -74.0321
Harbor Defense Museum is a museum in New York, at a modelled 12 m. Stony Hill stands 179 m to the northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Monument to John N. LaCorte, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Bronx River Parkway passes 17 miles off. 52 named summits stand within 25 miles.
military museum in Brooklyn New York, United States
Dates from 1980.
Wikidata Q5654590, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
- Built
- 1826
- Height
- 4.8 m
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Harbor Defense Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stony Hill | NW 322° | 179 m | 17.9 mi |
| Mayapple Hill | NW 310° | 175 m | 17.6 mi |
| Packanack Mountain | NNW 334° | 144 m | 24.8 mi |
| Riker Hill | NW 312° | 134 m | 20.8 mi |
| Long Hill | WNW 286° | 126 m | 22.2 mi |
| Todt Hill | W 262° | 125 m | 4.4 mi |
| Crawford Hill | SSW 208° | 120 m | 17.0 mi |
| Telegraph Hill | SSW 207° | 106 m | 16.5 mi |
- 17.0 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 17.3 mi off the Palisades Scenic BywayNational
- 29.7 mi off the Millstone Valley Scenic BywayNational
Named places within 25 miles
Historic sites
- Monument to John N. LaCorte: 0.1 mi
- John Paul Jones Memorial: 0.2 mi
- Dover Patrol: 0.2 mi
- First Resistance to British Arms in New York State August 1776: 0.2 mi
- Fort Hamilton Cannon: 0.2 mi
Attractions
- The Gingerbread House: 1.4 mi
- Winter Flea + Smorgasburg: 3.5 mi
- Sideshows by the Seashore: 3.6 mi
- Endeavor: 3.6 mi
- Thunder Bolt: 3.7 mi
Museums
- Fort Wadsworth Visitor's Center and Museum: 1.4 mi
- Mont Sec House: 1.4 mi
- Alice Austen House: 1.7 mi
- Garibaldi-Meucci Museum: 2.2 mi
- National Lighthouse Museum: 3.1 mi
Beaches
- Matthew J. Buono Beach: 1.6 mi
- South Beach: 2.4 mi
- Midland Beach: 3.7 mi
- Coney Island Beach: 3.7 mi
- New Dorp Beach: 4.7 mi
Peaks: 52
- Fox Hills: 2.4 mi
- Park Hill: 2.6 mi
- Signal Hill: 3.0 mi
- Emerson Hill: 3.3 mi
- Battle Hill: 4.0 mi
Waterfalls: 9
- Fallkill Falls: 4.8 mi
- Binnen Falls: 5.0 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 5.0 mi
- The Loch: 13.4 mi
- Hemlock Falls: 16.6 mi
Lighthouses: 9
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 8.1 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 10.3 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 10.3 mi
- North Tower: 14.9 mi
- Twin Lights State Historic Site: 14.9 mi
Rest areas: 4
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 12.6 mi
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 12.7 mi
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 14.9 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 17.7 mi
Ghost towns: 3
- Barber: 13.0 mi
- Feltville Historic District: 19.3 mi
- Raritan Landing: 23.6 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 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).
- National Register of Historic Places — Casemate Fort, Whiting Quadrangle, reference 74001249, listed 08/07/74.
- OpenStreetMap record
- Wikipedia
- Wikidata
- Official site
- National Register of Historic Places, reference 74001249
Day trips start here
- Bayonne · 6 mi
- Brooklyn/Bedford-Stuyvesant and Flatbush · 6 mi
- Brooklyn/Downtown · 6 mi
- Manhattan/Financial District · 7 mi
- Staten Island · 7 mi
- Downstate New York · 8 mi
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