Fort Wadsworth
Fort Wadsworth is a park in New York, at a modelled elevation of 28 m. Stony Hill stands 179 m to the northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Cannon, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 18 miles off. 51 named summits stand within 25 miles.
under management of Gateway National Recreation Area. Coast Guard is a tenant
What to expect
- Operated by
- National Park Service
How to reach it
- 18.0 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 18.1 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 28.3 mi off the Millstone Valley Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Cannon: 0.1 mi
- Battery Upton: 0.1 mi
- Battery Mills: 0.1 mi
- Battery Duane: 0.1 mi
- Battery Hudson: 0.2 mi
- Fort Wadsworth Visitor's Center and Museum: 0.1 mi
- Mont Sec House: 0.3 mi
- Alice Austen House: 0.9 mi
- Garibaldi-Meucci Museum: 1.3 mi
- Harbor Defense Museum: 1.4 mi
- Arthur von Briesen Park: 0.4 mi
- John E. White Playground: 0.5 mi
- Arrochar Playground: 0.8 mi
- Frederick Staats Circle: 0.8 mi
- South Beach: 0.9 mi
- Matthew J. Buono Beach: 0.9 mi
- South Beach: 1.2 mi
- Midland Beach: 2.5 mi
- New Dorp Beach: 3.5 mi
- Cedar Grove Beach: 4.0 mi
- South Beach: 1.0 mi
- Eyes: 2.0 mi
- Wingdale: 2.8 mi
- St. Anne: 3.0 mi
- St. Anthony: 3.0 mi
- Eibs Pond Park: 1.4 mi
- New Creek Bluebelt: 2.5 mi
- Last Chance Pond Park: 2.5 mi
- Swinburne Island: 2.5 mi
- Saint Francis Woodlands: 3.0 mi
- Hill Street Community Garden: 1.8 mi
- Compost and Community Garden: 2.2 mi
- Narrows Botanical Gardens: 2.6 mi
- Tuscan Garden: 3.6 mi
- The Tuscan Garden: 3.6 mi
- The Gingerbread House: 2.0 mi
- Billiou-Stillwell-Perine House: 2.3 mi
- Jurassic Park: 2.9 mi
- New York City Farm Colony: 4.3 mi
- Buck’s Hollow: 4.4 mi
- Fox Hills: 1.4 mi
- Park Hill: 1.6 mi
- Signal Hill: 2.0 mi
- Emerson Hill: 2.0 mi
- Todt Hill: 3.0 mi
- Freedom Field: 6.5 mi
- Picnic Peninsula: 7.0 mi
- Pier 5 Uplands Seating Area: 7.1 mi
- Pier 3 Greenway Terrace: 7.3 mi
- Linden Airport mini-park: 9.9 mi
- Palisades: 9.8 mi
- Palisades: 11.7 mi
- Palisades: 14.7 mi
- Hawk Hill: 16.1 mi
- Coogan's Bluff: 17.1 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 6.1 mi
- Binnen Falls: 6.3 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 6.3 mi
- The Loch: 14.2 mi
- Hemlock Falls: 15.9 mi
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 8.7 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 10.1 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 10.1 mi
- North Tower: 14.7 mi
- Twin Lights State Historic Site: 14.7 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 11.3 mi
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 11.3 mi
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 15.4 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 17.6 mi
- Barber: 11.7 mi
- Feltville Historic District: 18.1 mi
- Raritan Landing: 22.2 mi
- Tulip Springs: 16.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Fort Wadsworth. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stony Hill | NW 326° | 179 m | 17.5 mi |
| Mayapple Hill | NW 314° | 175 m | 16.9 mi |
| Packanack Mountain | NNW 337° | 144 m | 24.7 mi |
| Riker Hill | NW 316° | 134 m | 20.2 mi |
| Long Hill | WNW 289° | 126 m | 21.1 mi |
| Todt Hill | W 268° | 125 m | 3.0 mi |
| Crawford Hill | SSW 205° | 120 m | 16.0 mi |
| Telegraph Hill | SSW 203° | 106 m | 15.6 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.
- Porcelain Berry244 obs
- common mugwort97 obs
- smooth cliffbrake86 obs
- Wild Turkey81 obs
- American Herring Gull70 obs
- Brant67 obs
- Ring-billed Gull66 obs
- Spotted Lanternfly63 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/33967409
Day trips start here
- Bayonne · 5 mi
- Staten Island · 5 mi
- Brooklyn/Bedford-Stuyvesant and Flatbush · 7 mi
- Brooklyn/Downtown · 7 mi
- Manhattan/Chinatown · 8 mi
- Manhattan/Financial District · 8 mi
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