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Battery Gunnison, Sandy Hook

#1 among attractions in Sandy Hook

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Battery Gunnison, Sandy Hook

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Built: 1904 (120 years ago)Coordinates: 40°27'36"N, 73°59'42"W
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Battery Gunnison, Atlantic DrSandy Hook United States

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Battery Gunnison – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Fort Hancock, Sandy Hook Light, Gunnison Beach, Fort Hancock and the Sandy Hook Proving Ground Historic District.

  • fort hancock gateway national recreation area0.5 miNW
    Historical place, Museum, Military museum

    Fort Hancock, Gateway National Recreation Area

    13 min walk • Fort Hancock is a former United States Army fort at Sandy Hook in Middletown Township New Jersey. The coastal artillery base defended the Atlantic coast and the entrance to New York Harbor, with its first gun batteries operational in 1896.

  • sandy hook light gateway national recreation area0.4 miW
    Historical place, Lighthouse, Vernacular architecture

    Sandy Hook Light, Gateway National Recreation Area

    10 min walk • The Sandy Hook Lighthouse, located about one and a half statute miles inland from the tip of Sandy Hook, New Jersey, is the oldest working lighthouse in the United States. It was designed and built on June 11, 1764 by Isaac Conro.

  • gunnison beach sandy hook~110 ftW
    Beach

    Gunnison Beach, Sandy Hook

    1 min walk • Gunnison Beach is a beach within the Sandy Hook unit of the Fort Hancock and the Sandy Hook Proving Ground Historic District which is the Sandy Hook Unit of Gateway National Recreation Area, on the Atlantic coast of New Jersey.

  • fort hancock and the sandy hook proving ground historic district1.1 miS
    Neighbourhood

    Fort Hancock and the Sandy Hook Proving Ground Historic District, Sandy Hook

    27 min walk • Fort Hancock and the Sandy Hook Proving Ground Historic District is a National Historic Landmark District that includes Fort Hancock and the Sandy Hook Proving Ground on Sandy Hook in Middletown Township, Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States.

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Which popular attractions are close to Battery Gunnison?

Nearby attractions include Gunnison Beach, Sandy Hook (1 min walk), Sandy Hook Light, Gateway National Recreation Area (10 min walk), Fort Hancock, Gateway National Recreation Area (13 min walk).

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