Southwest Bastion Fort
Southwest Bastion Fort is a fort in Middletown, Monmouth County, New Jersey. Access is restricted and requires permission. Southwest Bastion Fort is situated nearby to the military installation U.S. Coast Guard - Station Sandy Hook, as well as near the fort Battery Morris.- Access is restricted and requires permission.
- Type: Fort
- Also known as: “HS 523”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Sandy Hook and Sandy Hook Light.
Sandy Hook
Photo: NHRHS2010, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sandy Hook is a narrow land spit on the Atlantic coast of New Jersey. It is owned by the Federal Government and most is managed by the National Park Service as one of three units comprising Gateway National Recreation Area.
Sandy Hook Light
Lighthouse
Photo: MichaelMottl, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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. Sandy Hook Light is situated 3,100 feet southeast of Southwest Bastion Fort.
Marine Academy of Science and Technology
School
The Marine Academy of Science and Technology is a coeducational four-year magnet public high school located in the Sandy Hook section of Middletown Township, in Monmouth County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, serving students in ninth through twelfth grade. Marine Academy of Science and Technology is situated 3,900 feet southeast of Southwest Bastion Fort.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fort Hancock and Hilton.
Fort Hancock
Hamlet
Photo: Wikijazz, Public domain.
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.
Hilton
Hamlet
Atlantic Highlands is a borough in Monmouth County in the U.S. state of New Jersey, in the Bayshore Region. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 4,414, an increase of 29 from the 2010 census count of 4,385, which in turn reflected a decline of 320 from the 4,705 in the 2000 census. Hilton is situated 4 miles south of Southwest Bastion Fort.
Waterwitch
Hamlet
Highlands is a borough in northern Monmouth County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. A historic waterfront community located on the Raritan Bay within the Raritan Valley region, this scenic borough is a commuter town of New York City in the New York metropolitan area. Waterwitch is situated 4 miles south of Southwest Bastion Fort.
Southwest Bastion Fort
- Categories: building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Middletown, Monmouth County, Jersey Shore, New Jersey, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.46921° or 40° 28′ 9″ northLongitude
-74.00734° or 74° 0′ 26″ westInception
1868Open location code
87G7FX9V+M3OpenStreetMap ID
way 1006169218OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=fort
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include U.S. Coast Guard - Station Sandy Hook and Battery Morris.
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