Battery Morris
Battery Morris is a fort in Middletown, Monmouth County, New Jersey. Battery Morris is situated nearby to the fort Battery Urmston, as well as near the military installation Locomotive Store and Repair House.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 3,800 feet southeast of Battery Morris.
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 1 mile southeast of Battery Morris.
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 Battery Morris.
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 4½ miles south of Battery Morris.
Battery Morris
- Type: Fort
- Categories: building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Middletown, Monmouth County, Jersey Shore, New Jersey, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
40.47114° or 40° 28′ 16″ northLongitude
-74.00796° or 74° 0′ 29″ westInception
1904Open location code
87G7FXCR+FROpenStreetMap ID
way 417340469OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=fort
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