Fort Hancock

Fort Hancock (HMEZ1)

Location: Highlands, NJ 07732 Monmouth County
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Country: United States of America
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N 40° 28.253', W 74° 0.269'

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Coastal Defenses of Sandy Hook

— Maritime History —

Sandy Hook has been fortified to defend New York Harbor for more than two centuries - first by British Loyalists occupying the Sandy Hook Lighthouse during the American Revolution and the American troops constructed a wooden palisade fort during the War of 1812.

By the 1890s, concrete gun batteries were constructed to defend against long-range naval cannon. The batteries were continually improved and remained operational through World War II. Nike missiles, placed here in the 1950s, were the final descendants of the coastal defenses built on Sandy Hook.
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HM NumberHMEZ1
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Placed ByNational Park Service, State of New Jersey Division of Parks & Forestry
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Date Added Wednesday, October 8th, 2014 at 9:09pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)18T E 584391 N 4480498
Decimal Degrees40.47088333, -74.00448333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 40° 28.253', W 74° 0.269'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds40° 28' 15.18" N, 74° 0' 16.14" W
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Area Code(s)732
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 18 N Bragg Rd, Highlands NJ 07732, US
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