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.HM Number | HMEZ1 |
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Placed By | National Park Service, State of New Jersey Division of Parks & Forestry |
Marker Condition | No reports yet |
Date Added | Wednesday, October 8th, 2014 at 9:09pm PDT -07:00 |
UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 18T E 584391 N 4480498 |
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Decimal Degrees | 40.47088333, -74.00448333 |
Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 40° 28.253', W 74° 0.269' |
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 40° 28' 15.18" N, 74° 0' 16.14" W |
Driving Directions | Google Maps |
Area Code(s) | 732 |
Closest Postal Address | At or near 18 N Bragg Rd, Highlands NJ 07732, US |
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