Fort Hancock

Local nameFort Hancock
LocationMiddletown Township

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. Between 1874 and 1919, the adjacent US Army Sandy Hook Proving Ground was operated in conjunction with Fort Hancock. It is now part of Fort Hancock Memorial Park. It was preceded by the Fort at Sandy Hook, built 1857–1867 and demolished beginning in 1885.

The Sandy Hook Light, built in 1764 and the oldest working lighthouse in the United States, is located on the grounds of Fort Hancock.

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More information and contact

Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Hancock,_New_Jersey

More information at nyharborparks.org http://www.nyharborparks.org/visit/foha.html

Address 07732, United States

Coordinates 40°27'49.857" N -74°0'11.547" E

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