Piersons Battery

Piersons Battery: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: usually quiet; mostly local visitors. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this fort: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit Piersons Battery

Season: October to February; carry water in summer.

Crowd: Usually quiet; mostly local visitors.

Typical week: Mon quiet · Tue quiet · Wed quiet · Thu quiet · Fri light · Sat light · Sun light.

How to reach Piersons Battery — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: -43.05110, 147.34286. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Piersons Battery

• Iron Pot · river spot · City of Clarence · ~8 km · Must-see
• Margate Christian Church · church · Kingborough · ~10 km · Must-see
• Kingston Beach · beach · Tasmania · ~10 km · Must-see
• Shot Tower · fort · Kingborough · ~13 km · Must-see
• Lightwood Park · park · Kingborough · ~13 km · Must-see
• Hinsby Beach · beach · Kingborough · ~14 km · Must-see
• Taroona Beach · beach · Kingborough · ~14 km · Must-see
• Mount Nelson · viewpoint · City of Hobart · ~18 km · Must-see
• Long Beach · beach · Tasmania · ~19 km · Must-see
• Nutgrove Beach · beach · City of Hobart · ~20 km · Must-see
• Lords Beach · beach · City of Hobart · ~21 km · Must-see
• Salamanca Market · attraction · City of Hobart · ~23 km · Must-see
• St David's Park · park · City of Hobart · ~23 km · Must-see
• Sullivans Cove · beach · Tasmania · ~23 km · Must-see
• Franklin Square · park · City of Hobart · ~23 km · Must-see
• Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery · museum · City of Hobart · ~24 km · Must-see
• Cascade Women's Prison Hobart, Tasmania · waterfall · City of Hobart · ~24 km · Must-see
• Hobart Synagogue · attraction · City of Hobart · ~24 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Piersons Battery

Other forts & heritage near Piersons Battery

• Shot Tower · fort · Kingborough · ~13 km · Must-see
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• Hobart War Memorial (Cenotaph) · fort · City of Hobart · ~24 km
• Tasmanian Seafarers' Memorial · fort · Glamorgan-Spring Bay · ~95 km
• Lone Pine Memorial · fort · City of Clarence · ~7 km
• Fort Beach · fort · City of Clarence · ~7 km
• Missing Persons Garden · fort · Kingborough · ~8 km

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