Ellis Island
The small island where about 12 million immigrants were inspected and processed between 1892 and 1954 on their way into the United States. Its great main building is now a national museum of immigration, reached only by ferry, on the same route as the Statue of Liberty.
- Where
- New York, New York, United States
- Grade
- Heritage site
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 3 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 40.6994, -74.0397
Get the Ellis Island stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Ellis Island. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your New York volume with your photos and a note.
Near Ellis Island
Statue of Liberty 1.2 km
A copper-clad woman holding a torch over New York Harbor, a gift from the people of France dedicated in 1886. Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi designed the figure and Gustave Eiffel the iron framework inside it, and the copper has long since weathered to green.
Liberty State Park 1.3 km
A 490 hectare park on Upper New York Bay in Jersey City, facing the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island across the water. It opened in 1976 for the bicentennial, and ferries leave from its old railway terminal for both islands.
Charging Bull 2.3 km
A bronze bull of 3,200 kilograms with its head lowered, standing on Broadway just north of Bowling Green in the Financial District. It stands for a rising market and for Wall Street itself, and draws thousands of people a day to pose beside it.
National September 11 Memorial & Museum 2.6 km
Two square pools sit in the footprints of the original Twin Towers, with water falling into a central void. Around their edges are cut the names of the 2,977 people who died in 2001 and the six who died in 1993, and the museum lies beneath, among the old foundations.
One World Trade Center 2.7 km
The tallest building in the United States and in the Western Hemisphere, designed by David Childs of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill for the rebuilt World Trade Center. Its spire brings it to 541 metres, or 1,776 feet, a figure chosen for the year of American independence.
Brooklyn Bridge 3.7 km
Opened in 1883 as the first fixed crossing of the East River, linking Manhattan and Brooklyn, and at the time the longest suspension bridge in the world. A raised walkway runs above the traffic between its stone Gothic towers, with the harbour and the Manhattan skyline on either side.
India Square 4.5 km
A South Asian shopping and restaurant district in the Journal Square part of Jersey City, also known as Little Bombay. It is home to the highest concentration of Indians in the Western Hemisphere, and its sweet shops, sari stores and grocers show it.
The High Line 6.2 km
A 2.3 kilometre park built on a disused railway spur raised above the streets of Manhattan's West Side. Planting designed by Piet Oudolf grows between the old rails, and the idea came from the Coulée verte, an elevated walk in Paris finished in 1993.
More heritage sites in New York
Questions
Where is Ellis Island?
Ellis Island is in New York, New York, United States. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Statue of Liberty (1.2 km), Liberty State Park (1.3 km), Charging Bull (2.3 km).
How do I get the Ellis Island stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Ellis Island and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your New York volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Ellis Island before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your New York volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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