Mount Colfax
Mount Colfax is a 1,266-foot-tall mountain in the Capital District of New York. It is located north of Cambridge in Washington County. The mountain is the site of an 80-foot-tall former fire lookout tower, which is closed to the public.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 1,266 feet
- Description: mountain in New York, United States
- Also known as: “Mt. Colfax”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Susan B. Anthony Childhood House.
Susan B. Anthony Childhood House
Heritage site
The Susan B. Anthony Childhood House in Battenville, New York was built in 1832. It was a childhood home of suffragette Susan B. Anthony. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Battenville and Cambridge.
Battenville
Hamlet
Battenville is a hamlet in Washington County on the south town line of Greenwich, New York, located on the Batten Kill in eastern New York. It is most known as the childhood home of Susan B.
Cambridge
Photo: Kzirkel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Cambridge is a town in Washington County, New York, United States. It is part of the Glens Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area. The town population was 1,952 at the 2020 census. The town of Cambridge contains part of a village, also called Cambridge.
Mount Colfax
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Jackson, Washington County, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
43.09063° or 43° 5′ 26″ northLongitude
-73.39483° or 73° 23′ 41″ westElevation
1,266 feet (386 metres)Open location code
87M83JR4+73OpenStreetMap ID
node 357554678OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
Discover Mount Colfax from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Dutch—“Mount Colfax” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Mount Colfax”
- Dutch: “Mount Colfax”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Shushan and The Plains.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Dead Lake and Hedges Community Playground.
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