Mount Defiance

Mount Defiance is an 840 ft high hill on the New York side of Lake Champlain, in the northeastern United States. It is notable in that the hill militarily dominates both Fort Ticonderoga and Mount Independence, but it was deemed inaccessible so never fortified.

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Type: Peak with an elevation of 817 feet
Description: mountain in New York, United States of America
Also known as: “Mt. Defiance”, “Sugar Hill”, “Sugar Loaf Hill”, and “Sugar Loaf Mountain”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Mount Independence and Ticonderoga station.

Mount Independence

Peak

Mount Independence

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Mount Independence on Lake Champlain…

Ticonderoga station

Railway station

Ticonderoga station

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Ticonderoga station is an Amtrak intercity train station in Ticonderoga, New York.

Black Watch Library

Library

Black Watch Library

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Black Watch Library is a historic library building located at Ticonderoga in Essex County, New York.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Orwell and Putnam.

Orwell

Village

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Orwell is a town in Addison County, Vermont, United States. Orwell is situated 6 miles east of Mount Defiance.

Putnam

Hamlet

Putnam is a town in northern Washington County, New York, United States. Putnam is situated 6 miles south of Mount Defiance.

Mount Defiance

Categories: hill, mountain, and landform
Location: Ticonderoga, Essex, Adirondacks, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

43.83145° or 43° 49′ 53″ north

Longitude

-73.40679° or 73° 24′ 24″ west

Elevation

817 feet (249 metres)

Open location code

87M8RHJV+H7

OpenStreetMap ID

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=peak

GeoNames ID

Wikidata ID

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to French—“Mount Defiance” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Mount Defiance”
Dutch: “Mount Defiance”
Egyptian Arabic: “جبل مونت ديفيانس”
French: “mont Defiance”
French: “Mont Defiance”

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Delano Junction and Howes Landing.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Mount Defiance Trailhead and Ticonderoga Assembly Of God.

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