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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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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 include Mount Independence and Ticonderoga station.
Mount Independence
Peak
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Mount Independence on Lake Champlain in Orwell, Vermont, was the site of extensive fortifications built during the American Revolutionary War by the American army to stop a British invasion.
Ticonderoga station
Railway station
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Ticonderoga station is an Amtrak intercity train station in Ticonderoga, New York. It is served by the single daily round trip of the Adirondack. The station is located about 2 miles east of downtown Ticonderoga and 0.2 miles west of the Fort Ticonderoga–Shoreham Ferry landing.
Black Watch Library
Library
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Black Watch Library is a historic library building located at Ticonderoga in Essex County, New York. It was built in 1905 and is a one-story brick structure with a cruciform plan in the Jacobean Revival style.
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. The population was 1,239 at the 2020 census. Mount Independence was the largest fortification constructed by the American colonial forces. Orwell is situated 6 miles east of Mount Defiance.
Putnam
Hamlet
Putnam is a town in northern Washington County, New York, United States. It is part of the Glens Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area. The town population was 567 at the 2020 census. The town is named after Israel Putnam, a hero of the American Revolution. 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″ northLongitude
-73.40679° or 73° 24′ 24″ westElevation
817 feet (249 metres)Open location code
87M8RHJV+H7OpenStreetMap ID
node 357599494OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
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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”
- French: “Mount Defiance”
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