Mount Independence
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Peak with an elevation of 302 feet
- Description: mountain in Vermont, United States of America
- Also known as: “Mt. Independence”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Ticonderoga station.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ticonderoga and Orwell.
Ticonderoga
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Ticonderoga is a town in Essex County, New York, United States. The population was 5,042 at the 2010 census. The name comes from the Mohawk tekontaró:ken, meaning "it is at the junction of two waterways".
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.
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 Independence.
Mount Independence
- Categories: mountain, archaeological site, and landform
- Location: Town of Orwell, Addison, Vermont, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
43.82645° or 43° 49′ 35″ northLongitude
-73.3804° or 73° 22′ 49″ westElevation
302 feet (92 metres)Open location code
87M8RJG9+HROpenStreetMap ID
node 356553624OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to French—“Mount Independence” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Mount Independence (bukid sa Estados Unidos, Vermont)”
- Cebuano: “Mount Independence”
- Dutch: “Mount Independence”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل مونت اينديپيندينس”
- French: “mont Independence”
- French: “Mont Independence”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Mount Independence State Historic Site and Mount Independence State Historic Site Museum.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Mount Independence”. Photo: Zeph77, CC BY-SA 3.0.