Fort Saint-Frédéric
Fort Saint-Frédéric is a historic site in New York, at a modelled elevation of 35 m. Hail Mountain stands 792 m to the west-southwest, 9.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Crown Point Historic Site, a museum 0.1 miles away. Lakes to Locks Passage runs past it.
The story
Fort Saint-Frédéric was a French fort built on Lake Champlain to secure the region against British colonization and control the lake. It was located in modern New York State across the lake from modern Vermont at the town of Crown Point, New York. The fort, whose construction began in 1734, was never attacked, and was destroyed in 1759 before the advance of a large (more than 10,000 man) British army under General Jeffery Amherst. The British constructed the much larger Fort Crown Point next to the ruins of Saint-Frédéric; the new fort also never came under attack. Its small garrison was captured in 1775 in the early days of the American Revolutionary War, after which Fort Crown Point also fell into ruin. The fort sites at Crown Point were preserved in the Crown Point State Historic Site in 1910, and both ruins are National Historic Landmarks.
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Wikidata Q3078036, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
How to reach it
- On the Lakes to Locks Passage, National
- 12.4 mi off the High Peaks Scenic Byway (NYS Route 73)
- 18.8 mi off the Lake Champlain Byway - Vermont
- 27.5 mi off the Mad River Byway
Overlooks nearby
- limited view southeast · 4 mi
- Ridge Lookout · 17 mi
- Giant Washbowl Overlook · 18 mi
- Roaring Brook Falls Upper Lookout · 19 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Coot Hill: 2.8 mi
- Colligan Hill: 3.2 mi
- Burns Mountain: 3.4 mi
- Walton Mountain: 3.7 mi
- Cheney Mountain: 3.8 mi
- Red Rock Pond: 7.5 mi
- Broughton Ledge: 8.1 mi
- Broughton Ledge: 9.1 mi
- The Ledge: 10.3 mi
- Scotch Bonnet: 11.5 mi
- Crown Point State Historic Site: 0.5 mi
- Dead Creek Wildlife Management Area: 4.7 mi
- Moriah Miners Park: 6.9 mi
- Ballard Park: 10.4 mi
- Dead Creek Wildlife Management Area: 10.6 mi
- Putnam Creek Fishing Access: 5.2 mi
- Sheepshead Island: 6.4 mi
- Moriah Wilderness Preserve: 7.4 mi
- Signal Buoy Island: 7.5 mi
- Cole Island: 7.6 mi
- Bittersweet Falls: 10.4 mi
- Falls of Carrilon: 12.5 mi
- Dog Team Falls: 12.8 mi
- Middlebury Falls: 12.8 mi
- Split Rock Falls: 13.2 mi
- Fort Crown Point: 0.2 mi
- Gage's Redoubt: 0.5 mi
- Historic Redoubt: 0.6 mi
- Meacham House: 1.9 mi
- Buzz Wright Memorial: 6.0 mi
- Crown Point Historic Site: 0.1 mi
- Chimney Point Museum: 0.4 mi
- The Iron Center: 1.8 mi
- Penfield Homestead Museum: 9.2 mi
- Cornwall Historical Society: 11.8 mi
- Smog: 12.3 mi
- Bench and Table: 12.3 mi
- Youbie Obie: 12.4 mi
- Frisbee Dog: 12.4 mi
- King Kong: 12.4 mi
- Bulwagga Bay Beach: 1.5 mi
- Port Henry Village Beach: 2.0 mi
- Westport Beach: 10.7 mi
- Black Point Public Beach: 15.8 mi
- Hague Town Beach: 20.1 mi
- Nature preserve: 3.8 mi
- Lemon Fair Sculpture Park: 10.4 mi
- Star Trek Original Series Set Tours: 12.6 mi
- Middlebury Gorge Concrete Arch Bridge: 17.4 mi
- Robert Frost Interpretive Area: 21.2 mi
- Bulwagga Bay Pavillion: 1.6 mi
- Witherbee Park and Bandstand: 1.8 mi
- Powerhouse Park: 2.0 mi
- Footbridge Park: 15.5 mi
- Middlebury Community Garden: 13.0 mi
- Colonial Revival King's Garden: 13.2 mi
- Colonial Revival King's Garden: 13.2 mi
- Schroon Community Garden: 21.4 mi
- Pulp Mill Covered Bridge: 12.4 mi
- Holmes Creek Covered Bridge: 22.1 mi
- High Peaks Welcome Center: 13.9 mi
- Robert Frost Wayside: 21.4 mi
- Lucky Seven: 20.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.7 miles of Fort Saint-Frédéric. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hail Mountain | WSW 252° | 792 m | 9.3 mi |
| Bald Peak | WSW 255° | 705 m | 7.2 mi |
| Stiles Hill | WNW 286° | 682 m | 8.8 mi |
| Harris Hill | W 266° | 673 m | 8.7 mi |
| Lock Mountain | W 259° | 629 m | 8.4 mi |
| Blue Hill | WSW 253° | 627 m | 7.7 mi |
| Bald Peak | NNW 327° | 624 m | 6.0 mi |
| Armstrong Mountain | WNW 293° | 618 m | 7.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:28 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:12 | 19:57 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:15 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:26 | 15:31 | 16:19 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 18 | 20 | 30 | 43 | 56 | 65 | 70 | 68 | 60 | 48 | 36 | 25 |
| Precip in | 2.6 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 2.9 | 3.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cornwall, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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Day trips start here
- Crown Point · 6 mi
- Westport · 11 mi
- Elizabethtown · 14 mi
- Middlebury · 14 mi
- Essex · 20 mi
- Charlotte · 22 mi
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