{"id":3312,"date":"2015-05-10T16:25:35","date_gmt":"2015-05-10T21:25:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.hulettsonlakegeorge.com\/?p=3312"},"modified":"2015-05-10T16:25:35","modified_gmt":"2015-05-10T21:25:35","slug":"new-mount-defiance-tour-offered-daily-at-fort-ticonderoga-beginning-may-23-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hulettscurrent.com\/index.php\/archives\/3312","title":{"rendered":"New Mount Defiance Tour: Offered Daily at Fort Ticonderoga Beginning May 23, 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hulettscurrent.com\/pictures\/Mt_defiance_large.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hulettscurrent.com\/pictures\/Mt_defiance_small.jpg\"><\/a><br \/>\n<em>Mount Defiance will be open to the public beginning May 23, 2015. Fort Ticonderoga as seen from the summit of Mount Defiance.<\/em> (Click image to see full-scale.)<\/p>\n<p>Visitors to Fort Ticonderoga and the general public are invited to attend the \u201cMount Defiance: Witness to History Tour\u201d to observe a birds-eye view of Fort Ticonderoga\u2019s epic military landscape and discover how the summit of Mount Defiance shaped American history. Mount Defiance will be open to the public daily, beginning May 23 through October 18, 2015, from 9:30 am \u2013 5:00 pm (last admittance at 4:30 pm); the \u201cMount Defiance: Witness to History Tour\u201d will be offered daily at 4 pm. Visitors can either purchase tickets to Mount Defiance as a part of the Fort Ticonderoga package ($2.50 per adult, $1.50 per child), or pay directly at the base of the mountain using an electronic kiosk system ($10 per car). Members of Fort Ticonderoga and Resident Ambassador Pass holders are admitted free of charge and can pick up their Kiosk coin at the admissions booth of Fort Ticonderoga.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe picnic pavilion located at the summit of Mount Defiance is the perfect spot to relax and enjoy one of America\u2019s most historic landscapes\u201d said Beth Hill, Fort Ticonderoga\u2019s President and CEO. \u201cWhether you hike up the mountain in the historic footsteps of General Burgoyne\u2019s troops or make the easy drive up to the top in your car, you\u2019ll savor the spectacular beauty of this remarkable and historic view. A visit to this breathtaking summit is a great way to begin or end your day at Fort Ticonderoga!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mount Defiance provides one of the most magnificent views in the northeast. From the summit, visitors can see up and down the Champlain basin, and enjoy an aerial view of Fort Ticonderoga and Mount Independence.  It is a grand location for appreciating the great water highway which stretches from Montr\u00e9al to New York City. For more information call 518-585-2821 or visit www.fortticonderoga.org, click on the \u201cVisit\u201d tab, and select \u201cMount Defiance\u201d from the drop-down menu.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mount Defiance will be open to the public beginning May 23, 2015. Fort Ticonderoga as seen from the summit of Mount Defiance. (Click image to see full-scale.) Visitors to Fort Ticonderoga and the general public are invited to attend the \u201cMount Defiance: Witness to History Tour\u201d to observe a birds-eye view of Fort Ticonderoga\u2019s epic &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hulettscurrent.com\/index.php\/archives\/3312\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;New Mount Defiance Tour: Offered Daily at Fort Ticonderoga Beginning May 23, 2015&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3312","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-history","category-ticonderoga"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hulettscurrent.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3312","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hulettscurrent.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hulettscurrent.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hulettscurrent.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hulettscurrent.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3312"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.hulettscurrent.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3312\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hulettscurrent.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hulettscurrent.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3312"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hulettscurrent.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}