Mt Independence State Historic Site

Only reason I gave it a two is because of the history. Crazy expensive to see museum and hike. Should be donation only. Insane. Vt needs to fix this.

There are wonderful walking trails at Mt. Independence, which have recently been renovated so that they are suitable for the elderly or people who might have difficulty walking, making this historic site more accessible. There are still plenty of interesting and mildly challenging trails for average hikers. The views of Lake Champlain and the Adirondacks are beautiful. I have not found as accessible a place to take your aging parents for a walk in this area of Vermont.

Nice little site to visit for a walk in the woods.
This historic site (I forgot why I was here) has a little museum — tiny thing — but it’s relatively new. It’s meant to look like a ship, so it looks funky-​cool from the outside. Yay bathrooms inside!
You can take a decent walk up into the nearby woods. The path has some little plaques to read along the way about various things that happened or what-​not in the area you are in. The path itself is completely covered with blacktop, so it’s a pretty easy stroll.
At one point you overlook Fort Ticonderoga across the river — which is pretty cool. Looks cool from this angle when they fire off their hourly cannon.
I’m not much for historic sites but had a nice walk here. Beware the BEES if you are going to sit at those park benches!!!

Mt. Independence, called Snake Hill until July 4^th, 1776, was an important in the history of the Revolution. It’s across Lake Champlain from Fort Ticonderoga.
It’s also where my grandparents retired in ’58, and I spent a lot of my childhood there, as did my brother Ken, exploring the hill, out on the lake, a la Huck Finn. We had heard it was the scene of action then, but had no idea how intense until I read ‘Saratoga’ by Richard Ketchum.
Their house, dating back to that time, is located towards the bottom right of that painting.
It deserves 5 stars for importance, and they built a pretty good visitors center there, but not a whole lot to see.
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