Mont Sinaï, Summit in Verzy, Marne, France

Mont Sinaï is the highest point of the Montagne de Reims and of the Marne department, standing on the territory of Verzy. At its summit are a military observatory and an orientation table. The hill overlooks the Vesle valley and the surrounding plains, and a bench with a light grey seat on concrete legs faces the forest canopy and distant fields.

During World War I, this summit served as a strategic observation post where Allied forces monitored German positions in the region. The concrete structures from that era were later recognized as historical monuments.

The name Mont Sinaï refers to the biblical mountain of Sinai, though the sources give no account of how the hill of Verzy received it. What visitors can see today is a military observatory and an orientation table at the summit, and the site has been listed as a monument historique since January 1922.

The summit is reached on foot from Verzy; no dedicated car park or visitor facilities are documented at the site. The orientation table and the military observatory stand at the top, and the bench in front of the forest view is exposed to wind and rain. Paths can be muddy after wet weather, so wear suitable shoes.

The summit's military observatory was listed as a monument historique in January 1922, one of the sites kept from the wartime front organisation. General Gouraud, commander of the Fourth Army, came here regularly during the four years the French watched the German positions beyond the Vesle.