Lake Placid, New York Travel Information

Lake Placid, Plattsburgh, and the New York Eastern Adirondacks Fort Ticonderoga, which stands on a promontory jutting into the southern end of Lake Champlain, was built by the French in 1755 when the colonial administration in Quebec needed a southern defense in ... Lake Placid, NY

The Adirondacks Getaway The Adirondack Park is the largest forest preserve in the United States, larger than Glacier, Olympic, Yosemite, and Yellowstone parks put together. There are forty-six peaks that spire over 4,000 fee... Lake Placid, NY

Whiteface Mountain Ski Center Lake Placid, no longer a playground of the rich and storied, is now an egalitarian winter-sports center with a plethora of medium-price accommodations. Families and groups of college students with var... Wilmington, NY

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Lake Placid, Mirror Lake, and Connery Pond (Distance: 0.5 mi) Known worldwide for the winter Olympic games held nearby in 1932 and 1980, the spring-fed, 2,173-acre Lake Placid averages 52 feet deep and has a maximum depth of 151 feet. There are two huge islands ...

Lake Placid, NY - Fishing - length:unknown

Lake Placid Sentinel Range Challenge (Distance: 1.1 mi) For decades, the name of Lake Placid has evoked images of the Winter Olympics. It used to be that to mention Lake Placid meant snow, but it's no longer just that. During the (albeit short but very p...

Lake Placid, NY - Road Biking - length:41 mi

Peninsula Trails (Distance: 1.2 mi) This small network of interconnecting doubletrack and singletrack trails provides an excellent mountain bike warm-up if you are staying in the village of Lake Placid and plan on riding the many trails...

Lake Placid, NY - Mountain Biking - length:3 mi

McKenzie Mountain Loop (Distance: 2.3 mi) This challenging 4-mile loop climbs a doubletrack (cross-country ski trail) that ascends to the saddle between McKenzie Mountain (elevation 3,861 feet) to the north and Haystack Mountain (2,878 feet) ...

Lake Placid, NY - Mountain Biking - length:4 mi

Whiteface Mountain (Distance: 2.9 mi) A long forest walk past a large pond and along a substantial brook, and then a scenic climb on slab and rock to a historic observatory and interpretive center.

Lake Placid, NY - Hiking - length:11.4 mi

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Craig Wood Craig Wood Golf Course Municipal, 18 holes 6554 yards, par 72 0.3 miles from center of Lake Placid, New York

Whiteface Whiteface Club and Resort Public, 18 holes 6490 yards, par 72 0.3 miles from center of Lake Placid, New York

Mountain Lake Placid Resort Golf Club Public, 18 holes 6156 yards, par 70 0.4 miles from center of Lake Placid, New York

Links Lake Placid Resort Golf Club Public, 18 holes 7006 yards, par 71 0.4 miles from center of Lake Placid, New York

Pristine Nine Lake Placid Resort Golf Club Public, 18 holes 1534 yards, par 29 0.4 miles from center of Lake Placid, New York

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