Lake Placid Vacation and Resort Properties

Lake Placid is formed by Lake Placid Dam on the Outlet Brook in Essex County, New York and is used for drinking water and recreation purposes. Construction of Lake Placid Dam was completed in 1904. At normal levels it has a surface area of 3.4 square miles. It is property of Shore Owners Association.

 

Lake Placid The body of water called Lake Placid is in the Adirondack Mountains in upstate New York in the USA. It is approximately 2,170 acres, and has an average depth of about 50 feet. The village of Lake Placid, New York borders this scenic lake.

 

Nearby Attractions

Missisquoi National Wildlife Refuge (59 miles)

Missisquoi National Wildlife Refuge, established in 1943, is located on the eastern shore of Lake Champlain near the Canadian border in Franklin County, Vermont. This 6,642-acre refuge includes most of the Missisquoi River delta where it flows into Missisquoi Bay. The refuge consists of quiet waters and wetlands which attract large flocks of migratory birds. Upland areas of the refuge are a mix of open fields and a hardwood forest of American elm, white ash, white oak, silver and red maple.... More

 

Marsh - Billings - Rockefeller National Historical Park (60 miles)

Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park is the only national park to focus on conservation history and the evolving nature of land stewardship in America. Opened in June 1998, Vermont's first national park preserves and interprets the historic Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller property.

The Park is named for George Perkins Marsh, one of the nation's first global environmental thinkers, who grew up on the property, and for Frederick Billings, an early conservationist who established a... More

 

White River National Fish Hatchery (73 miles)

The White River National Fish Hatchery (NFH) has a visitor center with displays dramatizing the hatchery's work of restoring the once-thriving Atlantic salmon to its natural habitat. Picnic areas are available on the... More

 

Green Mountain Natio nal Forest (81 miles)

The Green Mountain National Forest is a four season (some say six with mud and Black Fly season) recreation experience. The most popular season is autumn when the mountains are ablaze with color. Summer is popular for camping, hiking, backpacking, fishing, and canoeing. Winter brings out colorfully-clad skiers (both downhill and cross-country), snowboarders, snowmobilers, and snowshoe enthusiasts. In Spring, the Forest bursts forth from the grip of Winter with emerging leaves on the trees,... More

 

 

 

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Hotels and Lodging for Lake Placid

Lake Placid, NY

Best Western Golden Arrow Hotel  Econo Lodge Lake Placid  Hilton Lake Placid Resort  Comfort Inn Lake Placid  Lake Placid Summit Hotel  Crowne Plaza Resort Lake Placid  Lake Placid Lodge  Woodlake Motor Inn  Mirror Lake Inn 

Saranac Lake, NY

Best Western Mountain Lake Inn  The Point