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Attractions near Essex

Nothing in Essex itself: Lake Champlain is 17 mi away

Around Essex, the places to visit include 7 ski areas, 5 museums and 4 landmarks. None of our places to visit is inside Essex; 26 are within 40 miles. Out of town, Lake George is 47 mi away.

Attractions nearby
39
within 60 miles
The big one
17 mi
Lake Champlain
Ski areas
11
Sugarbush Resort
Big draws
2
100K+ Wikipedia readers a year
Lake · 17 mi north

Lake Champlain

Lake in New York, Vermont and Quebec.

The towns around it, and where to stay →

The map

Finding your way

The farthest of them, Sullivan Museum and History Center, is 38 mi out.

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Orange: Essex. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors

Everything nearby

The complete list

Nothing is inside Essex itself; these 39 are within 60 miles.

Adirondack Park

State park · 51 mi southwest · read 59K times a year on Wikipedia

Protected area encompassing much of the northeastern lobe of New York, United States largest park in the contiguous United States largest National Historic Landmark.

Towns near it → · Wikipedia

Ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places lead and the local favorites follow.

Parks and trails in Essex → · Essex’s history →

Sources: National Park Service · ski areas © OpenSkiMap / OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata · Wikipedia readership · photos via Wikimedia Commons
Photo credits

Lake Champlain: Copernicus Sentinel-2, ESA, CC BY-SA 3.0 igo · Fort Ticonderoga: Mwanner, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Mount Marcy: Daniel Tripp, Public domain · Lake George: Sixlocal, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Adirondack Park: Original uploader was Mwanner at en.wikipedia Later version(s) were uploaded by, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Mount Mansfield: Original uploader was Calzarette (Joe Calzarette) at en.wikipedia, Public domain · Whiteface Mountain: Mwanner, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Killington Resort: NHRHS2010, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Lake Tear of the Clouds: TheKilimanjaro, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Stowe Mountain Resort: Stevage, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Sugarbush Resort: Mrtrek1701 at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Ausable Chasm: Alan Prusila / Alanp35 at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Shelburne Museum: Storylanding, CC0 · John Brown Farm State Historic Site: Mwanner | Talk, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Fort Montgomery: Mfwills, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Green Mountain National Forest: Brian W. Schaller, FAL · Smugglers' Notch Resort: Jrclark (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Mad River Glen: Jrclark (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Gore Mountain: MJPlante1, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Herb Brooks Arena: KevinTR at English Wikipedia, CC0 · Fort Carillon: Charny, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Fort Crown Point: Daniel M. Horowitz, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Bolton Valley Resort: Gopats92, Public domain · Pico Mountain Resort: petersent, Public domain · Santa's Workshop: Mwanner, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wilson Castle: Daderot, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Vermont Marble Museum: GK tramrunner at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Chester Alan Arthur State Historic Site: Gerald L. Hann, Attribution · Adirondack Museum: Mwanner, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Lake Placid Equestrian Stadium: Aaron danielg at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Vermont Granite Museum: Kenneth C. Zirkel, CC BY 4.0 · Lake Placid Winter Olympic Museum: Vinckie, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Vermont Ski and Snowboard Museum: Jegelewicz, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Sullivan Museum and History Center: SMHCNorwich, CC BY-SA 4.0

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