Worth the trip from Franklin: Lake Champlain, 36 mi off
Franklin’s list takes in 2 lakes, 2 mountains and 2 stadiums & arenas. Look within 40 miles for the 13 places to visit; none is inside Franklin. Allow a day for Fort Ticonderoga, 58 mi off.
Lake Champlain
Lake in New York, Vermont and Quebec.
The towns around it, and where to stay →
Where they are
On the map, most of the 13 sit to the south.
Orange: Franklin. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors
All the places to visit
These 22 are within 60 miles, none in town.
2Fort Ticonderoga
18th-century star fort in northern New York in the United States.
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4Adirondack Park
Protected area encompassing much of the northeastern lobe of New York, United States largest park in the contiguous United States largest National Historic Landmark.
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13Fort Carillon
Colonial French fort in present-day Ticonderoga, New York, United States.
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Chester Alan Arthur State Historic Site
Biographical museum in Fairfield, Vermont.
Ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places lead and the local favorites follow.
Parks and trails in Franklin → · Franklin’s history →
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 · Adirondack Park: Original uploader was Mwanner at en.wikipedia Later version(s) were uploaded by, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Whiteface Mountain: Mwanner, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Lake Tear of the Clouds: TheKilimanjaro, CC BY-SA 4.0 · 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 · 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 · Santa's Workshop: Mwanner, 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 · Lake Placid Winter Olympic Museum: Vinckie, CC BY-SA 4.0
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