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Attractions near Lake George

Fort William Henry heads what Lake George has to see

Roughly 119K visitors a year make it to Saratoga National Historical Park. We list 2 places to visit inside Lake George and 23 within 40 miles. Look for 10 museums, 3 landmarks and 3 theme parks. Drive 48 mi to reach Mount Marcy.

Attractions nearby
69
within 60 miles
The big one
in town
Fort William Henry
National park units
1
parks & monuments
Ski areas
11
Killington Resort
Big draws
1
100K+ Wikipedia readers a year
Landmark · in town

Fort William Henry

Fort in state New York, at the shore of Lake George.

The towns around it, and where to stay →

The map

Finding your way

The map ends at Vermont Marble Museum, 38 mi out.

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

Everything nearby

Every place to visit

69 places in all: 2 in town and 67 within 60 miles.

Adirondack Park

State park · 50 mi northwest · read 57K 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

The places inside Lake George lead. The rest are ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places come first and the local favorites follow.

Parks and trails in Lake George → · Lake George’s history →

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

Fort William Henry: IrisKawling at en.wikipedia, Public domain · Magic Forest: TDCornwell, CC BY-SA 4.0 · 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 · Lake George: Sixlocal, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Great Escape: Jared and Corin, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Killington Resort: NHRHS2010, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Clark Art Institute: Daderot, Public domain · Lake Tear of the Clouds: TheKilimanjaro, CC BY-SA 4.0 · National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame: Peter Flass, CC BY 3.0 · Grant Cottage State Historic Site: Coingeek at English Wikipedia, Public domain · MVP Arena: This image or media was taken or created by Matt H. Wade. To see his entire port, CC BY-SA 3.0 · USS Slater: UpstateNYer, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Mount Snow: William J Sisti from Morristown, NJ, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Fort Orange: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain · Schuyler Mansion: This image or media was taken or created by Matt H. Wade. To see his entire port, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art: N-Lange.de, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Okemo Mountain: Jrclark (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · John Brown Farm State Historic Site: Mwanner | Talk, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Saratoga Performing Arts Center: UpstateNYer., CC BY-SA 3.0 · Stratton Mountain Resort: Rudi Riet from Washington, DC, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Bennington Battle Monument: Phil Boucher, CC BY-SA 3.0 · The Egg: Nitant23, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Green Mountain National Forest: Brian W. Schaller, FAL · Gore Mountain: MJPlante1, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Bromley Mountain Ski Resort;Bromley Mountain: Jrclark (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Fort Carillon: Charny, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Cohoes Falls: bobistraveling, CC BY 2.0 · Cool Insuring Arena: Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Fort Crown Point: Daniel M. Horowitz, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Saratoga National Historical Park: Michael Francis Studios (Michael Cook), CC BY-SA 3.0 us · Pico Mountain Resort: petersent, Public domain · New York State Museum: UpstateNYer, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Palace Theatre: UpstateNYer, CC BY-SA 3.0 · National Museum of Dance and Hall of Fame: Whoisjohngalt, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Proctor's Theatre: UpstateNYer, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wilson Castle: Daderot, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Fort Crailo: UpstateNYer, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Magic Mountain Ski Area: Jared C. Benedict, CC BY-SA 4.0 · The Hyde Collection: Danski14, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Vermont Marble Museum: GK tramrunner at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Williams College Museum of Art: Jllm06, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Albany Institute of History & Art: This image or media was taken or created by Matt H. Wade. To see his entire port, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Empire State Aerosciences Museum: Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Bennington Museum: Daderot, CC0 · Lake Placid Equestrian Stadium: Aaron danielg at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Ten Broeck Mansion: UpstateNYer, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Adirondack Museum: Mwanner, CC BY-SA 3.0 · National Bottle Museum: Doug Kerr from now in Binghamton, NY, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Arkell Museum: Bakrell1 at English Wikipedia, GFDL · Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery: DutchTreat, CC BY-SA 4.0 · American Museum of Fly Fishing: American Museum of Fly Fishing, Manchester, VT, Public domain · Saratoga Springs History Museum: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Manley-Lefevre House: Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Shenantaha Creek Park: Adamlouismarre, CC0 · Tricentennial Park: This image or media was taken or created by Matt H. Wade. To see his entire port, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Townsend Park: Andre Carrotflower, CC BY-SA 4.0

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