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Attractions near Saranac Lake

Leave Saranac Lake for Mount Marcy, 18 mi away

Among the places to visit in and near Saranac Lake are 2 mountains, 2 stadiums & arenas and 2 ski areas. Nothing on our list is inside Saranac Lake; the 13 places to visit are within 40 miles. Lake Champlain is worth a day, 42 mi from the centre.

Attractions nearby
24
within 60 miles
The big one
42 mi
Lake Champlain
Ski areas
3
Whiteface Mountain Ski Center
Big draws
2
100K+ Wikipedia readers a year
Lake · 42 mi east

Lake Champlain

Lake in New York, Vermont and Quebec.

The towns around it, and where to stay →

The map

The map view

At 36 mi, Ausable Chasm is the farthest one out.

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

Everything nearby

Every entry

These 24 are all within 60 miles.

Adirondack Park

State park · 25 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.

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

Parks and trails in Saranac Lake → · Saranac Lake’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 · 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 · Green Mountain National Forest: Brian W. Schaller, FAL · Enchanted Forest Water Safari: Arsenalforthewin, CC BY-SA 4.0 · 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 · 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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