Lake Placid

Lake Placid
View from the gondola on Whiteface Mountain
Location	Adirondack Mountains, New York
Coordinates	44°19′N 73°58′W / 44.317°N 73.967°W / 44.317; -73.967Coordinates: 44°19′N 73°58′W / 44.317°N 73.967°W / 44.317; -73.967
Basin countries	United States
Surface area	2,170 acres (8.8 km2)
Average depth	50 ft (15 m)
Surface elevation	1,857 ft (566 m)
Islands	Buck Island, Moose Island
Settlements	Lake Placid

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

The lake, which borders the northern part of the village of Lake Placid, New York, is a source of drinking water for the town, and maintaining water quality in the lake is a major local issue. The lake is fed by springs and mountain streams, and because most of the houses are unoccupied much of the year, the water remains clean.

There are nearly 300 houses on the lake shore, the majority of which can be accessed only by boat.

Local efforts to combat aquatic invasive species have been successful, aided by a boat cleaning station where powerboats are put into the water.

The lake has produced record lake trout.

House on Buck Island

Whiteface Mountain from northern end of lake

New, old boathouses

House on Buck Island

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