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| Lake Placid, New York | |
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| Country | United States |
| State | New York |
| County | Essex |
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| - Water | sq mi ( km²) |
| Elevation | ft ( m) |
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| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) |
| - Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) |
| ZIP code | 12946 |
| Area code(s) | 518 |
| FIPS code | 36-40761 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0954931 |
Lake Placid is a village in the Adirondack Mountains in Essex County, New York, United States. As of the 2000 census, the village had a total population of 2,638. Lake Placid is named after this adjacent lake: Lake Placid.
The Village of Lake Placid is near the center of the Town of North Elba and is southwest of Plattsburgh.
While the village is a year-round resort, it is likely most known as the site of the 1980 Winter Olympics, and particularly the USA-USSR hockey game, the "
Lake Placid also hosted the 1932 Winter Olympics. Along with St. Moritz, Switzerland and Innsbruck, Austria, it is one of the three places to have twice hosted the Winter Olympic Games.
Lake Placid was founded in the early 1800s to develop a mining operation based on iron ore discovered nearby. By 1840, the population of "North Elba" (four miles south-east of the present village near where the road to Adirondack Lodge crosses the Ausable River) consisted of 6 families. In 1845, Gerrit Smith arrived in North Elba. He not only bought up a great deal of land around the village, he also granted large tracts to his slaves, reforming the land law and reflecting his support of Abolitionism.
The abolitionist John Brown heard about Gerrit Smith's reforms, and left his anti-slavery activities in Kansas to buy acres ( km²) of land, which later became known as the "Freed Slave Utopian Experiment," Timbucto. Upon his execution in 1859, John Brown asked to be buried on his farm, which is preserved as John Brown Farm State Historic Site.
As leisure time increased in the late 19th century, Lake Placid was discovered by the rich and famous, drawn to the fashionable Lake Placid Club. Melvil Dewey, inventor of the Dewey Decimal System, designed what was then called "Placid Park Club" in 1895 and inspired a village name change, to Lake Placid. He is also sometimes credited with introducing recreational winter sports such as skiing and bobsledding to the United States, or at least helping to popularize them. In actuallity, Winter Sports such as Kresta, Ski Jumping, Curling and Ice Skating were introduced to neiboring Saranac Lake for many years prior. The first International Winter Sporting Event in Saranac Lake was held in 1889. The Lake Placid Club was also the headquarters for the International Olympic Committee which brought the 1932 and the 1980 Winter Olympics to Lake Placid.
Lake Placid became an incorporated village in 1900.
Lake Placid is located inside the Adirondack Park.
Lake Placid is well-known among winter sports enthusiasts for its skiing, both Alpine and Crosscountry, one of only three actual bobsled rides in the North and South American continents, the open skating on the Olympic Oval where Eric Heiden won his five Olympic Gold Medals, and one of the few places in the contiguous United States which offers dogsled and sleigh rides.
Located on Route 86 in Wilmington, NY, it is about miles ( km) from Lake Placid.
Whiteface Mountain's summit is at 4,867 feet, with lift-serviced terrain from 4,386 ft. and hike-to terrain from 4,650 feet. With a base elevation of 1,220 feet, Whiteface boasts the greatest vertical drop in the east at 3,430 feet. Its neighbor, Little Whiteface, tops in altitude at 3,676 ft. Whiteface has a total of miles ( km) of ski terrain spread out over 76 trails. acres ( km²) of skiing area include the "The Slides", 35 acres of true expert extreme adventure terrain. A new 13 acre terrain park was added in 2000-1 with ramps, rails, and pipes.
Whiteface features some of the most difficult skiing and snowboarding terrain in the United States. There is also a separate area for beginners known as Kids Kampus with extensive beginner terrain. Some of the longest trails on the mountain are intermediate trails - but they also tend to be the most crowded. The ski trails receive plenty of southern exposure sometimes causing ice to form later in the day and subtle breezes sometimes blow snow off the trails. In recent years major improvements in snowmaking and grooming have overcome these problems. Skiing in the morning is almost always met with wonderful snow conditions. Later in the day, especially on busy weekends, the slopes can get skiied off. Intermediate trails tend to be the most crowded and are hence skiied off the fastest. Beginner terrain will typically have good conditions throughout the day.
In summer, Whiteface Mountain also features gondola rides, mountain biking, and the Veteran's Memorial Highway, which allows vehicle access almost to the top of the mountain, for a panoramic view as far as thirty miles. An elevator can take even those with mobility challenges to the very top.
Lake Placid is an excellent base from which to tackle the forty six High Peaks in the Adirondack Mountains, the successful completion of which enables the hiker/climber to join the Adirondack Forty-Sixers.
The Barons of the Gilded Age who loved to play in Lake Placid brought their favorite game with them. Lake Placid built its first golf course in 1898, one of the first in the United States. Because of this history, Lake Placid still has the most golf courses of any area in the Adirondacks, many of them designed by famous golf course architects such as John Van Kleek, Seymour Dunn, Alexander H. Findlay, and Alister MacKenzie. The geographic features of the Adirondacks were considered reminiscent of the Scotland mountains where the game was invented, and thus a fitting canvas for original play, or "mountain golf."
Lake Placid is near the West Branch of the Au Sable, a well-known stretch of river for fly fishing. Over six miles (10 km) of the West Branch is year-round catch-n-release artificial lures-only water.
Post-Secondary Education
North Country Community College
Primary & Secondary Education
In Lake Placid, public education is administered by the Lake Placid Central School District.
Lake Placid is home to five private schools:
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Lake Placid is served by nearby Adirondack Regional Airport in Saranac Lake, miles ( km) from the village. Other relatively nearby airports include Albany International Airport and Burlington International Airport. Lake Placid is also served by an Amtrak Thruway Motorcoach connection through Westport via Ground Force 1 Limousine Service. In addition, Lake Placid is served by Adirondack Trailways of the Trailways Transportation System.
Lake Placid is not located at any interstate highway. It is connected to Interstate 87 to the east by New York State Route 73, New York State Route 86, and New York State Route 9N. County Roads 21, 31 and 35 also service the community.
Lake Placid Airport (LKP) is south of the village.
Lake Placid is located at (44.285691, -73.985404)1.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 3.9 km² (1.5 mi²). 3.6 km² (1.4 mi²) of it is land and 0.4 km² (0.2 mi²) of it (9.87%) is water.
The village is located near the south end of a lake called Lake Placid. More immediate to the village is Mirror Lake, which lies between the village and Lake Placid.
As of the census
There were 1,303 households out of which 22.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 34.1% were married couples living together, 8.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 53.6% were non-families. 45.7% of all households were made up of individuals and 16.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.02 and the average family size was 2.93.
In the village the population was spread out with 22.4% under the age of 18, 8.5% from 18 to 24, 33.2% from 25 to 44, 19.3% from 45 to 64, and 16.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 92.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.3 males.
The median income for a household in the village was $28,239, and the median income for a family was $43,042. Males had a median income of $26,585 versus $21,750 for females. The per capita income for the village was $18,507. About 8.5% of families and 13.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 13.3% of those under age 18 and 17.8% of those age 65 or over.
| Winter Olympic Games host cities |
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1924: Chamonix • 1928: St. Moritz
• 1932: Lake Placid • 1936: Garmisch-Partenkirchen •
1940 & 1944: No games due to World War II •
1948: St.
Moritz • 1952:
Oslo • |
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Municipalities and communities of Essex County, New York |
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| County seat: Elizabethtown (village) | ||
| Towns |
Chesterfield | Crown Point | Elizabethtown | Essex | Jay | Keene | Lewis | Minerva | Moriah | Newcomb | North Elba | North Hudson | Schroon | St. Armand | Ticonderoga | Westport | Willsboro | Wilmington |
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Elizabethtown | Keeseville | Lake Placid | Port Henry | Saranac Lake | Ticonderoga |
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