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Lake Placid is a village in the Adirondack Mountains in Essex County, New York, United States. In 2020, its population was 2,205. In 2020, its population was 2,205. The village of Lake Placid is near the center of the town of North Elba , 50 miles (80 km) southwest of Plattsburgh .
New York State Route 73 (NY 73) is a 27.55-mile-long (44.34 km) state highway located entirely within Essex County, New York, in the United States.The highway begins at an intersection with NY 86 in the village of Lake Placid and ends at a junction with U.S. Route 9 (US 9) north of the hamlet of Underwood in the extreme southwestern corner of the town of Elizabethtown.
The lake borders the northern part of the village of Lake Placid, and is a source of drinking water for the town. Maintaining water quality in the lake is a major local issue. The lake is fed by springs and Adirondacks mountain streams. There are nearly 300 houses on the lake shore.
The entire region lies within Adirondack Park, a New York state protected area of over 6,000,000 acres (2,400,000 ha). The park was established in 1892 by the state legislature to protect the region's natural resources and to provide recreational opportunities for the public. It covers over 20 percent of New York state's land area. [5]
Essex County is a county in the U.S. state of New York.As of the 2020 census, the population was 37,381. [2] Its county seat is the hamlet of Elizabethtown. [3] Its name is from the English county of Essex.
Whiteface Mountain is located in the town of Wilmington, in Essex County, New York, in the Wilmington Wild Forest of the New York Forest Preserve. [5] It is the fifth-highest mountain in New York, with an elevation of 4,867 feet (1,483 m). [1]
Lake Placid Airport (IATA: LKP, ICAO: KLKP, FAA LID: LKP) is a public use airport located one nautical mile (1.85 km) southeast of the central business district of Lake Placid, [1] a village in the Town of North Elba, Essex County, New York, United States. It is owned by the North Elba Park District.
Topo map USGS North Elba Mount Van Hoevenberg is a mountain summit located in the Adirondack Mountains in the Town of North Elba , Essex County, New York , about 9 miles (15 km) east-southeast of the village of Lake Placid .