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Where to Stay in Blue Mountain Lake
Blue Mountain Lake is near the geographic center of the Adirondack Park, and most of its shoreline is still forest. The Adirondack Experience, the museum formerly called the Adirondack Museum, covers the region's history on a 121-acre hillside campus above the lake, from guideboats and logging camps to the Great Camps. Three properties are on the lake: The Hedges, a Great Camp from 1880 that opened as a resort in 1921; Hemlock Hall, a former 1898 hunting camp with breakfast and a family-style dinner included; and Curry's Cottages, housekeeping cabins with a sand beach.
The Hedges on Blue Mountain Lake
Blue Mountain Lake · Resort
A Great Camp on Blue Mountain Lake that began in 1880 as the summer retreat of Civil War colonel Hiram Duryea, was bought at auction by the Collins family and opened as a resort in 1921. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009. Cottages line the shore, and meals are served in the main lodge. The Adirondack Experience museum is a short drive.
Hemlock Hall
Blue Mountain Lake · Lodge
A resort on 500 feet of Blue Mountain Lake shoreline, built in 1898 as a private hunting camp named Nawadaha. Paul Provost, who vacationed here as a child, bought it in 1986. There are 8 rooms in the main lodge, 4 motel-style units and 9 cottages, and breakfast and a family-style dinner are included. Rooms have no TVs, phones or radios, and rowboats, kayaks and canoes are at the dock.
Curry's Cottages
Blue Mountain Lake · Cottages
Housekeeping cabins on the shore of Blue Mountain Lake in the central Adirondacks, each with a kitchen, a bath and a heater. There is a sand beach that slopes out 100 feet to a swim platform, a dock, a boat launch, lawns and a fire pit. The cottages are open from Memorial Day to mid-October, and July and August stays run Saturday to Saturday. Linens are available for a fee.
Why Stay in Blue Mountain Lake
- •The Adirondack Experience covers the region's history across a 121-acre campus above the lake, from guideboats to Great Camps.
- •The Hedges and Hemlock Hall are traditional Adirondack lodges on the lake, with meals included and rowboats at the dock.
- •Blue Mountain Lake is less crowded than Lake George or the High Peaks corridor.
What Makes This Area Interesting
- •The Adirondack Experience: a museum campus of 121 acres above the lake; open late May to mid-October.
- •Blue Mountain trailhead: a 4-mile round-trip hike with a fire tower at the summit and views over the lake and surrounding wilderness.
- •Long Lake: 15 miles north on Route 30; the Adirondack Hotel and additional paddling access to a connected waterway system.
- •Raquette Lake: 10 miles west; Great Camp Sagamore for tours of historic Gilded Age camp architecture.
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