Historic Lodges & Great Camps of the Adirondacks

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.

Raquette Lake · Lodge

Built by William West Durant in 1897 and sold to Alfred Vanderbilt in 1901, Great Camp Sagamore is a National Historic Landmark on a private road off Route 28 in the central Adirondacks. All 27 original camp buildings still stand, including the main lodge, boathouse, recreation hall and staff quarters. The Sagamore Institute runs it for cultural programming: history tours, guided paddles, a summer concert series, and multi-day overnight stays with family-style meals. Reservations are required.

Saranac Lake · Hotel

A 1927 hotel restored and reopened in 2019 as Hotel & Camp Saranac, with 92 rooms across the historic building and a newer annex. The two-story lobby, with high ceilings and dark wood, is at the center of downtown Saranac Lake. Camp Saranac, the rooftop bar, looks out over the treetops to the mountains. It is the only full-service hotel with a restaurant and bar downtown. The Wild Center and the Saranac Lake Islands are a short drive. It is part of Hilton's Curio Collection.

Long Lake · Hotel

A four-story hotel across from the Long Lake town beach, which describes itself as the last 19th-century Adirondack hotel still operating in the Park. The original Kellog's Lake House burned in 1898; the current building was up by 1899 and gained a formal dining room and more rooms in 1914. Twenty renovated rooms on the upper floors, with a restaurant, taproom and sitting room below. Helm's seaplane rides leave from the dock. Carol Young has owned and run it since 1990.

Bolton Landing · Resort

A resort on Green Island in Lake George, operating since 1883 and connected to Bolton Landing by a private bridge. The property includes the main hotel, lakeside cottages, a Donald Ross golf course, a full-service spa and water sports, plus several restaurants including the formal Sagamore Dining Room. It is part of the Opal Collection.

Keene · Inn

An inn in Keene that began as a stagecoach stop on the route between Lake Champlain and Lake Placid in the early 1800s. Joe-Pete Wilson, a former member of the U.S. Olympic cross-country ski team, ran the family operation from 1972 and named it the Bark Eater; Meghan Kirkpatrick and Tyler Nichols have run it since 2018. There are 6 rooms in the main farmhouse and 2 cabins in the woods, and breakfast is included.

Big Moose · Cottages

Seventeen log cottages on the north shore of Big Moose Lake, run by the same family since the resort opened in 1904. Three meals a day are served in the central dining room, and cottages are cleaned daily, with a fire laid each day. The resort is open from late June to Columbus Day.