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Where to Stay in Saranac Lake
Saranac Lake is a village of about 5,000 people on Lake Flower, with a working downtown and less tourist traffic than Lake Placid. The Saranac chain of lakes spreads out around it. The lodging range is wide. The Point, a former Rockefeller Great Camp on Upper Saranac Lake, has 11 rooms and an all-inclusive rate. Hotel & Camp Saranac, a 1927 hotel restored in 2019, is downtown, with a rooftop bar and 92 rooms. The St. Regis Canoe Area, New York's only designated canoe area, is about 20 minutes north. The village's Winter Carnival, held each February since 1897, is built around an ice palace on the shore of Lake Flower.
The Point
Featured StaySaranac Lake · Resort
Eleven individually named rooms in a Great Camp on Upper Saranac Lake, built about a century ago from native timber and stone for William Avery Rockefeller II. It describes itself as the first Relais & Châteaux property in North America. The rate is all-inclusive, covering meals, wine and activities. Black tie is encouraged at dinner but not required.
A Rockefeller Great Camp on Upper Saranac Lake with 11 rooms. All-inclusive, with meals, wine and activities in the rate.
Hotel & Camp Saranac
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.
Why Stay in Saranac Lake
- •Lodging ranges from a downtown hotel to The Point, an all-inclusive Great Camp on Upper Saranac Lake.
- •Hotel & Camp Saranac is downtown, within walking distance of restaurants, galleries and the Lake Flower waterfront.
- •The St. Regis Canoe Area, with motor-free ponds linked by carries, is about 20 minutes north.
- •Saranac Lake usually costs less and is less crowded than Lake Placid, about 10 miles east, with the same access to the woods and lakes.
What Makes This Area Interesting
- •St. Regis Canoe Area — motor-free ponds linked by carries, about 20 minutes north via Route 86 and Route 30.
- •Lake Flower: the town lake; paddleboard, kayak, and canoe rentals from the public beach.
- •Whiteface Mountain: about 30 minutes east; the 1980 Olympic alpine venue.
- •Paul Smith's College and VIC: visitor interpretive center with natural history exhibits and easy bird-watching trails.
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