DESTINATION

Lake Placid

Summer recreational facilities include foot and bicycle paths, private and public beaches, tennis courts, six golf courses, hiking trails and the indoor Olympic Arena for summer ice skating. Boats can be rented at either lake. Whiteface Mountain provides gondola rides over grassy ski slopes, and the Whiteface Mountain Veterans' Memorial Highway runs almost to the summit.

The United States Olympic Training Center, 196 Old Military Rd., offers guided tours of its facilities Mon.-Fri. at 3; phone (518) 523-2600. The Uihlein Sugar Maple Field Station at 157 Bear Cub Lane contains maple sugar exhibits and demonstrations; phone (518) 523-9337.

Visitor Centers

Lake Placid Convention and Visitors Bureau 2608 Main St. Lake Placid, NY 12946. Phone:(518)523-2445 or (800)447-5224

Things to Do

High Falls Gorge see Wilmington

The History Museum, Lake Placid/North Elba Historical Society

John Brown Farm State Historic Site

Lake Placid Boat Rides

Olympic Center

Lake Placid Winter Olympic Museum

Olympic Jumping Complex

Olympic Sports Complex

Santa's Workshop see Wilmington

Recreational Activities

Horseback Riding

Adirondack Equine Center

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