Buck Island

Buck Island is an island in Essex, New York. Buck Island is situated nearby to the hamlet Whiteface, as well as near Undercliff.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mirror Lake and Herb Brooks Arena.

Mirror Lake

Lake

The oligotrophic, circumneutral body of water called Mirror Lake is in the Adirondack Mountains in northern New York in the United States. The lake is approximately 124 acres, with a watershed area of 741 acres. Mirror Lake is situated 1½ miles south of Buck Island.

Herb Brooks Arena

Ice rink

Photo: KevinTR, CC0.

Herb Brooks Arena is a multi-purpose arena at the Olympic Center in Lake Placid, New York. The arena, along with the USA Rink, was built for the 1980 Winter Olympics. Herb Brooks Arena is situated 2 miles south of Buck Island.

Lake Placid Winter Olympic Museum

Museum

Photo: Vinckie, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Lake Placid Olympic Museum commemorates the 1932 Winter Olympics and 1980 Winter Olympics, which were based in the Olympic village of Lake Placid. It is one of few Olympic museums in the United States and is a part of the work of New York State Olympic Regional Development Authority in the Lake Placid Olympic Region. Lake Placid Winter Olympic Museum is situated 2 miles south of Buck Island.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lake Placid and Ray Brook.

Lake Placid

Photo: Atilin, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Lake Placid is a village of 2,400 people in the Adirondack Mountains in Essex County, New York, near the center of the town of North Elba and named after an adjacent lake.

Ray Brook

Hamlet

Ray Brook is a hamlet in the U.S. state of New York, located on NY 86 between Saranac Lake and Lake Placid in the Town of North Elba in Essex County. The ZIP Code for Ray Brook is 12977. Ray Brook is situated 5 miles west of Buck Island.

Buck Island

Type: Island
Description: island in Essex County, New York, United States of America
Category: landform
Location: Essex, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

44.31477° or 44° 18′ 53″ north

Longitude

-73.98154° or 73° 58′ 54″ west

Elevation

2,044 feet (623 metres)

Open location code

87P88279+W9

GeoNames ID

5110535

Wikidata ID

Q34646499

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In Other Languages

“Buck Island” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Buck Island”

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Localities in the Area

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