Lake Colby
Lake Colby is a 272-acre lake, located on NY-86 just outside the village of Saranac Lake, in Franklin County, New York in the Adirondacks; its outlet feeds into Lower Saranac Lake.Photo: Mwanner, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Lake
- Description: lake in Franklin County, New York, USA
- Also known as: “Colby Pond”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mount Pisgah and Lake Flower.
Mount Pisgah
Peak
Mount Pisgah is a 2,090-foot-tall mountain in Essex County on the northern edge of the village of Saranac Lake. The mountain is privately owned. There is a small, dispersed housing development on the south side, communications towers on the summit, and a village ski area on the north side.
Lake Flower
Photo: Mwanner, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lake Flower is a 300-acre lake in Franklin County and Essex County in the Adirondack Mountains of Upstate New York in the United States. The lake was created by damming the Saranac River in 1827. Lake Flower is situated 2½ miles southeast of Lake Colby.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Saranac Lake and Harrietstown.
Saranac Lake
Photo: heipei, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Saranac Lake is a village in the Adirondacks in New York state. It lies in the towns of Harrietstown, St. Armand, and North Elba, inside the boundaries of Adirondack State Park.
Harrietstown
Hamlet
Photo: Mwanner, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Harrietstown is a town in Franklin County, New York, United States. The total population was 5,254 at the 2020 census, In 2010 3,879 of the town's residents lived in the village of Saranac Lake on the eastern side of the town. Harrietstown is situated 4 miles north of Lake Colby.
Lake Clear
Village
Lake Clear is a hamlet and a lake in the town of Harrietstown, Franklin County, New York, United States. The area is named for 940-acre Lake Clear, part of the original Seven Carries canoe route. Lake Clear is situated 4½ miles northwest of Lake Colby.
Lake Colby
- Category: body of water
- Location: Franklin, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From French to Welsh—“Lake Colby” goes by many names.
- French: “Lake Colby”
- Welsh: “Llyn Colby”
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Highlights include Adirondack Medical Center at Saranac Lake and Little Colby Pond.
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