Ray Brook
Ray Brook is a stream in Essex, New York. Ray Brook is situated nearby to the hamlet Trudeau, as well as near Averyville.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Federal Correctional Institution, Ray Brook and Adirondack Correctional Facility.
Federal Correctional Institution, Ray Brook
Prison
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The Federal Correctional Institution, Ray Brook, unofficially called the Olympic Prison, is a medium-security United States federal prison for male inmates that is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a division of the United States Department of Justice.
Adirondack Correctional Facility
Prison
The Adirondack Correctional Facility is a medium-security prison in Ray Brook, New York in the Adirondack Mountains between Saranac Lake and Lake Placid; it detains up to 566 people.
Will Rogers Memorial Hospital
Social service facility
Photo: Mwanner, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Will Rogers Memorial Hospital is a historic tuberculosis sanatorium located at Saranac Lake in Essex County, New York. It was built in 1928 as the National Vaudeville lodge by the National Vaudeville Artists Association, who previously sent patients to the Kennedy Cottage. Will Rogers Memorial Hospital is situated 1½ miles north of Ray Brook.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ray Brook and Saranac 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. It is the site of the Adirondack Park Agency, the District 5 office of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, the Federal Correctional Institution, Ray Brook and the Adirondack Correctional Facility. Ray Brook is situated 1½ miles east of Ray Brook.
Saranac Lake
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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.
Lake Placid
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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
- Type: Stream
- Category: body of water
- Location: Essex, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
44.28922° or 44° 17′ 21″ northLongitude
-74.10765° or 74° 6′ 28″ westElevation
1,542 feet (470 metres)Open location code
87P77VQR+MWGeoNames ID
5133482
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