Village of Lake Placid

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

Highlights include Herb Brooks Arena and Lake Placid Winter Olympic Museum.

Ice rink
Photo: KevinTR, CC0.
is a multi-purpose arena in . This surface, along with the USA Rink, was built for the 1980 Winter Olympics.

Museum
The Lake Placid Olympic Museum commemorates the 1932 Winter Olympics and 1980 Winter Olympics, which were based in the Olympic village of . 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.

Aerodrome
is a public use located one nautical mile southeast of the central business district of , a village in the , , , .

Village of Lake Placid

Latitude
44.2837° or 44° 17′ 1″ north
Longitude
-73.9855° or 73° 59′ 8″ west
Population
2,520
Elevation
1,893 feet (577 metres)
Open location code
87P872M7+FR
Geo­Names ID
7161696
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Highlights include Mirror Lake and Lake Placid Resort Golf Club.

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