John Brown Farm State Historic Site
The John Brown Farm State Historic Site includes the home and final resting place of abolitionist John Brown. It is located on John Brown Road in the town of North Elba, 3 miles southeast of Lake Placid, New York, where John Brown moved in 1849 to teach farming to African Americans.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Protected area
- Description: historical landmark
- Also known as: “John Brown Farm and Gravesite” and “John Brown’s Farm”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Lake Placid Olympic Ski Jumping Complex and Lake Placid Airport.
Lake Placid Olympic Ski Jumping Complex
Sports venue
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The Lake Placid Olympic Ski Jumping Complex, also known as the MacKenzie Intervale Ski Jumping Complex, consists of HS100- and HS128-meter ski jump towers built for the 1980 Olympic Games in Lake Placid, New York, United States. Lake Placid Olympic Ski Jumping Complex is situated 2,300 feet northeast of John Brown Farm State Historic Site.
Lake Placid Airport
Aerodrome
Lake Placid Airport is a public use airport located one nautical mile southeast of the central business district of Lake Placid, a village in the Town of North Elba, Essex County, New York, United States.
Herb Brooks Arena
Ice rink
Herb Brooks Arena is a multi-purpose arena in Lake Placid, New York. This surface, along with the USA Rink, was built for the 1980 Winter Olympics. Herb Brooks Arena is situated 2 miles north of John Brown Farm State Historic Site.
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. 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 6 miles northwest of John Brown Farm State Historic Site.
John Brown Farm State Historic Site
- Categories: farm, historic site, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Town of North Elba, Essex, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
44.25339° or 44° 15′ 12″ northLongitude
-73.97209° or 73° 58′ 20″ westOpen location code
87P8723H+95OpenStreetMap ID
way 429545226OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q2487907
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In Other Languages
From French to Romanian—“John Brown Farm State Historic Site” goes by many names.
- French: “John Brown Farm and Gravesite”
- German: “John Brown Farm and Gravesite”
- Italian: “John Brown Farm State Historic Site”
- Japanese: “ジョン・ブラウン記念館”
- Romanian: “John Brown Farm and Gravesite”
- Romanian: “John Brown Farm State Historic Site”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include John Browns Grave and Lake Placid Olympic Jumping Complex K-120 Meter Jump Observation Deck.
Nearby Places
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “John Brown Farm State Historic Site”. Photo: Mwanner, CC BY-SA 3.0.