“Spectacular scenery unlike any
other in the Northeast.”
| Olympic Speed Skating Oval and Olympic Center |
| Olympic Jumping Complex |
| Olympic Sports Complex |
| Whiteface Ski Center |
| Lake Placid Center for the Arts |
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Snowy Mountain is an impressive view by bike or car south of Indian Lake along the Adirondack Trail, Rt 30
Brewster Peninsula
Olympic Byway, County Rt. 3, near Lake Placid in Essex County
A compact network of trails traversing gently rolling terrain and winding through a mixed forest to a view of the lake on from the shore of Lake Placid.
Running for a length of 3 miles, the trailhead best accessed from Lake Placid behind Comfort Inn, with terrain that involves interconnecting, easy trails, dirt road and hard-packed single track traversing gently rolling terrain and winding through forest and along the shore of Lake Placid. Lakeside Trail has nice views overlooking the lake, several benches and a dock near the small outlet dam. Also a popular Mountain Bike trail and cross country ski trail. A brochure is available from the DEC in Ray Brook while the Jack Rabbit Trail has ski maps.
| Closest Community: | |
| Closest Byway: | Olympic Byway |
| Distance from Byway: | on |
| Closest Route #: | County Rt. 3 |
| Months Occurring: | january, february, march, april, may, june, july, august, september, october, november and december |
| Best Season: | spring, summer, fall and winter |
| Best Time: | any time is nice time of this convenient and relatively short hike, bike, or ski |
| Scenic View: | After a 20 minute hike the reward is a nice view of the lake from atop the spillway. |
| Indoors or Outdoors: | outdoor |
| Admission Fee: | no |
| Latitude: | 44.3055104307 |
| Longitude: | -73.9887280896 |