<strong>The Point, Saranac Lake, New York: </strong>Guests can spend the day boating on Upper Saranac Lake. Gentlemen wear jacket and tie to dinner (black tie on Wednesday and Saturday nights), as one imagines William Avery Rockefeller did nearly a century ago.
The Point, Saranac Lake, New York: Guests can spend the day boating on Upper Saranac Lake. Gentlemen wear jacket and tie to dinner (black tie on Wednesday and Saturday nights), as one imagines William Avery Rockefeller did nearly a century ago.
The Point
<strong>Lake Placid Lodge, Lake Placid, New York</strong>: While the first lodge on this site was built in 1882 and destroyed by a fire in 2005, its replacement recreated the atmosphere of the original lodge when it opened in 2008. <br />
Lake Placid Lodge, Lake Placid, New York: While the first lodge on this site was built in 1882 and destroyed by a fire in 2005, its replacement recreated the atmosphere of the original lodge when it opened in 2008.
Lake Placid Lodge
<strong>Whiteface Lodge,</strong> <strong>Lake Placid, New York</strong>: Families flock to the lodge, built in 2005 but evoking the family-style resorts of the early 20th century. The resort offers a movie theater, bowling alley and ice cream parlor.
Whiteface Lodge, Lake Placid, New York: Families flock to the lodge, built in 2005 but evoking the family-style resorts of the early 20th century. The resort offers a movie theater, bowling alley and ice cream parlor.
Whiteface Lodge
<strong>The Sagamore, Bolton Landing, New York</strong>: Originally opened in 1883, The Sagamore was a preferred summer vacation spot of millionaires attending its over-the-top Saturday night parties.
The Sagamore, Bolton Landing, New York: Originally opened in 1883, The Sagamore was a preferred summer vacation spot of millionaires attending its over-the-top Saturday night parties.
The Sagamore
<strong>The Fern Lodge, Chestertown, New York: </strong>Built in the early 2000s near a lake, the lodge only has five rooms, each housing custom-made beds, fireplaces and hot tubs.
The Fern Lodge, Chestertown, New York: Built in the early 2000s near a lake, the lodge only has five rooms, each housing custom-made beds, fireplaces and hot tubs.
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<strong>Great Camp Sagamore, Raquette Lake, New York</strong>: The home of Alfred G. Vanderbilt's family until 1954, this National Historic Landmark still has its original furnishings intact and no updated 21st-century amenities.
Great Camp Sagamore, Raquette Lake, New York: The home of Alfred G. Vanderbilt's family until 1954, this National Historic Landmark still has its original furnishings intact and no updated 21st-century amenities.
Regional Office of Sustainable Tourism/Adirondacks, USA
<strong>Elk Lake Lodge, North Hudson, New York:</strong> Built as a lodge for a paper manufacturer over a century ago, Elk Lake is tucked into 12,000 acres of privately-owned forest preserve with no television or cell phone service to connect guests to the outside world.
Elk Lake Lodge, North Hudson, New York: Built as a lodge for a paper manufacturer over a century ago, Elk Lake is tucked into 12,000 acres of privately-owned forest preserve with no television or cell phone service to connect guests to the outside world.
Courtesy Elk Lake Lodge
<strong>White Pine Camp, Paul Smiths, New York</strong>: The summer White House of President Calvin Coolidge in the mid- to late-1920s, White Pine offers a set-your-own-pins bowling alley and the chance to reserve the President's Cabin, where Coolidge slept. <br />
White Pine Camp, Paul Smiths, New York: The summer White House of President Calvin Coolidge in the mid- to late-1920s, White Pine offers a set-your-own-pins bowling alley and the chance to reserve the President's Cabin, where Coolidge slept.
Regional Office of Sustainable Tourism/Adirondacks, USA