Lake Placid (New York)

For the town, see Lake Placid, New York.

Lake Placid
View from the gondola on Whiteface Mountain
Location	Adirondack Mountains, Essex County, New York, USA
Coordinates	44°19′N 073°58′W
Basin countries	United States
Surface area	2,170 acres (8.8 km2)
Average depth	50 ft (15 m)
Surface elevation	1,857 ft (566 m)
Islands	Buck Island, Moose Island, Hawk Island
Settlements	Lake Placid

The body of water called Lake Placid is in the Adirondack Mountains in northern New York in the USA. The lake is approximately 2,170 acres (8.8 km²), and has an average depth of about 50 feet (15 m). It is located in the towns of North Elba and St. Armand, both in Essex County.

The lake, which borders the northern part of the village of Lake Placid, New York, is a source of drinking water for the town, and maintaining water quality in the lake is a major local issue. The lake is fed by springs and mountain streams, and because most of the houses are unoccupied much of the year, the water remains clean.

There are nearly 300 houses on the lake shore, the majority of which can be accessed only by boat.

Local efforts to combat aquatic invasive species have been successful, aided by a boat cleaning station where powerboats are put into the water.

The lake has produced record lake trout.

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  House on Buck Island

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  Whiteface Mountain from northern end of lake

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  New, old boathouses

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  House on Buck Island