Summertime Camping in Lake Placid

Camping in Lake Placid? Yes! Although best known as the winter sports capital and best remembered for the famous 1980 Olympic hockey victory over Russia, Lake Placid has a myriad of wonderful summertime activities to offer.

During the summer season, Lake Placid gets creative and offers such activities as wheeled bobsled rides, mountain biking, hiking and sight seeing. This beautiful area is the perfect setting for a camping vacation as it is surrounded by gorgeous mountain scenery and full of unique attractions and scheduled events. Enjoy a wilderness wonderland amidst the high peaks with Mount Marcy towering 5344 feet. Take a self guided tour of the site of the 1932 and 1980 Olympic Games including the Olympic Jumping complex and the Mt. VanHoevenberg Bob Sled and Luge Run. Enjoy figure skaing, competitions, ice shows, concerts and festivals or drive up Whiteface Mt. Veterans Memorial Highway and view a 360 degree panorama of the Adirondacks. Swim, Sail, or fish Saranac or Tupper Lake.

Lake Placid is a great camping destination during the Spring, Summer and Fall. 

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Lake Placid...the Olympic Village offers four seasons of fun. The village is set in the six million-acre Adirondack Park in Essex County, home of the legendary Adirondack Mountains High Peaks, some of the tallest mountains in the eastern U.S.