West Lake, Adirondack Mountains, Essex County, New York

    User input for West Lake, Adirondack Mountains, Essex County, New York:

Be the first to submit input for West Lake.
Help improve this web site with your great input.


Submit Input:
Your Name:
Write or Paste Input here:

Upload picture:      Review Guidelines


 
    The beauty of West Lake is reason enough to stop by. Be careful coming to the Adirondack Mountains, you might not ever want to go back home again. But wait, there's more to do close to West Lake. If you like skiing, you're in luck; Whiteface Mountain is right next door to West Lake; hiking along the Schwartz Trail is magnificent fun. Yeah, come up here to the Adirondack Mountains for a nice time. Get your heart beating on the splendid whitewater of Ausable River  
   - West Branch, and do check out Falls Brook since you're here at West Lake.
This lake is so wonderful. Connery Pond is a great lake near West Lake, and after a long day outdoors Lakeview Motor Inn is a good spot to spend a night or two. West Lake is a place with many visitors from Plattsburgh, and Mirror Lake Inn is a good site to get some rest. Mount Pisgah is a good local ski area, and do take a hike on the McKenzie Pond Trail.
Why not pop by Echo Bay
 
               also while you're here. You'll need more than a day to discover everything West Lake has to offer, you can camp at Adirondak Loj. This lake is so wonderful. You can run the rapids of Ausable River - West Branch close to West Lake, and going for a hike along the Indian Pass Trail will let you absorb the natural beauty of this area. This place, West Lake, it clearly has so much outdoors entertaining stuff. Craig Wood Golf & Country Club is a golf course in close proximity to West Lake. There's so much to do here at West Lake that you need to camp here for a while, Whispering Pines Campground is a nice place for that.
West Lake is located in the Adirondack Mountains. All the outdoors enjoyable things in the Adirondack Mountains will keep you coming back repeatedly. There are other sites here than West Lake, for example Lake Placid, and on a pretty day you get a fine panorama of Moose Mountain from West Lake. From a rainfall point of view West Lake is a reasonably normal place; August is the wettest month with most rain, and February on the other hand is the driest.
Throughout the summertime months, highs usually are in the 70's at West Lake. Throughout the moonlight hours it's usually in the 50's. For the period of the winter highs are in the 20's, and all through the dark hours in the winter at West Lake temperatures plunge to the 0's.

 
Mirror Lake Inn, Lake Placid
2 miles away
An award-winning inn set amidst the Adirondack Mountain high peaks, Mirror Lake Inn Resort and Spa sits on the shores of the lake within eight acres of landscaped gardens. A private lakeside beach, su...

Lakeview Motor Inn, Lake Placid
2 miles away
The Lakeview Motor Inn is located on the sparkling shores of Mirror Lake and directly in the heart of Main Streetâ??s shopping, dining and entertainment district, and affords spectacular views and inc...

Current weather conditions at West Lake, Adirondack Mountains, Essex County, New York
WXPort

Local climate location: RAY BROOK 9 miles away


OTHER_INFO
  Coordinates:
Latitude: 44.32944
Longitude: -73.98167

Adirondack Mountains Lakes
Complete list of all the lakes in the Adirondack Mountains.

Adirondack Mountains Outdoors Info
Complete outdoors info for the Adirondack Mountains.

New York Lakes
Complete list of all lakes in New York

Essex County Lakes
Complete list of all lakes in Essex County

Books about West Lake
List of books available on Amazon.com about West Lake, Adirondack Mountains, Essex County, New York.

Outdoors Recreation Near Plattsburgh, New York
Very comprehensive list of a variety of outdoors recreation in the vicinity of Plattsburgh, New York, the metro area neareast to West Lake. Find info on campgrounds, hiking trails, ski resorts, lakes, beaches, parks, whitewater and more.

New York Outdoors Index
This is a very comprehensive index of outdoors activities in the great state of New York.
 

 

OUTDOORS_GUIDE
These outdoors activities are available near West Lake.
 Hotels Near West Lake:
Mirror Lake Inn, Lake Placid, 2 miles away
Lakeview Motor Inn, Lake Placid, 2 miles away
Town and Country Motor Inn, Lake Placid, 2 miles away
Comfort Inn Lake Placid, Lake Placid, 2 miles away
Golden Arrow Lakeside Resort & Suites, Lake Placid, 2 miles away
 Camp Grounds Near West Lake:
Adirondak Loj, Lake Placid, 2 miles away
Whispering Pines Campground, Lake Placid, 3 miles away
Pioneer Village, Ray Brook, 7 miles away
KOA Kampgrounds, Wilmington, 10 miles away
 Ski Areas Near West Lake:
Whiteface Mountain, New York, 8 miles away
      3430 vertical feet
Mount Pisgah, New York, 10 miles away
      300 vertical feet
 Whitewater Near West Lake:
Ausable River - West Branch, Essex CountyCounty, 5 miles away
      Class III - 6.5 miles long (Adirondak Loj Road to Route 73)
Ausable River - West Branch, Essex CountyCounty, 6 miles away
      Class III-IV+ - 3.5 miles long (Monument on Route 86 to High Falls)
Ausable River - West Branch, Essex CountyCounty, 8 miles away
      Class V+ - 0.25 miles long (High Falls Gorge)
 Trails Near West Lake:
McKenzie Pond Trail, Essex County, 6 miles away
Schwartz Trail, Essex County, 6 miles away
Indian Pass Trail, Essex County, 10 miles away
 Golf Courses Near West Lake:
Craig Wood Golf & Country Club, Lake Placid, 3 miles away
 Lakes Near West Lake:
Lake Placid, Essex CountyCounty, 2 miles away
Connery Pond, Essex CountyCounty, 4 miles away

Outdoors related information copyright © Stratus-Pikpuk, Inc. - Detailed hotel information copyright © Interactive Hotel Solutions