MORE EVENTS & ACTIVITIES THAN YOU CAN IMAGINE! Our area has so many unique activities and events that the best way to appreciate them is to sample a few each time you visit. Check out our information binder at the farmhouse, and don't be shy about visiting the Lake Placid Visitors Bureau to pick up brochures and flyers detailing local offerings. RESTAURANTS & OTHER GOOD PLACES TO EAT Lake Placid…over 50 local restaurants including The Artist's Cafe, The DownHill Grill, Northwoods Inn, Northern Exposure-The Restaurant, Jimmy's Lakeside, Desperados, Steak & Seafood, Cameron's, Charcoal Pit, Mirror Lake Inn-The Averil Conwell Dining Room, The Hungry Trout, Pinetree Pasta Co., The Cottage, Nik's, The Lodge at Lake Clear, The Wawbeek, Fireside Steak House, La Bella Ristorante, Mykonos, Taste of India and the Lake Placid Lodge, along with many other fine establishments. SIGHTSEEING The area offers many Historic Landmarks and special areas, including the quaint Essex Village, John Brown's Farm historical site, numerous natural wonders, special interests such as gardening or architecture, scenic airplane rides over the olympic venues and Adirondack Mountains, drive Whiteface Memorial Highway and enjoy the chairlift rides, Ausable Chasm, as well as antiques shopping in Lake Placid and throughout the surrounding areas, Lake Placid Center for the Arts, Adirondack Museum, Pendragon Theatre, 1932 and 1980 Winter Olympic Museum. OLYMPIC & SPORTING EVENTS 2000 Winter Goodwill Game USA Hockey Women's Tournament Empire State Games 2000 Winter Senior Games ECAC Men's Hockey Championship Lake Placid Loppet World Cup Nordic Combined Race Nutri-Grain Bumps & Jumps Competition0 U.S. Adult Figure Skating Championship ESPN Great Outdoor Games Ironman USA Triathalon Adirondack Open Golf Tournament 42nd Lake Placid Free Skating Championships Over Hill & Dale Race Annual Lacrosse Tournament Can-Am Rugby Tournament Annual Waterski & Wakeboard Championship Flaming Leaves 90m Ski Jump Adirondack 90 Mile Canoe Race Lake Placid Half-Marathon MUSIC & CONCERTS Adirondack Festival of American Music, Lake Placid International Music Seminars/Concerts, Lake Placid Sinfonietta Concerts, Music Concerts at the Olympic Arena, past artists to visit the arena include Willy Nelson, James Taylor, Bonnie Rait, Tina Turner, Alabama, Blues Traveler, Bob Dylan and Natalie Merchant, to name a few MISCELLANEOUS Bobsled and luge rides at Mt. Van Hoevenberg (year round), Santa's Workshop for children, Lake Placid boat cruises, High Falls Gorge, Virtual Reality Ride, bowling, toboggan rides, snowmobiling, FrontierTown, carriage rides, boat rentals for area lakes and ponds, sleigh rides ANNUAL EVENTS Saranac Lake Winter Carnival, Fourth of July Celebration, Annual 4th of July Ski Jump, Lake Placid Horse Show, William Hanmer Guideboat Race, Annual Craft Shows, Lake Placid Ice Dancing Championship, Lake Placid Film Festival, Annual Freestyle Aerial Show, "Miracles of Gold" Summer Ice Review, Civil War Encampment and Reenactment, Great Adirondack Antique Auction, Festival of the Lakes, Octoberfest at Whiteface Mountain, Whiteface Region Celtic Festival, International Fishing Derby, Antiques & Classic Boat Show in Essex, Annual Field Forest & Stream Days [return to top of page] [outdoor adventure] [shopping]