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Lake Placid is a village in the Adirondack Mountains in Essex County, New York, United States. In 2020, its population was 2,205. In 2020, its population was 2,205. The village of Lake Placid is near the center of the town of North Elba , 50 miles (80 km) southwest of Plattsburgh .
The Olympic Regional Development Authority (ORDA) is a New York State public benefit corporation, created by the State of New York to manage the facilities used after the 1980 Olympic Winter Games at Lake Placid, New York. ORDA is the only state-owned ski area organization in the United States. [1]
The eastern boundary of Essex County is Lake Champlain, which serves as the New York – Vermont border at an elevation of just under 100 feet (30.5 m). The highest natural point in New York, Mount Marcy at 5,344 feet (1,629 m), is in the town of Keene .
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The lake borders the northern part of the village of Lake Placid, and is a source of drinking water for the town. Maintaining water quality in the lake is a major local issue. The lake is fed by springs and Adirondacks mountain streams. There are nearly 300 houses on the lake shore.
WLPW (105.5 FM) is a radio station licensed to serve Lake Placid, New York, United States.Established in 1979, [1] the station is owned by Jonathan Becker and Gregory Gallacher, through licensee North Country Radio Corp. [3]
Adirondack Medical Center [1] [2] [3] is a two-site hospital with facilities in Lake Placid, New York, and Saranac Lake, New York. The original Lake Placid facility was replaced by a new one; the site of the old was demolished to build a sports complex for the 2023 Winter World University Games. [4] [5]
New York State Route 73 (NY 73) is a 27.55-mile-long (44.34 km) state highway located entirely within Essex County, New York, in the United States.The highway begins at an intersection with NY 86 in the village of Lake Placid and ends at a junction with U.S. Route 9 (US 9) north of the hamlet of Underwood in the extreme southwestern corner of the town of Elizabethtown.