Lake Placid, New York

Lake Placid is a village in northern New York State. It has a population of 2,205. It was founded in the early 1880s to look for iron. Today it is a ski resort. It has hosted the Winter Olympics twice, in 1932 and 1980.

Village
Location in Essex County and the state of New York.
Coordinates: 44°17′08″N 073°59′07″W
Country	United States
State	New York
County	Essex
Town	North Elba
Government
• Type	Council / Manager
Area
• Total	1.53 sq mi (3.97 km2)
• Land	1.36 sq mi (3.53 km2)
• Water	0.17 sq mi (0.45 km2)  10.80%
Elevation	1,801 ft (549 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	2,205
• Density	1,620.13/sq mi (625.44/km2)
Time zone	UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code	12946
FIPS code	36-40761
GNIS feature ID	0954931
Website	villageoflakeplacid.ny.gov

Lake Placid, New York Media

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  NewYorkLakePlacidNARA(cropped)

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  Works Progress Administration poster from the late 1930s to advertise public access to the bobsled run from the 1932 Olympics

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  2006 Ironman in Lake Placid

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  North Elba Showgrounds, showing Horse Rings, Olympic Cauldron, Whiteface Mountain

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  Aerial view of the lake which gave the community its name

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  Lake Placid High School

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  Lake Placid panorama. High School (middle), the Olympic Center (right), and the speed skating oval

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  Singer-songwriter Lana Del Rey was raised in Lake Placid

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  Speed Skater Jack Shea was born in Lake Placid and won two gold medals at the 1932 Winter Olympics.

Other websites

Media related to Lake Placid, New York at Wikimedia Commons

• Web site of the Lake Placid News
• Lake Placid information Archived 2009-12-28 at the Wayback Machine
• Lake Placid Olympic Authority Archived 2020-10-30 at the Wayback Machine