2019-20 Southern Adirondacks Guide to the First Wilderness Heritage Corridor

Long Lake
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Long Lake has events galore coming up in 2019, our community
is a giant summer camp for all ages. We offer paddling adventures,
hiking adventures, competitions, live music and fun ways to create
life-long memories.
We kick the summer off with a traditional 4th of July Celebration
complete with fireworks in both Raquette Lake and Long Lake as
well as Kids Games, and Live Music with Grit N Grace a modern
country, rock and dance band to help us celebrate and kick it up a
notch. Look for them on the Long Lake Town Beach. On July 20,
the US Waterski Show Team returns to perform their competition
ready performance piece. Human pyramids, jumps, and death-defying
stunts will be featured. The US Waterski Show Teams wows the
crowd Saturday, July 20th Long Lake Town Beach 1204 Main Street.
The fun Cardboard Box Floating Competition starts at 11am - 1pm so
come to Long Lake and stay all day.
Durant Days in Raquette Lake celebrates the birth of Great Camps
Architecture. Our Adirondack region is steeped with history,
the evolution of train travel ,historic American Iconic
financial titans and the birthplace of the American Vacation.
Do not miss this opportunity to enjoy a dining cruise on
Raquette and access to Great Camps only available during this
exclusive weekend Durant Days, August 2nd – 4th. On Friday,
August 2nd, 2019 there is a special cruise making stops at historic
Camp Pine Knot, the original Great Camp, as well as Saint Williams
Long Poing and the site of the original Durant Village. On Saturday
Durant Days continues with Live Music with a cappella group Wide
Variety and a Boat Parade at 6pm. At 7pm, new for 2019 is Hollywood
Magician, critically acclaimed Magician, James Warren. Tickets
are $20. Saturday nights finale will conclude with a showstopping
Fireworks display sponsored by the Town of Long Lake.
Sunday as Durant Days winds down there will be tour of Great
Camp Sagamore and Vespers on St. Huberts Isle in the afternoon.
In 2019 Long Lake will be hosting Music by the Lake at the
Long Lake Town Beach. Upcoming concert events include a
show by Saratoga Based, Fenimore Blues on Saturday, July 13th,
Bob Stump performs on Friday, July 19th, NCPR will be beachside
for the popular Beat Authority on Friday, July 26th followed
up with live music by Alex Smith. August sees the Bad Chaperones
playing all the hits and Music by the Lake winds up with the
Award-Winning Country Duo, Turning Stone’s very own, Beadle
Brothers will be performing at the Fire Department Chicken
BBQ on a new date for 2019 on August 24th. All Music By
the Lake Concerts will be held on the Long Lake Town Beach at 1204
Main Street except for Beadle Brothers who will perform live at
the Mt. Sabattis Pavilion. Arrive by boat, car or the nature trail!
Long Lake and Raquette Lake are both small Adirondack towns with
authentic local flavor. No big box stores, no chains, just down home,
unplug and unwind. You don’t need more than the lakes, but there’s
plenty to explore and see when visiting this area. Find out what it
means to go on a vacation in the heart of the Adirondacks. Leave
your worries at home, we’ll take care of the rest.
Open year-round
7 days a week,
serving lunch & dinner
from 11 am – 9 pm
20 guest rooms
Summer barbecues
on Wednesdays
and
Saturdays
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