Blue Mountain Lake

Blue Mountain Lake is halfway between Indian and Long Lakes on NY 30, in the heart of remote and beautiful Hamilton County, in the Town of Indian Lake. It is a pretty resort area on a lake but offers little for the traveler except for a lone general store at the main junction. You approach Blue Mountain Lake from the south from Indian Lake on NY Routes 28 & 30. Along the way you cross a lot of state hiking and snowmobiling trails, including the Northville - Lake Placid Trail where it meets our NY 30 just once. A hiker at this point should head south towards Indian Lake if he needs any food or supplies. When you reach the road junction from Indian Lake, NY 30 stops and turns right and NY 28 turns left towards Old Forge. At the junction in Blue Mountain Lake, you pick up the beginning of NY Route 28N, "The Marcy-Roosevelt Trail". It will be a double route for twelve miles to Long Lake. There is a steep uphill but a climbing lane to ditch the slowpokes easily. To the left on the upgrade is the Adirondack Museum, devoted to the 'Daks history. Some people don't like the stretch to Long Lake but it is well banked and maintained. I like it, the scenery is awesome and as soon as I can I'll post some cool pics!.

Thomas Edison was one of the more famous Blue Mountain Lake summer residents. He wired the local hotel, the very fashionable Prospect House (1881-1915), for electricity, the first hotel electrified in the world.

Blue Moutain Lake also has good cell phone coverage. The next town with reasonable cell phone service north is Tupper Lake.

Blue Moutain Lake is also the divide between the Hudson and the St Lawrence Rivers watershed. Blue Moutain Lake lake empties eventually into the Raquette River to the St. Lawrence River. But just east of the hamlet on 28 & 30 is Lake Durant which empties into the Hudson River

Participating Establishments

12812 Zip Code	518 Area Code
The Blue Mountain Lake Inn An Inn and Bed & Breakfast Across the Street from the Blue Mountain Lake town beach 3450 NYS Route 28 Blue Mountain Lake, NY 12812 The Blue Mountain Lake Inn is available spring, summer and fall for special events, group rentals and lodging in beautiful Blue Mountain Lake, New York. Situated between the Adirondack Lakes Center for the Arts and the firehouse, across from the public beach, it provides easy access to the hamlet and the lake. It accommodates 14 people and can be rented as a whole or by the room. Phone: 518-812-1284 | Email Us
Gadway Realty Aaron Gadway, Licensed Broker 16 W. Main St., POB 682, NY 28 & 30 Indian Lake, 12842 "Serving the Central Adirondack Region, Indian Lake and Blue Mountain Lake" Phone: 518-648-0888 | 800-963-3752 | Fax: 518-648-0889
McSweeney's Irish Pub of Indian Lake Classic Irish Pub and Light Dining in the Indian Lake, NY Area. Hours: Open 11 AM - 12 AM 7 Days a Week | Kitchen Closes at 9 PM At the junction of 28 & 30 in Indian Lake hamlet next door to Stewarts. Phone: 518-648-5832