Olympic Trail
New York Scenic Byway 170 mi in New York.
About the Olympic Trail
Stretching from the Great Lake Ontario to legendary Lake Champlain, the Olympic Trail is packed with scenic and recreational attractions. One highlight of the trip is the Village of Lake Placid, which hosted the Winter Olympic Games in 1932 and 1980. Spots for Adirondack hiking, camping, canoeing, and fishing are abundant. The hamlets are charming and the scenery is stunning.
New York State Department of Transportation's own description, in its words. Byway page on dot.ny.gov.
Camping along the byway
- Mile 1 · 3.0 mi offWestcott Beach State Park · State park · 146 sites · reservable
- Mile 81 · 1.8 mi offCranberry Lake Campground · State park · 167 sites · reservable
- Mile 104 · 0.9 mi offLittle Wolf Beach and Campground · City, county or regional park · reservable
- Mile 110 · 4.6 mi offRollins Pond Campground · State park · 268 sites · reservable
- Mile 111 · 3.9 mi offFish Creek Pond Campground · State park · 330 sites · reservable
- Mile 122 · on the roadSaranac Lake Islands Campground · State park · 82 sites · reservable
- Mile 130 · on the roadMeadowbrook Public Campground · State park · 58 sites · reservable
- Mile 144 · on the roadWilmington Notch Campground · State park · 52 sites · reservable
Public campgrounds within 5 miles of the road as the crow flies, in order along the byway; each one's page has its facts, season and weather by month.
About this page's facts
The line is the Federal Highway Administration's scenic byways layer (HEPGIS, a snapshot of 2022-06-24, a US government work), cut at the state line and simplified for the map; the length is the line's. The designation is the program's own: the national tiers from FHWA's America's Byways roster, the rest from the layer's designation field. Road conditions, closures and seasonal gates change: check the agency's own page and the state's road conditions before you go.