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Leave your cares behind and experience an unforgettable Adirondack Mountain vacation at The Cabins in Hope. The Central Adirondacks area has a wealth of interesting activities and attractions that are sure to please everyone’s tastes.

From outdoor activities such as boating on Blue Mountain Lake to rafting on the Hudson River to historic sites like The Copeland Covered Bridge, the Caroga Historical Museum, and Old Fort Johnson, not to mention hiking, swimming, fishing, golfing, horseracing, canoeing, and so much more, you surely will run out of time before you run out of things to do, which means…before you even leave The Cabins in Hope, you’ll be planning your next visit!

Activities within 40 minutes:

Hope/Wells:
» Hike Trails: Hope Falls, Auger
Falls,Bennett, Middle, &
Murphy Lake; Northville-Lake
Placid starting in Wells
» Launch your canoe/kayak: Willis
Lake, Lake Algonquin, Sacandaga
River.
» Swim: Lake Algonquin, Great
Sacandaga Lake
» Visit the Wells used bookstore

Speculator:
» Launch your kayak/canoe on the
Kunjamuk River or Lake Pleasant
» Enjoy a Camp of the Woods
Saturday concert
» Attend church at Camp of the
Woods
» Pick up your granddaughter-
grandson at Tapawingo or
Deerfoot on Saturday morning
» Drop off your son/daughter at
Tapawiongo or Deerfoot on
Sunday afternoon.

Northville:
» Launch your boat at the public
sites on the Great Sacandaga Lake
» Golf Sacandaga Park
» Drive the perimeter of the Great
Sacandaga Lake spotting all 44
historical markers

Caroga Lake:
» Golf the Nick Stoner Golf Course
» Visit the Caroga Historical
Museum

Activities within 40 minutes continued:

Mayfield:
» Rent a powerboat for cruising
The Great Sacandaga Lake
» Fish with a local guide

Broadalbin:
» Visit the Adirondack Animal
Farm

Amsterdam:
» Golf at Amsterdam Municipal
Golf Course

Fort Johnson:
» Visit historic Old Fort Johnson

Gloversville:
» Visit the Fulton County Museum
» Golf at Holland Meadows Golf
Course

Day:
» Rent a pontoon boat and cruise
The
Great Sacandaga Lake
» Visit one of the few remaining
covered bridges in NY-The
Copeland

Canajoharie:
» Visit the Arkell Museum

Activities within 60 minutes:

Hadley/Lake Luzerne:
» Raft/tube down the Sacandaga
River.

Saratoga Springs:
» Attend a Live Nation, NY Ballet
or Philadelphia Philharmonic
performance at SPAC
» Visit the Race Museum and tour
the track
» Have “Breakfast with the horses”
» Attend the races
» Visit Skidmore College
» Golf at the State Park
» Golf at Saratoga National
» Have a SPA treatment at the
historic spa.

Indian Lake:
» Raft down the Hudson River
» Hike - more than 30 trails
off/near Route 30

Blue Mountain Lake:
» Take a 2-hr historic boat tour on
Blue Mountain, Eagle, & Utowana
lakes
» Rent your own boat & discover
the beauty of Blue Mt Lake

 

Activites within approximately 90 minutes:

» Cruise Raquette Lake on the WW Durant
» Tour the Great Camp Sagamore, former summer home of the Vanderbilts

Long Lake:
» Picnic at Buttermilk Falls
» Take a seaplane ride
» Visit Hoss’ store
» See Adirondack Park Visitors Center

Worth the trip in less than 2 hours:

Newcomb:
» See the Adirondack Park Visitors Center

Paul Smiths:
» Adirondack Nature Center

Inlet:
» Inlet Golf Course

Westport:
» Westport Country Club

Lake Placid:
» Olympic sites
» Golfing
» Shopping