Paddle up Follensby Clear Pond for peace, quiet and tranquility.

If you don't mind driving a short distance, you could also access some fine kayaking/canoeing in middle or lower Saranac Lake from the launch at Lower Saranac on Route 3. [hide]

The main bike route is the main park road that follows the shoreline around all three ponds in the campground from the park entrance to the far gate on Route 30. This road is paved and is very level.

There is also a paved path that connects the park entrance to the far gate, thus allowing bikers to do a complete loop around the park, all on a flat paved route.

The total distance around the park is 4.7 miles including the peninsula and 4.3 miles via the peninsula bypass. .6 miles of the route follows the paved path adjacent to Route 30.

The total distance around the park is 7.6 km including the peninsula and 7 km via the peninsula bypass. 1km of the route follows the paved path adjacent to Route 30.

Parents should supervise younger children along this route as there can be significant road traffic during the busy summer months.

There are also trails in and around the park for those with mountain bikes. This includes the crushed stone path which runs adjacent to the main road through Fish Creek for part of the way. There are also the Otter Hollow Loop and Floodwood Pond Loop with would be suitable for those looking for a more challenging route... [hide]

The 3 ponds at Fish Creek bustle with boating activity throughout the summer.

For those looking for larger waters, head up into Upper Saranac directly from Fish Creek.

Upper Saranac is considered one of the best boating lakes in the Adirondacks with many islands and panoramic mountain views. Saranac is also home to many great camps, numerous college and youth camps and famous resorts including The Wawbeek and The Point. Upper Saranac is 7.5 miles long with a maxium width of about 1.5 miles and features 37 miles of breath taking shoreline with views of the distant high peaks. It also features 20 primitive campsites available on a first come, first serve basis. [hide]

Located just up the road to the left as you pass the main entrance gate. The beach is open from the end of June until Labour Day. Swimming is allowed at the beach during designated hours when a lifeguard is on duty. There are days when lifeguards are unavailable, and for the safety of the campers, the beach will not be open and swimming will be prohibited.

Although swimming is not officially permitted elsewhere, many campers do swim off the shores of their own campsites. It is important to note that there is considerable boat traffic on the ponds, and anyone including pets should keep close to the shore for their safety. Do keep aware of boating traffic in the area!

Another option, if you have a boat, is to head up to Square Bay on Upper Saranac to swim at the underwater beach (unsupervised). [hide]

The first is the Floodwood Pond Loop which starts across from around site 12, passes Echo Pond, heads up between Horseshoe Pond and Little Polliwog Pond, around Middle Pond, back along Floodwood Pond and then follows Fish Creek back to the campground at site 23, via the road into C section (sites C17 and C1-C7). This trail is relatively flat with some ascents and descents. Total length is 7.7 miles.

The second trail is the Otter Hollow Loop which starts at site 104, past Black and Why Ponds, then around Little Square Pond, traversing the South shore of Floodwood Pond to the far end of Rollins Pond Campground. At this point you essentially follow the road through the whole of Rollins Pond, back to Fish Creek. The trail is rolling with some ascents and descents with approximately half being on paved road through Rollins Pond campground back to Fish Creek Pond campground. Total length is 8.1 miles. [hide]

It has a total vertical gain of only 400 ft, yet offers fine mountain views and Tupper Lake in the distance to the south west, and Ampersand Mountain to the east. Also visible are Middle Saranac and Stoney Creek Ponds. Its about a 15 minute hike to the partially open summit.Panther Mountain is located 6.6 miles south of the park, a short 10 minute drive. Take Route 30 south, then head east (left) on Route 3.

Look for the small trail head parking on your right as you drive down the hill. The actual trail is on the opposite side of the road. There is also another short trail from the parking lot down to a small pond. [hide]

The high peaks are approximately 1 hour south east of Fish Creek.

Head south on Route 30, then east on Route 3 to Saranac Lake, Route 86 to Lake Placid and Route 73 to the high peaks area.

Beginner / Easy Hikes closest to Fish Creek:

Panther Mountain via Route 3 (closest to Fish Creek, views of Tupper Lake)
Baker Mountain in Saranac Lake
Saint Regis Mountain from Keese Mills Road (Paul Smiths)
Ampersand Mountain via Route 3 (great view of the Saranac Lakes, long hike than those above)

Beginner / Easy Hikes up to Summits in the High Peaks area:

Mt Jo via the ADK LOJ (easiest hike with amazing views of the High Peaks)
Hurricane via 9N (one of the farthest from Fish Creek however)
Noonmark via Route 73
Owls Head via Route 73
Baxter Mountain via 9N

Beginner / Easy Hikes (Relatively Flat):

Marcy Dam via the ADK LOJ
Trails at the Paul Smiths Visitor Center

Easier hikes to consider that are part of the ADK 46ers includes:

Cascade and Porter (directly off Route 30), 4098 ft Phelps via the ADK LOJ, 4160 ft
Wright from the ADK LOJ, 4587 ft
Lower Wolfjaw via the Ausable Club, 4173 ft
Big Slide via The Gardens or Johns Brook, 4199 ft

Top Twelve 46ers (Major Hikes!):

Mt Marcy (5344 ft)
Algonquin Peak (5115 ft)
Mount Haystack (4961 ft)
Mount Skylight (4925 ft)
Whiteface Mountain (4865 ft)
Iroquois Peak (4843 ft)
Basin Mountain (4826 ft)
Gray Peak (4826 ft)
Dix Mountain (4823 ft)
Gothics (4734 ft)
Mount Colden (4715 ft)
Giant Mountain (4626 ft) [hide]

The Saranac Inn Golf and Country Club is open to the public. Founded at the turn of the century and designed by renowned Scottish Pro and Architect Seymour Dunn. The course was designed using the natural terrain to provide a wonderful golfing experience, with spectacular mountain views, pure mountain air and a memorable fragrance emanating form the balsams that line the course. Fully irrigated with bent grass greens, the course has a reputation as one of most carefully maintained and challenging resort courses in the Northeast. By not overlooking any details, Jim Connors and Steve Wilson have continued a tradition of offering a course that is par-excellent. In fact, one can almost practice putt on the bent grass tees. These high standards result from an understanding of what today's golfers are looking for with a motel overlooking the first tee, restaurant and lounge. The Saranac Inn Golf and Country Club was awarded 2006 Golf Digest Best Places to Play.

Located 7 minutes north of Fish Creek. [hide]

Website: http://www.saranacinn.com/

The museum features live exhibits and live animals, including river otters, birds, amphibians and fish. There is an indoor waterfall and river, towering glacial ice wall, high-definition films, and wide-screen theater on 31 acre trail-filled campus. The new museum mixes up the indoors and outdoors. There are waterfalls inside, and exhibit labels in the woods outside. Indoors a marsh appears to flow into a real pond that laps at the outside of the building, and the calls of live owls and otters mix with the splashing cascade of a trout-filled indoor stream. High definition films explore the region and showcase fascinating reports from field scientists researching everything from moose to loons to alpine summits.

Located in Tupper Lake, the Wild Center is just 15 minutes south of the campground! [hide]

Website: http://www.wildcenter.org/

The VIC helps orient visitors to the park via educational programs, exhibits, and interpretive trails. There are approximately six miles of interpretive trails and eight miles of backcountry trails to explore.

The VIC is located about 20 minutes north of Fish Creek. [hide]

Website: http://www.adkvic.org/paulsmiths.html

Called "the best of its kind in the world," by The New York Times, the Adirondack Museum at Blue Mountain Lake overlooks the lake of the same name. There are 20 buildings on 32 acres of grounds and gardens, house exhibits on logging, boats and boating, mining, outdoor recreation, transportation, rustic furniture., and on-going programs and special events offer a variety of interesting activities.

Located in Blue Mountain, 60 minutes south of Fish Creek. [hide]

Website: http://www.adkmuseum.org/

The Sagamore consists of 27 authentic buildings that were part of the wilderness estate of the Vanderbilt Family from 1901-1954. Tour many of the buildings, and the grounds onlong the shores of Raquette Lake.The camp is dedicated to the enjoyment of education, interpretation & historic preservation, Great Camp Sagamore is not a hotel, it is a bit of history.

The Sagamore is located in Raquette Lake, 80 minutes south of Fish Creek. [hide]

Website: http://www.greatcampsagamore.org/

Surfaces made of half-cut porcelain marbles and plastic shingles, which we water to simulate snow, allow jumpers to practice and compete year-round. For the freestyle athletes, their landing is a bit wetter in the summer, as they complete their routines by splashing into a 750,000 gallon pool.

Stand at the base of the jumps and watch the athletes—some among the best in the world, others just getting a feel for the sport—tuck down the launch ramp, burst into the air and, seemingly, hang there, suspended, before sticking the landing. Nearby, aerialists will spring off steep kickers on the freestyle hill in a flurry of twists, turns and tumbles. Wet 'n Wild Wednesdays and Soaring Saturdays are their weekly chance to show off for you. Designed to appeal to the whole family, these performances will give you an inside look at how these amazing athletes pull off all those tricks.

For a different perspective, ride the chairlift up to the base of the jumps. From there, take the elevator to the observation deck at the top of the K-120 meter jump. Then look down and remind your heart to start beating again.

The K-90 and K-120 meter towers have been in use for more than a quarter-century, but Lake Placid's jumping tradition reaches back to the 1920s. It wasn't long after the Wright brothers took off in North Carolina that the people of Lake Placid began experimenting with flight themselves. Except, they left out the wings and propellers.

Located just east of Lake Placid, on Route 73, 40 minutes east of Fish Creek. [hide]

Website: http://www.whiteface.com/summer/facilities/ojc.php

Take a trip down the Lake Placid Bobsled run!

If you've ever wondered what it feels like to be a comet, this is the place to start. In summer, when bobsleds trade blades for wheels, climb into a sled with a professional driver and brakeman, and shoot down the 1980 track known, and respected, by racers the world over.

With the sun on your back, you'll feel the rumble through one turn, bank high on the next one and pick up speed on the straightaway. You'll go faster than you're allowed to drive a car through town. Then you'll get to the bottom and want to do it again.

For your bravery, you'll get a bobsled lapel pin, a 4x6 commemorative team photo, t-shirt, a Lake Placid Bobsled Experience sticker, membership in the U.S. Bobsled and Skeleton Federation and 20 percent off your second bobsled ride.

Located just east of Lake Placid, on Route 73, 45 minutes east of Fish Creek. [hide]

Website: http://www.whiteface.com/summer/facilities/osc.php

The eight-person Cloudsplitter Gondola carries you and your family, or anyone you think might enjoy a picnic lunch among breathtaking views, from the Main Base Lodge to the top of Little Whiteface. As you trace the mountain's contours, soaring over streams, steep rock faces and thick forests, the beauty of the Adirondacks reveals itself. You'll see Lake Placid and its namesake village. To the east lies Lake Champlain. To the south stand the tallest peaks in New York State. You'll spot the ski jumps and the Ausable River. At the top, an observation deck and picnic area await you. These are some of the country's best views, and this is the best way to see them.

Located north east of Lake Placid, 65 minutes east of Fish Creek. [hide]

Website: http://www.whiteface.com/summer/activities/gondola.php

Driving to the top of New York's fifth-highest peak isn't your typical automotive experience. How many other roads do you know that lead you directly to the best seat in the house—the house being the Adirondack Park and the show being gorgeous views spanning hundreds of square miles of wild land reaching out to Vermont and Canada?

Nowhere else is the beauty and vastness of the Adirondack Park so apparent and so easily accessible. The paved road rises over 2,300 feet in five miles from the Toll House. At the summit, a few things you don't often find atop a peak: a castle built from native stone, a restaurant and gift shop, an elevator carved deep inside the mountain top itself and a truly spectacular 360-degree, panoramic view of unparalleled beauty. A visit to the Adirondacks is not complete without a drive to the top.

Located north east of Lake Placid, 65 minutes east of Fish Creek. [hide]

Website: http://www.whiteface.com/summer/activities/hiway.php

High Falls Gorge is a popular area destination, featuring a spectacular 700-foot waterfall with ancient granite cliffs more than a billion years old. It was created as the Ausable River cut through the granite base of Whiteface Mountain.

You can take a self guided walk over sturdy bridges, walkways and groomed paths providing safe access to breathtaking views and photographic vantage points.

The gorge is located 60 minutes from Fish Creek, 20 minutes north of Lake Placid. [hide]

Website: http://www.highfallsgorge.com/

This enchanted village and amusement park of alpine flavor is nestled on the side of Whiteface Mountain and features Santa and Mrs. Claus, the Nativity Pageant, The Frosty North Pole, Saint Nicholas Chapel, the Mother Gose Guild, and Tannenbaum the Talking Christmas Tree. There are numerous rides, shows, and Christmas buildings to explore. [hide]

Website: http://www.northpoleny.com/

Riding in a climate controlled coach, or take in the fresh, clean air in our open car, through remote forests, past sparkling rivers, over bridges, tranquil ponds and streams, into the magnificent beauty of the six million acre Adirondack Park. Become a witness of nature's beauty and look out for the many animals and birds along the routes.

Check out their special events! [hide]

Website: http://www.adirondackrr.com/

This hour long, 16 mile narrated cruise takes you along crystal waters in the comfort of an enclosed, turn of the century boat. Learn about the wildlife and historic manors on the Lake Placid shore and also Whiteface Mountain, site of the 1980 Winter Olympic Games. Enclosed boats make for a delightful experience rain or shine.

Lake Placid is 40 minutes east of Fish Creek. [hide]

Website: http://www.lakeplacidmarina.com/

Options include dinner cruises moonlight cruise with live entertainment, Sunday champagne brunch cruise, luncheon buffer curise and even a pizza cruise!

Raquette Lake is 1 hour south of Fish Creek [hide]

Website: http://www.raquettelakenavigation.com/

A perfect place to tour the many shops, including olympic souvenirs and clothing, adirondack furniture, outlet stores, antique shops, and gift stores. Or take a scenic walk around Mirror Lake.

Lake Placid is located 35 minutes east of Fish Creek. [hide]

Website: http://www.lakeplacid.com/

Hohmeyers is a great option for those who are looking to dine out. It is 9 miles, or about 13 minutes north of Fish Creek. [hide]

Website: http://www.lodgeonlakeclear.com/

Features an outdoor BBQ, clam-bake, lobster, corn on the cob, live music etc. Great place to eat outdoors.

Does get mixed reviews, but the atmosphere makes up for any shortcomings!

Located in Ray Brook, 30 minutes east of Fish Creek. [hide]

Website: http://www.tailofthepupbbq.com/

With unique twists on pub-style favorites, special health-conscious dishes and a children's menu, the Cottage's bill of fare has something for everyone. And its wide selection of international beers, wines and liquors make the Cottage a perfect place to unwind with your favorite cocktail. The Cottage is the place to meet in Lake Placid.

Located in Lake Placid, 35 minutes east of Fish Creek. [hide]

Website: http://www.mirrorlakeinn.com/dining-cottage.cfm