Lake Luzerne

Lake Luzerne, incorporated on April 10, 1792, lies eleven miles south of Lake George along Route 9N, with its west side entirely along the Upper Hudson River. First permanent settlers arrived around 1770, and the town was set off from Queensbury in 1792 as the Town of Fairfield, renamed Luzerne in 1808 and Lake Luzerne in 1963. Near the Hope Bridge is Rockwell Falls, the narrowest point of the entire Hudson River, and south of the bridge the Sacandaga and Hudson rivers meet, creating flat water to Corinth. The area has long drawn visitors, including President Grant after the Civil War, and tourism expanded after railroad construction made hotels and resorts more accessible. Old logging camps later became dude ranches before World War II, and the area remained known for horseback riding, rodeo, water sports, hiking, music, museums, parks, and winter trail use. Lake Luzerne is also part of the Upper Hudson River watershed, with ninety-nine percent of the town draining into it through an interconnected chain of lakes and streams that runs from Lake Vanare through Forest Lake, Fourth, Third, and Second lakes to Lake Luzerne, then by Mill Creek to the Hudson.

Lake Luzerne, New York · United States