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Lakes to Locks All-American Road
One of 13 Scenic Byways of the Adirondack North Country
Visit the official Lakes to Locks Passage for more to see and do.
The hamlets and villages are famous for bed and breakfast inns and local restaurants operated by folks invested in their communities and your satisfaction.
Back roads make for world class cyling. For touring suggestions visit Champlain Bikeways, Bike Adirondacks or call the Feeder Canal Alliance at 518 792-5363 for information about the Old Champlain Canal multi-use trail.
The Lake Champlain Birding Trail is ranked by the Audubon Magazine as one of the nation's top six destinations for bird watching - so birding opportunities abound. Check out Lake Champlain Birding.
The 225-mile route connects Waterford to Rouses Point. Parallels the Hudson River, the Champlain Canal and Lake Champlain. If you begin your tour of the Lakes to Locks Passage on Route 9 in Rouses
Point and head south to Chazy, you can enjoy the following sites and points of interest:
- Chazy - view antique furnishings in the 1824 home of local
philanthropists at the Alice Miner collection. 518-846-7336.
- Plattsburgh - visit the Kent DeLord House Museum and stroll
along the Saranac River on the Heritage Trail and Riverwalk. 518-561-1035.
- Valcour Island - accessable only by boat, the island is the
perfect place for a hike or picnic.
- Port Kent - a port for the Lake Champlain Ferries to
Vermont. For ferry schedule and fare information call 802-864-9804 or Lake Champlain Ferries
- Ausable Chasm - like visitors since 1870, hike the trails
deep into the crevices of the chasm and take a boat ride through a natural wonder. For
more information on the Ausable Chasm call 518-834-7454.
- Keesesville - see the country's largest single-span, stone
arch bridge crossing the Ausable River here.
- Willsboro - visit the 1812 Homestead and the fish ladder
which allows upstream spawning of salmon.
- Essex - do not miss this extraordinary example of Pre-Civil
War village architecture and a port for the Lake Champlain Ferries to Vermont. For ferry
schedule and fare information call 802-864-9804. Lake Champlain Ferries
- Westport - tour the village, visit the Marina Country Club,
and catch a summer evening performance at the Depot Theatre in the historic restored train
station.
- Port Henry - stop at a roadside billboard here to learn
about the legend of "Champ," the giant sea serpent who resides in Lake
Champlain.
- Crown Point - Crown Point
Visitor's Center. Plan to visit the Crown Point State Historic Site, the Penfield Mines,
and the Champlain Memorial Lighthouse.
- Ticonderoga - tour Fort Ticonderoga, a national historic
landmark, Mount Defiance, the LaChute River, and the Boston Hancock House Mansion. Fort Ticonderoga. More info about area at Hague - Ticonderoga Info
- Check out the bicycle routes along routes 4, 22, and 9. Champlain Bikeways
- Whitehall
- visit the birthplace of the U.S. Navy and home
of the Skenesborgh Museum.
- Fort Edward - see the Old Fort House Museum, an outpost
during the French and Indian War.
- Champlain Canal - Historical trails, battlefields, bike trails, museums and plenty of small businesses dot the landscape between Waterford (Lock 1) and Whitehall (Lock 12) to interest and serve the vacationing family; by water or by land!
- Washington County - This county of rolling hills and farmland parallels the Champlain Canal to the west.
Find additional visitor information on available services, food, accommodations, events, etc. at the following websites;
Lake Champlain Region
Champlain Shores Visitors and Convention Bureau
Lake Placid/Essex County CVB
Adirondack Regional Tourism Council
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Maps of Adirondack North Country
and Tourist Oriented Signage
Lakes to Locks Passage Map
Visitors in the Adirondack Park
can follow the small brown and yellow signs
along the thirteen Scenic Byways
to nearby shops, services, food,
attractions, tourist information
and lodging accommodations.
When traveling outside the Park
watch for blue and white signs
to find businesses located
near the Scenic Byways.
Art, Crafts and Foods
Along the Scenic Byways
of the Adirondack North Country
Includes map of region
with highlighted Scenic Byways
Map of Scenic Byways
by NW, NE, SE, and SW quadrants
Google Map of Region
Directions with Mapquest
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