Things to do around the cabins
Ski the family mountain ten minutes away, ride the snowmobile corridor from the parking area, climb to an open fire tower, paddle a 1,185-acre lake, and drive to the Olympic village or to Montreal for the day. Each experience links to a guide that helps you plan it.
The headliners
If you do nothing else, do these. Most are within half an hour of the cabins; the day trips are an hour and a half or less.
Skiing Titus Mountain
Snowmobiling from the Cabin Door
Titusville Mountain State Forest
St. Regis Mountain Fire Tower
Meacham Lake and the Deer River Flow
Lake Placid and Whiteface Mountain
The Almanzo Wilder Farm
Malone Golf Club
Skiing & winter
The reason most guests come between December and March: a 53-trail family mountain three and a half miles away with night skiing and tubing, the state snowmobile corridor minutes from the parking areas, the Saranac Lake Winter Carnival, and a hot tub on the deck when you get back. The section →
Skiing Titus Mountain
Snowmobiling from the Cabin Door
A Winter Weekend at the Cabins
Cross-Country Skiing and Snowshoeing
The Saranac Lake Winter Carnival
Ice Fishing near the Cabins
Skiing Whiteface Mountain
Mount Pisgah Ski Area
Ice Skating near the Cabins
Winter Hiking near the Cabins
Trails & hiking
Elephant's Head and a waterfall in the state forest next door, fire towers on St. Regis, Loon Lake and Lyon mountains, the 81,160-acre Debar Mountain Wild Forest, and the High Peaks an hour and a half south. The section →
Titusville Mountain State Forest
Owls Head in the Sable Highlands
Hiking Near the Cabins
Wildlife Watching around the Cabins
Debar Mountain Wild Forest
Azure Mountain Fire Tower
Loon Lake Mountain Fire Tower
St. Regis Mountain Fire Tower
Lyon Mountain Fire Tower
The Fire Tower Challenge from the Cabins
The Saranac Lake 6er
Cascade Mountain, the Starter High Peak
The Tupper Lake Triad
Mount Jo and Heart Lake
The Adirondack Rail Trail
Mountain Biking near the Cabins
Road Cycling in the Northern Adirondacks
Waterfalls near the Cabins
Birding in the Northern Adirondacks
Easy Walks and Accessible Trails
Poke-O-Moonshine Fire Tower
Hurricane Mountain Fire Tower
Lakes & paddling
Meacham Lake and the Deer River Flow, the Saint Regis Canoe Area, the Chateaugay Lakes, the Salmon River through Malone, and the pond by the Tiny Home. The section →
Meacham Lake and the Deer River Flow
The Saint Regis Canoe Area
Lake Titus, Indian Lake and Mountain View
The Salmon River in Malone
Chateaugay Lakes and High Falls
Paddling the Saranac Lakes
The Raquette River from Tupper Lake
Fly Fishing the West Branch of the Ausable
Canoe and Kayak Rentals
Swimming near the Cabins
Valcour Island
Towns & history
The Franklin County seat with its museum and its August fair, the Farmer Boy farm a few miles away, and 36 holes of Robert Trent Jones golf fifteen minutes from the cabins. The section →
Malone, New York
Malone's History and the House of History
The Almanzo Wilder Farm
Malone Golf Club
The Franklin County Fair
John Brown Farm
Six Nations Indian Museum
Akwesasne Cultural Center
The Town of Bellmont
Museums near the Cabins
Golf Courses near the Cabins
Food & farms
Maple sugarhouses, farm stands and farmers markets, the Champlain Valley orchards, and the breweries, wineries and distilleries within reach of the cabins. The section →
Day trips
Lake Placid's Olympic venues and Whiteface, Saranac Lake, The Wild Center in Tupper Lake, Santa's Workshop, Ausable Chasm, Plattsburgh and Montreal. The section →
Lake Placid and Whiteface Mountain
Lake Placid's Olympic Venues
Saranac Lake and Paul Smith's VIC
The Wild Center in Tupper Lake
Santa's Workshop at North Pole, New York
Ausable Chasm
Plattsburgh and Lake Champlain
Fall Color in the Northern Adirondacks
Montreal from the Cabins
High Falls Gorge
Massena and the Eisenhower Lock
Upper Canada Village
Parc Safari in Hemmingford
Scenic Flights over the Adirondacks
The Adirondack Experience
The Thousand Islands
Ogdensburg and the Remington Museum
Potsdam and Canton
Fort Lennox on Île aux Noix
Chazy and the Miner Museum
Ottawa from the Cabins
Build the days around a cabin
Everything here is a short drive from the cabins, and the hot tub is at the end of every one of them. Tell us what you want to do and we'll point you to the cabin that fits.
Photos on this page: View from the Summit of Whiteface Mountain by Traumallama, CC BY-SA 3.0; Saint Regis Fire Tower 2010 t6 by John Sweeney, CC BY-SA 3.0; Meacham Lake Franklin County New York by Mwanner, CC BY-SA 3.0; SaranacLakeIcePalace2020A by DanielPenfield, CC BY-SA 4.0; Azure Mountain Fire Tower by Mwanner, CC BY-SA 3.0; Fire Observation Tower on the summit of Loon Lake Mountain, Loon Lake, New York, Franklin County by Marc Wanner, CC BY-SA 3.0; Hiking trail in sunlit forest, Lyon Mountain, NY by Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0; SaranacLake by Mwanner at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0; St Regis Canoe Area by Marty Plante, CC BY-SA 4.0; Ruins of Horton Grist Mill, Malone, NY Front View by OneEagle, CC BY-SA 4.0; Malone NY by P199, CC BY-SA 3.0; Franklin County Fairgrounds Malone by Royalbroil, CC BY-SA 4.0; Wild Center 01 by Dclemens1971, CC BY 4.0; Santa's Workshop - North Pole NY by Mwanner, CC BY-SA 3.0; Montreal - QC - Skyline by Taxiarchos228, CC BY 3.0. Resized and cropped for this site. All photo credits