Schroon Lake, New York

About Schroon Lake

Schroon Lake, NY is a small unincorporated community located in northeastern New York.

Schroon Lake holds the status of a census-designated place — a real, named community that residents call home, governed at the county level. The community covers 2.89 square miles.

📰 Schroon Lake News Today

• This is Our Home: Schroon Lake WPTZ · Jun 16
• Schroon Lake Association funds study to investigate flooding and water flow challenges Adirondack Explorer · Jul 13
• Schroon Lake gears up for historic July 4th Sun Community News · Jun 5
• North Country at Work: How carpentry and community kept this young worker in Schroon Lake | NCPR News NCPR: North Country Public Radio · Dec 31
• Schroon Lake business closes until further notice after major fire NEWS10 ABC · Nov 29

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

What Makes Schroon Lake Unique

• The only place in America named Schroon Lake — a truly one-of-a-kind name among 32,000+ US communities.
• An unincorporated community — no city hall of its own, which often means lower local taxes and county-managed services.
• Positioned in northeastern New York, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.

Why People Love It Here

• Small-town pace of life: less traffic, more community, and neighbors who wave.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 15 miles.

🍽️ Where to Eat in Schroon Lake

• 9 Mile Coffee Co — coffee shop (café)
• Cupola Crepes — crepe (café)
• DeCesare's Pizzeria — pizza
• Flanagan's Bar & Grill
• Alpine Pizza — pizza
• Pitkin's Restaurant
• Vita lago

Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Schroon Lake

• Frontier Town Campground, Equestrian and Day Use Area reviews ★
• Gooseneck Pond Primitive Area · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Hoffman Notch Primitive Area · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Hoffman Notch Wilderness · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Pharaoh Lake Wilderness · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Vanderwhacker Mountain Wild Forest · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Bandstand Park reviews ★
• Schroon Community Garden · Garden reviews ★
• Town of North Hudson · Nature reserve reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

🏫 Schools in Schroon Lake

• SCHROON LAKE CENTRAL SCHOOL

Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.

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🗺️ Map of Schroon Lake

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