Located in the beautiful Adirondack Mountains in upstate New York, Lake George is a virtual tourist haven. With its white water rafting, water parks, fishing, boating, beaches and a Six Flags amusement park in nearby Queensbury, there's no shortage of fun. Golfers can enjoy the two championship courses in Lake George and a dozen more in the surrounding communities. There are a variety of hotels and lake houses to stay at on Lake George, but to get the real lake experience, consider a cottage.
Twin Birches Housekeeping Cottages & Motel
Located just north of downtown Lake George, the Twin Birches Housekeeping Cottages & Motel is Lake George's largest cottage and apartment resort. The resort has over three dozen cottages ranging from one to three bedrooms on 22 sprawling acres. Each cottage comes with cable television and free HBO, a porch or deck, a private bathroom and air-conditioning. A handful of units also feature kitchens but most of the cottages only come with microwaves. There are a variety of things to do, including a large game room, tennis courts, hot tubs, a mini golf course and swimming and fishing at the lake. For golfing, Top of the World Golf Resort is directly across the lake, a mere five miles from the cottages.
Twin Birches Housekeeping Cottages & Motel
3201 Lake Shore Drive
Lake George, NY 12845
(518) 668-2741
twinbirchescottages.com
Bayfront Cottages
You could throw a rock from Twin Birches to the Bayfront Cottages. The main difference between the two cottage rentals is that Bayfront is on the water, whereas Twin Birches is across the street from the water. Bayfront has 10 cottages with two or three bedrooms. Each cottage features a full kitchen, a living room and dining area. If you want wireless Internet, there's a porch up by the main office where you can pick up a signal from the building. All of cottages have either decks or porches and sunning areas and many of cottages have views of the lake from the windows. There's a sand beach and roped-off swimming area with a raft for splashing around, tons of lakefront seating and barbeque pits for grilling by the water. For the golfer, Top of the World is a five minute drive and Queensbury Country Club is within 10 minutes of Bayfront.
Bayfront Cottages
3226 Lake Shore Drive
Lake George, NY 12845
(518) 668-9579
bayfrontcottages.net
Whispering Pines Cottages
Whispering Pines Cottages is located in town at the south end of the lake and within walking distance of Lake George State Park. Top of the World Golf Course is less than five miles from the cottages and features 18-holes and over 6,000 yards. Whispering Pines has a number of small one-room log cottages along with a two- and three-bedroom cottages to choose from. All the cottages come with private bathrooms, wall-to-wall carpeting, cable television, barbeque grills, full kitchens and furnished porches. The grounds have a number of amenities including a hot tub in the trees, a large central fireplace, a play area and picnic grounds. The lake and the Lake George steamboat dock are also less than a block from Whispering Pines.
Whispering Pines Cottages
35 Dieskau St.
Lake George, NY 12845
(518) 668-3905
cottageslakegeorge.com
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