Blue Mountain Lake (New York)

Blue Mountain Lake (New York)

Infobox lake
lake_name = Blue Mountain Lake
image_lake = Prospect House, Blue Mountain Lake - 1889 - Stoddard.jpg
caption_lake = Prospect House, 1889 (S R Stoddard)
image_bathymetry =
caption_bathymetry =
location = Adirondacks, Northern New York
coords = coord|43|51|09|N|074|28|16|W|type:waterbody_region:US-NY|display=inline,title
type =
inflow =
outflow =
catchment =
basin_countries = United States
length = convert|2.5|mi|km|abbr=on
width = convert|1.25|mi|km|abbr=on
area = convert|1280|acre|abbr=on
depth =
max-depth =
volume =
residence_time =
shore = convert|8.5|mi|km|abbr=on
elevation = convert|1790|ft|m|abbr=on
islands = 10
cities = Blue Mountain Lake (hamlet)

Blue Mountain Lake is a convert|1280|acre|ha|sing=on lake in Hamilton County in the central Adirondacks; Blue Mountain Lake is the eastern end of the Eckford chain of lakes. The hamlet of Blue Mountain Lake lies on its southeastern shore and the Adirondack Museum looks down from high above its eastern shore. It has a popular vacation destination since the mid 1800s.

History

The Blue Mountain Lake Hotel was built in 1874. Soon after, an earlier resident enlarged his log cabin on a spur of Blue Mountain overlooking the lake into the Blue Mountain house; the Log Hotel is presently on the grounds of the Adirondack Museum. Then, in 1881, Frederick C. Durant, cousin of William West Durant, built the Prospect House, the most luxurious hotel then existing in the Adirondacks; it was the first hotel in the world to have electric light in every room. [Donaldson, Alfred L. "History of the Adirondacks", New York: The Century Co., 1921, p. 103]

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