Own a Piece Of Lapland Lake

Lapland Lake is located in the southern tier of the Adirondack Park, the largest park in the continental United States - ideally situated for those seeking a vacation or retirement home. The lands within the park are carefully regulated by the Adirondack Park Agency to preserve the Park's history, beauty and abundant natural resources.

Ann and Olavi are currently offering 9 building lots here at Lapland Lake. These lots, and potentially two more, are the last that can and will be sold.

As a homeowner here you will have an amazing array of four-season recreational activities right out your front door.  Imagine skiing this winter on Lapland Lake's meticulously groomed cross country ski trails! The 38km trail system is groomed daily using a fleet of state-of-the-art grooming equipment including a 2010 Prinoth Husky snowcat. 12km of trails are marked and mapped for the exclusive use of snowshoers. Night skiing, tubing, ice-skating, kick-sledding and wilderness ski touring round out the slate of winter options. Enjoy lunch service at our Tuulen Tupa Grill. Saturdays feature live entertainment and wonderful dinner service. The winter season typically spans the end of November or early part of December through March and often into April.

As spring arrives so does the opportunity for fishing in Woods Lake and on-site streams.  Smallmouth bass, perch, pickerel, bullhead and lake trout populate Woods Lake with brook trout in the streams. Grant Lake, a stocked wilderness lake, is a lovely walk over state-owned land and offers additional fishing opportunities. Lapland Lake is only 9 miles from the Great Sacandaga Lake. This body of water holds the world record for pike!

Summer in the Adirondacks!  Swim, fish, canoe and kayak on Woods Lake, a virtually untouched 70-acre spring fed wilderness lake.  The waters are crystal clear and our sandy beach is the perfect place to soak up the sun's warmth.  Hike, mountain bike, enjoy the antics of the resident loon and beaver families, watch as kingfisher and the majestic blue heron swoop over the water - take it all in!  Brilliant star-filled nights will take your breath away! Imagine relaxing on your porch - the only noise the chirping of peepers or the hoot of an owl.  Heaven.

The Autumn season is amazing; fall colors are spectacular.  September begins with summer weather, and by the third week colors have begun to change. You can still enjoy swimming in Woods Lake until mid to late September. Throughout Autumn hiking, mountain biking, canoeing and kayaking remain wonderful activities. The nights grow crisp - stoke up your woodstove and settle in for a cozy evening in front of a roaring fire with a good book and an even better glass of wine.

All seasons offer an unparalleled degree of peace and privacy. A restrictive covenant protects the entire property including the  lake from motorized ATV's, snowmobiles, motorboats, jet skis and the like (excluding machines required for grooming trails). You can truly hear the sounds of nature without intrusive man-made noise.

And what an amazing location!  Lapland Lake is just over an hour from the Albany (1 hour and 15 minutes from the Albany International Airport), an hour from Saratoga Springs with its famous racetrack, extraordinary restaurants, shopping, spas and extensive cultural offerings. The Adirondack Museum is also just over an hour's drive in Blue Mountain Lake, and the High Peaks Region just over two hours north. Only four hours to the south is New York City; four hours to the north Montreal; four hours to the east Boston. Cooperstown is 1-1/2 hours and the Finger Lakes region is a 3-1/2 hour drive.

The Lapland Lake Homeowners Association is comprised of a wonderful group of people who share a love of nature and the outdoors. Currently 11 families have homes here with two other families planning to build at some point in the future (there is no required time frame for construction after you have purchased a building lot). Active folks, they come from a wide variety of backgrounds and careers. Thus far, Ann and Olavi are the only year round residents here. All others are second homes...for now. But we expect and hope that a few of our neighbors will take up year round residence before too long!  Won't you join us?

Offerings such as this are extremely rare and are a wise investment.
Several of the existing homes at Lapland Lake are pictured here. 
Imagine yourself in your private, cozy four-season cottage or custom dream home....

Building lots range in size from under an acre to an acre-and-a-half and are approved by the Adirondack Park Agency for single-family dwellings with up to four bedrooms. All have been approved for private septic systems and individual wells. Property owners have deeded rights to the Association Lot and beach front at Woods Lake. The Homeowners Association owns a second lakefront lot where members may store their rowboats, canoes and/or kayaks. A dock is located here as well. Free use of the cross country ski trail system is included for the original purchasers of each parcel. (If a parcel is re-sold, successive owners would be required to pay for a Season Pass membership at the prevailing rates.) Lot prices begin at $85,000.

Homes are built of log or other natural wood siding and painted or stained in earth-tone colors. To protect everyone's privacy, they are set-back from property borders and only clear-cutting as necessary for dwelling construction is permitted. Rental of homes is not allowed as we have developed and wish to maintain a close-knit permanent community here. Homeowners share in the maintenance and snow plowing of common roadways.

The Lapland Lake Homeowners Association is incorporated and abides by a set of bylaws; members pay annual dues. We will be pleased to forward a copy of the bylaws for your review after you have had an opportunity to discuss details of the properties with us.

We are so very pleased with this wonderful community of neighbors and look forward to a limited expansion of this special group. If you are interested in becoming one of the fortunate few who own property here, please contact us, and we will be happy to answer any questions you may have. We welcome the opportunity to speak with you further.

Very truly yours,
Ann and Olavi
518-863-4974
vacation@laplandlake.com

About the Adirondack Park

• Larger than Yellowstone, the Everglades, Glacier and Grand Canyon National Park combined
• The largest park in the nation outside of Alaska
• Comprised of 6 million acres (9,375 square miles - the size of Vermont) nearly half of which is protected by state constitution to remain "forever wild" forest preserve
• Contains 85% of all wilderness in the eastern United States
• Contains 3,000 ponds and lakes and 30,000 miles of rivers and streams
• Contains the largest trail system in the nation with 2,000 miles of hiking trails
• Hamilton County (where Lapland Lake Nordic Vacation Center is situated) is the 3rd largest county in the state but has not one stoplight!