Village of Lake Placid topographic map
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Village of Lake Placid
Lake Placid is well known among winter-sports enthusiasts for its skiing, both Alpine and Nordic. Whiteface Mountain (4,867 ft or 1,483 m), in nearby Wilmington about 13 miles (21 km) from Lake Placid, offers skiing, hiking, gondola rides, and mountain biking, and is the only one of the High Peaks that can be reached by an auto road. Whiteface Mountain has a vertical elevation of 3,430 feet (1,050 m), the highest vertical elevation of mountains in Eastern North America. The area has one of only 16 bobsled runs in the Western Hemisphere.
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Name: Village of Lake Placid topographic map, elevation, terrain.
Average elevation: 1,831 ft
Minimum elevation: 1,663 ft
Maximum elevation: 2,300 ft
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