What you’re stepping into .
Classic Adirondack motel on Oxbow Lake.
Route 8 between Lake Pleasant and Piseco, on the south shore of Oxbow Lake. Oxbow is the calm-water neighbor to the bigger Speculator-region lakes, which is the read on the property: the water stays quiet, the dock is short, and the use case is family-paddling rather than wakeboarding.
Rooms run as a classic Adirondack roadside motel with free Wi-Fi, refrigerator, LCD TV, and air conditioning. Rates sit in the affordable range for the corridor. The motel runs three seasons (spring, summer, fall) rather than year-round, which is honest for an Oxbow Lake property.
The complimentary fleet is the value. Guests get kayaks, canoes, a paddleboard, and a pedalboat at no extra fee, which removes the marina rental cost from the budget. For visitors who want a motor, the rental side adds rowboats, outboard motorboats, and electric motorboats. The property suits family reunions, week-long stays, and overnight road-trippers crossing Route 8. A bar and restaurant sit next door for dinner. Sunsets over the lake are the late-day call.
Best for families and couples who want a quiet southern Adirondack lake without paying Lake George or Lake Placid rates.
The setting .
Piseco · Speculator.
The hamlets around you.
Oxbow Inn
Lake Pleasant's pizza-and-pints refuge with fire pits overlooking the water
0.1 mi awayLemon Tree Brewery
Lakeside taproom pouring Sasquatch Hazy and other house brews year-round
7.8 mi awayThe PERKS of Speculator
Speculator coffee shop and bakery — specialty espresso, fresh-baked bagels, breads, and pastries.
7.8 mi awayFiretower Pizza
Speculator pizzeria with hand-tossed pies named after High Peaks — plus a retro jukebox and arcade.
7.9 mi away
Within a short drive .
- § Peak · 0.5 mi
Oxbow Mountain
- § Peak · 1.3 mi
Poplar Mountain
- § Lake · 0.6 mi
Oxbow Lake
- § Lake · 1.2 mi
Buckhorn Lake
- § Listing · 5.6 mi
Camp Fowler
Presbyterian youth camp on Sacandaga Lake with sailing and vespers
- § Listing · 7.7 mi
Speculator Historical Museum
Speculator's first town hall, now the local history museum.
The essentials .
- § Nearest villagePiseco
- § Nearest grocerynone nearby
- § Nearest gasnone nearby
- § Nearest hospitalnone nearby
What’s closest .
- Oxbow Mountain0.5 mi away
- Poplar Mountain1.3 mi away
- Buckhorn Mountain1.6 mi away
- Oxbow Lake0.6 mi away
- Buckhorn Lake1.2 mi away
- Airdwood Lake2.0 mi away
If this isn’t quite right .
The Inn on Piseco Lake
Adirondack lakeside retreat since 1892 — 600 acres on Piseco Lake
2.0 miWilbur's Cottages
Two housekeeping cottages on Sacandaga Lake.
4.4 miWatersEdge Cottages
Renovated lakeside cabins with sandy beach on Lake Pleasant
5.3 miMoffit Beach Campground
247-site DEC campground on Sacandaga Lake.
5.8 miMoffitt Beach State Campground
A family-friendly retreat beneath towering pines on the shores of Sacandaga Lake.
6.2 miRed Pines Bed & Breakfast
A lake-view house where the beach is your front yard
6.4 mi
