Six-mile lake ringed by classic summer camps. Quiet neighbor to Schroon and Lake George.
Brant Lake is a small lake — six miles long — fifteen minutes north of Lake George, and it has had an outsize role in American summer-camp history for over a century. Brant Lake Camp for Boys, founded in 1916, is one of the oldest continuously operating private summer camps in the Northeast. Point O'Pines for Girls, on the same lake, was founded in 1957 and is similarly long-running. Several other camps ring the lake — Mistletoe Lake Lodge, Camp Pine Forest, the Brant Lake Sailing Club — and the eight-week summer rhythm of bunk reunions, color war, and Friday-night campfires has shaped the region's character more than any other single industry.
The permanent population is small. Outside camp season, Brant Lake is a quiet residential lake with a single small commercial cluster on Route 8 — the Brant Lake Inn, the Daby store, the public beach. The shoreline is mostly camp property, second homes, and undeveloped state land. There is no resort. The visitor economy is largely parents at drop-off and pick-up, plus a small but loyal contingent of camp alumni who time their Adirondack trips to overlap with the camps' summer schedules.
If Schroon Lake is the antidote to Lake George's scale, Brant Lake is the antidote to Schroon Lake's scale. It is a place to know that you know about, and a place where the camps run in unbroken multi-generation tradition.
Brant Lake
open
Pre-season
camps open late June
Brant Lake itself
Six miles long · camp-and-second-home shoreline
Brant Lake Camp for Boys
The Northeast's oldest, founded 1916
Point O'Pines for Girls
Founded 1957 · still on the lake
The Brant Lake Inn
Lake-side lodging on Route 8
Hayes Mountain
Quiet east-shore summit, easy hike
34 directory entries across 5 chapters · 34 pinned on the map · 4 Field Guides cover this region
Lakefront lodge on Route 8 in Chestertown.
1837 farmhouse B&B minutes from Schroon Lake — also a separate three-bedroom cabin rental on 100 wooded acres.
Six no-frills cottages on the water, owned by the same family since 1946
Every published proprietor in the region, plotted on the map and filterable below.
The Adirondack General Store is a historic general mercantile established in 1855 on Schroon Lake. It features a cafe serving breakfast and lunch, a full deli and grocery, and a selection of Adirondack souvenirs, home goods, local crafts,…
Adirondack Pines offers lodging in an 1837 country farmhouse B&B and a renovated 3-bedroom vacation rental house, located minutes from Schroon Lake and area attractions.
Adirondack Rustics Gallery designs and creates custom rustic furniture and interior solutions, with a focus on experience, style, and bringing client visions to life.
Amy's Park is a 500-acre preserve in Bolton featuring over 6 miles of trails winding around beaver ponds and leading to scenic views. Trails range from easy to challenging, with mostly flat terrain and gentle climbs, suitable for hiking, b…
Black Bear Restaurant & Bar is an American eatery in Pottersville, NY, offering comfort food, sandwiches, and breakfast. Known for its welcoming atmosphere, quick service, and popular dishes like meatloaf and gravy fries.
A cabin resort on State Highway 8 in Johnsburg, between Brant Lake and Garnet Lake in the southern Adirondacks. Year-round.
A boys' sleepaway camp on Brant Lake since 1916, taking ages 7 to 15 in three age-grouped mini-camps. Sports-focused, family-owned, with full waterfront.
Brant Lake Dance Camp is now Brant Lake Sports Academy, one of the premier all-girls sports camps in the USA! Brant Lake Sports Academy for Girls is located at Brant Lake Camp in the Adirondacks of upstate New York.
The single marina on Brant Lake, on Palisades Road, doing boat sales, pontoon and fishing-boat rentals, seasonal and transient slips, dry storage, on-site fueling, and power sports service. Retail store and cafe on site.
Avada Dance Studio is a professional prebuilt WordPress website. Feature your class schedules, instructor bios, vibrant galleries, and easy online booking.
Please call 518-494-5800 for reservations, or to check for takeout and walk in availability.
At the Crazy Loon Distillery, we produce high quality Adirondack inspired craft spirits that reflect the innovative nature and peaceful mindset of the North Country of New York. We offer a lineup of flavorful craft spirits inspired by the…
Godwin Preserve in the Town of Bolton offers two hiking trails totaling 112 acres, with moderate difficulty. The Yellow Trail provides views of Amy's Park wetlands and High Nopit, while the Red Trail connects to Pole Hill Pond Preserve.
Family-run seasonal campground in Brant Lake on 75 acres of woodland, built around a 6-acre spring-fed pond with a sandy swimming beach. Founded 1967. Fishing yes; boats no.
Hillcrest Cottages, Brant Lake, New York, Cottages in the Adirondacks, Warren County
A fine-dining room and private event venue on a 25-acre peninsula on Brant Lake, off Route 8. Weekly-changing menu, an award-winning wine list, and wedding bookings for the full property.
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Park Mountain Campground is a family-owned RV and tent campground with 15 spacious sites in the Adirondack Mountains, less than a mile from Schroon Lake and near the Pharaoh Lake Wilderness area.
A Christian Camp, located on Brant Lake, NY, founded in 1946
Point O'Pines is a girls' sleepaway camp in the Adirondack Mountains on Brant Lake, offering a summer experience focused on friendship, confidence, skill-building, and fun.
Riverside Pines offers cabins, tents, and RV sites along the Schroon River in Chestertown, NY. Enjoy seasonal RV sites, an open-air taproom, and proximity to Adirondack attractions.
Mountainside Bible Chapel, Welcome Here
STEM Ranch is a proposed expansion of Curtis S. Read Scout Reservation in the Adirondacks, focusing on skilled trades, STEM, maker arts, and equestrian studies to meet growing youth interest.
Stone Bridge Ice Cream is a seasonal stand located 2.5 miles from the Natural Stone Bridge & Caves, offering over 40 flavors of soft serve, custom ice cream cakes, and signature sundaes. It features outdoor seating and a kids' swing set.
The Hub is a cafe, restaurant, lounge, bar, and bike repair shop located in Brant Lake, also serving the Lake George, Loon Lake, Friends Lake, and Schroon Lake areas.
A combined bike shop and casual restaurant on Market Street in Brant Lake, with year-round bike service and a seasonal restaurant, bar, lounge, and music programming.
A small lodge on Route 8 in Chestertown, on Loon Lake in the southern Adirondacks, with cabin-style accommodations and lake access. Year-round.
The Brant Lake Museum is housed in an 1890s farmhouse, featuring period furniture, clothing, tools, and photographs from the 19th and 20th centuries. It also includes a Carriage House with military and local hotel exhibits.
Wakonda Family Campground is a cooperative established in 1990, offering 132 campsites and 16 cottages on 82 acres. It features frontage on both private Lake Wakonda and the Schroon River.
Family-owned Christmas tree farm in Brant Lake offering cut-your-own trees in season, then pre-cut sales from their shop at 11 Landfill Rd after the cut-your-own period ends.
A faith-based camp network running summer and winter camps for youth and families in New York, Florida, and California, with biblical teaching and traditional camp activities since 1947.
Word of Life Pines offers a variety of summer camps and family retreats in New York, alongside other camp locations in Florida and California.
The Ranch at Word of Life offers a Christian summer camp experience for elementary students in Pottersville, New York, featuring activities like archery, water sports, and rodeo, alongside biblical messages and community building.
A trip designed for the whole family — toddlers to teens — that everyone will actually enjoy. Family resorts, beaches, easy hikes, rainy-day saves, and a sortable atlas of every kid-friendly thing in the Park.
Every swimmable body of water in the Park — public beaches, state campground beaches, swimming holes, waterfalls, and the small ponds nobody writes about. From Million Dollar Beach to Moffitt.
Brook trout streams that have been here since the glaciers, lake trout in two hundred feet of cold water, smallmouth on every shoreline — and a sortable atlas of every major water in the Park.
