Calendar of Area Events 2011

Date	Event	Details	Location
Apr 15	Fish Creek Opens!	Opening weekend... be there or be square!	Fish Creek Pond
May 23	Victoria Day (Canada)
May 30	Memorial Day
May 27	Adirondack Museum	Opens for the Season. For more info visit adkmuseum.org.	Blue Mountain Lake (43 miles/57 min) directions
Jun 9-12	Spring TearUp the ADKs	The 7th annual Spring TearUp will once again be held at Fish Creek. Join over 100 other campers in this fun event held June 9-12th! Visit tearuptheadk.com for more info.	Fish Creek Pond
May 25	Tupper Lake Tinman Triathlon	1200 triathletes from throughout the Country come to Tupper Lake to race in this half "Ironman" event. For more information contact the Tupper Lake Chamber of Commerce at 518-359-3328, email micheletuptri@verizon.net. For more info visit tupperlakeinfo.com/tinman/.	Tupper Lake (11 miles/15 min) directions
Jun 12	Lake Placid Marathon	4 Person Marathon Relay and Optional Half Marathon held in Lake Placid. For more info visit lakeplacidmarathon.com.	Lake Placid (25 miles/38 min) directions
Jun 17	Whiteface Mountain Annual Uphill Foot and Bike Race	Whether youre the type that likes to pound the pavement, exerting every muscle of your body, or the type that enjoys the thrill of pumping your strength with every rotation of your tires, the Whiteface Mountain Uphill Races are for you. The course allows you to climb 3,500 feet up the scenic Whiteface Mountain Veterans Memorial Highway to the top of New Yorks 5th highest peak for a 360 degree panoramic view of the Adirondacks, New England and Canada. For more information visit whitefacerace.com or call Toll Free (888)944-8332.	Whiteface Mountain (39 miles/59 min) directions
Jun 28-	Lake Placid Horse Shows	The Lake Placid and I Love New York Horse Shows, will be held June 28-July 3 and July 5-10, 8:00 am - 5:00 pm at the North Elba Showgrounds in Lake Placid, NY. Watch some of the worlds greatest show jumper riders compete on our beautiful grass field! For more information vist lakeplacidhorseshow.com.	Lake Placid (25 miles/38 min) directions
Jul 1	First day of the ice cream truck?	Likely the first day the famous ice cream truck begins to make its nightly rounds of the campground between 5pm and 10pm.	Fish Creek Pond
Jul 4	Tupper Lake 4th of July Fireworks	Join the Tupper Lake community at dusk in celebrating our nations birthday celebration over one of the areas premier spots. Overlooking Raquette Pond lays our towns municipal park that boosts the largest viewing spot of open water with majestic sunsets within the Adirondack Park. Bring a lawn chair and join us for the festivities that will light up the night sky.contact the Chamber for more details at 518-359-3328. Time: 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM	Tupper Lake (11 miles/15 min) directions
Jul 4	Upper Saranac 4th of July Fireworks	Enjoy fireworks only 5 minutes north of the campground! Fireworks are launch from the north end of Upper Saranac (near Tommys rock) beginning at 9:30pm. The fireworks are best viewed from the boat launch at the north end of Upper Saranac. The Upper Saranac fireworks are a closer option for campers who dont want to drive all the way into Tupper Lake to enjoy fireworks. The launch is less than a 5 minute drive north of the campground. Turn right at the road to Saranac Inn.	Upper Saranac Lake State Boat Launch (4 miles/5 min) directions
Jul 4	Upper Saranac Boat Parade	Features a variety of the great antique wood boats as they parade the length of the lake. The parade starts at 10am at camp Sekon on the western shore of Upper Saranac. Boats head up past Chapel Island up to the boat launch at the far north west shore at the top of the lake. Its 1 1/2 hours long. If you want to watch it from your canoe, or kayaks, you could paddle under Route 30, up the channel into Fish Creek Bay on Upper Saranac, and view the parade as they pass The Point (Whitney Point) just up where the Fish Creek opens up into the main body of the lake. Alternatively you could paddle Follensby Clear Pond up into Green Pond and portage across to the finish area at the north end of Upper Saranac. By car you might just as well drive to the boat launch area at the north end of the lake (5 minutes north of Fish Creek) and view the parade as the boats arrive up at the north end.	Upper Saranac Lake State Boat Launch (4 miles/5 min) directions
Jul 9-10	Woodsmens Days	In the heart of the Adirondack Mountains of upstate New York, Tupper Lakes exciting, annual event attracts thousands of spectators and hundreds of competitors for a weekend of parades, logging demonstrations, thrilling competition, and fun. Horse pulling, chainsaw carving, axe throwing, skidder and loader driving, and team greased pole-climbing make up some of the great events. For more information contact the Tupper Lake Woodsmens Association, P.O. Box 759, Tupper Lake, NY 12986, phone 518-359-9444, email cmccandlish@adelphia.net For more info visit woodsmendays.com.	Tupper Lake (11 miles/15 min) directions
Jul 9	Fourth Annual Runabout Rendezvous	The Spencer Boatworks Runabout Rendezvous is an exhibition of wooden boats on Lake Flower, in Saranac Lake. Just a few of the boats attending: original Adirondack Guideboats, the 1929 Richardson Hannah IV, the Century Resorter Trixie, Serenity, a 1935 GarWood 16 Runabout, the Spencer V-drive, Torpedo and more! For more info visit antiqueandclassicboats.com.	Saranac Lake (16 miles/23 min) directions
Jul 26	Ford Ironman USA/Lake Placid	On Sunday, July 24, 2011, competitors from around the world will arrive in Lake Placid to compete in one of only 4 official Ironman Triathlons to be held in the continental U.S. For more info visit ironmanlakeplacid.com.	Lake Placid (25 miles/38 min) directions

Related Topics: