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Saranac Lake village

Autumn Guide ↗ put the peak at Whiteface Veterans Memorial Highway around October 6. That day has gone, so the newest pictures below are the truer guide to what is left on the trees.

Photographs of Saranac Lake village and the country around it, newest first. Each is shown with the day it was taken.

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A tall aspen whose crown is mostly yellow and gold with some twigs already bare, against a deep blue sky. — Aspen crown going gold, Saranac Lake
Photograph · October 4, 2026
Photograph by Avery Cunningham · iNaturalist ↗ · CC BY-NC 4.0 ↗
Saranac Lake, New York
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Ash trees half bare and gold along a lakeside lawn, with orange hills and houses across the water. — Lakeside park in Saranac Lake
Photograph · October 4, 2026
Photograph by Julianna Skill · iNaturalist ↗ · CC BY-NC 4.0 ↗
Saranac Lake, New York
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A winding river and road cross a valley of sharply readable red, orange, gold and green crowns. — Ausable River valley near Lake Placid
Photograph · October 1, 2026
Photograph by danny wild · Flickr ↗ · All Rights Reserved ↗
Ausable River near Lake Placid, New York
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The lake runs between its wooded islands toward the High Peaks, the shore hardwoods orange and red under a low grey sky, with a boat's wake crossing the water. — Lake Placid from the air
Photograph · October 1, 2026
Photograph by danny wild · Flickr ↗ · All Rights Reserved
Lake Placid (the lake), New York
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A steep slope of orange, yellow, red and green crowns rises behind a village house and water. — Saranac Lake wooded hillside
Photograph · October 1, 2026
Photograph by danny wild · Flickr ↗ · All Rights Reserved ↗
Saranac Lake village area, New York
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Spruce in the foreground gives way to valleys and lower slopes just starting to show red and rust among the green, under a clear sky. — High Peaks from Mount Adams fire tower
Photograph · September 30, 2026
Photograph by NCPR · Flickr ↗ · All Rights Reserved
Mount Adams fire tower, High Peaks, New York
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Wooded hills curve around Lake Placid in evening shade; the nearest crowns retain muted rust and green. — Lake Placid from Whiteface
Photograph · September 30, 2026
Photograph by danny wild · Flickr ↗ · All Rights Reserved ↗
Lake Placid view from Whiteface, New York
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A wide stony river bends toward a rounded peak, its banks lined with maples in full orange and red beside green and yellow trees. — Ausable River below a wooded peak
Photograph · September 30, 2026
Photograph by danny wild · Flickr ↗ · All Rights Reserved
Ausable River near Lake Placid, New York
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The river drops through a rock gorge under metal walkways, with yellow and orange hardwoods leaning over the rim among green conifers. — High Falls Gorge waterfall and walkways
Photograph · September 30, 2026
Photograph by danny wild · Flickr ↗ · All Rights Reserved
High Falls Gorge, Wilmington, New York
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Red and orange crowns border a wetland with green conifers and pale trunks. The open marsh and wooded hills give a broad Adirondack view. The original white border remains visible. — Autumn wetlands near Floodwood
Photograph · September 29, 2026
Photograph by danny wild · Flickr ↗ · All Rights Reserved
Floodwood and Santa Clara area, Adirondacks, New York
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Bright red and yellow crowns stand among darker conifers along the Adirondack shoreline, reflected in the water below. — Autumn near Tupper Lake
Photograph · September 29, 2026
Photograph by Danny Wild · Flickr ↗ · All Rights Reserved
Tupper Lake area, Adirondacks, New York
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Maples turning red, orange and wine frame a misty valley and a blue ridge beyond, with green spruce in between. — Saranac Lake morning, maples turning
Photograph · September 21, 2026
Photograph by NCPR · Flickr ↗ · All Rights Reserved
Saranac Lake, New York, looking toward the High Peaks
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Earlier autumns

Taken between late September and early November in earlier years, these show how the season runs here.

2025

Ski tracks cross a snowy golf course below bare grey hardwood slopes and snow-dusted ridges, with a few golden tamaracks left in the spruce line. — Lake Placid Club under first snow
Photograph · November 1, 2025
Photograph by NCPR · Flickr ↗ · All Rights Reserved
Lake Placid Club golf course, Lake Placid, New York
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Two hikers cross the drained flats at Marcy Dam below Colden, the hillside behind mostly bare grey with the last yellow birches among spruce. — Marcy Dam in late autumn
Photograph · October 16, 2025
Photograph by NCPR · Flickr ↗ · All Rights Reserved
Marcy Dam, High Peaks, New York
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Red and orange maples and yellow birches stand among tall pines on the far shore, mirrored in the pond under a blue sky. — Moody Pond in early October
Photograph · October 8, 2025
Photograph by Miche & Jon Rousell · Flickr ↗ · All Rights Reserved
Moody Pond, Saranac Lake, New York
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A yellow and orange maple leans over the road above Cascade Lake, with the steep notch wall behind mixing gold hardwoods and dark spruce. — Cascade Lake below the notch wall
Photograph · October 8, 2025
Photograph by Miche & Jon Rousell · Flickr ↗ · All Rights Reserved
Cascade Lake, near Lake Placid, New York
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The village and Lake Flower sit in a sea of orange, gold and red hardwoods with dark pines, the lakes and High Peaks behind. — Saranac Lake village from Baker Mountain
Photograph · October 8, 2025
Photograph by Miche & Jon Rousell · Flickr ↗ · All Rights Reserved
Baker Mountain view over Saranac Lake village, New York
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From the bare summit rock, Middle Saranac Lake and its islands lie in a wide forest of rust, red and dark green toward far ridges. — Middle Saranac Lake from Ampersand
Photograph · October 7, 2025
Photograph by Miche & Jon Rousell · Flickr ↗ · All Rights Reserved
Ampersand Mountain, near Saranac Lake, New York
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A yellow tree and an orange maple stand among spruce and grey snags at a pond's edge, doubled in the dark water. — Pond edge with maple and birch
Photograph · October 6, 2025
Photograph by fstopsteve1 · Flickr ↗ · All Rights Reserved
Lake Placid area, Adirondacks, New York
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Heart Lake sits in a bowl of red, yellow and green forest with the High Peaks behind under early light. — Heart Lake and the High Peaks
Photograph · October 4, 2025
Photograph by fstopsteve1 · Flickr ↗ · All Rights Reserved
Heart Lake below Algonquin, near Lake Placid, New York
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Late sun lights a long hillside of orange, gold and green hardwoods, with smaller peaks beyond and pines in the foreground. — Adirondack valley in full colour
Photograph · October 3, 2025
Photograph by fstopsteve1 · Flickr ↗ · All Rights Reserved
Lake Placid area, Adirondacks, New York
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A red maple hangs over the lake from the left, with dark conifer shores and a few turning trees across the water. — Lake Placid from Whiteface Landing
Photograph · September 29, 2025
Photograph by NCPR · Flickr ↗ · All Rights Reserved
Whiteface Landing, Lake Placid, New York
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Whiteface rises behind a forested ridge while the hardwoods in front have turned rust and gold among dark spruce. — Whiteface above the West Branch valley
Photograph · September 25, 2025
Photograph by NCPR · Flickr ↗ · All Rights Reserved
Whiteface from the West Branch Ausable River, New York
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A shoreline of yellow and orange hardwoods with dark spruce is mirrored exactly in calm water under a pale sky. — Newcomb lakeshore doubled in still water
Photograph · September 24, 2025
Photograph by NCPR · Flickr ↗ · All Rights Reserved
Newcomb, New York
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2007

A rocky islet with a birch, a spruce and crimson shrubs sits in mirror-still water before a misty hillside of red, orange and gold hardwoods. — Lower Saranac Lake island in mist
Photograph · October 18, 2007
Photograph by en:User:Mwanner · Wikimedia Commons ↗ · CC BY-SA 3.0
Lower Saranac Lake
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About these views

Compare the photographs around this area and their dates; their captions identify the setting and any location uncertainty.