Long Lake is a town in Hamilton County

Hamilton County, New York

Hamilton County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. It is named after Alexander Hamilton, the only member of the New York State delegation who signed the United States Constitution in 1787 and later the first United States Secretary of the Treasury. Its county seat is Lake Pleasant...

, New York

New York

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 in the United States

United States

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. The population was 852 at the 2000 census. The town is named for 14 miles (22.5 km) long Long Lake

Long Lake (New York)

Long Lake is a lake in the town of Long Lake in Hamilton County, New York in the United States; the average width is half a mile. It is part of the Raquette River, which flows in a straight, northeast-trending valley. NY 30 crosses at a narrows from the south end where the hamlet of Long Lake is...

 beside which it sits. The town is entirely within the Adirondack Park and is the most northerly town in the county. It is a summer tourism destination offering fishing

Fishing

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, hiking

Hiking

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, boating

Boating

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, and many other outdoor activities. In the winter months, snowmobiling

Snowmobile

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 is also popular.
Long Lake is also the home of the historic Adirondack Hotel

Adirondack Hotel

Adirondack Hotel is a hotel in Long Lake, New York, located on New York State Route 30. It was built in the 1850s but it burnt down, and was rebuilt in 1900.The hotel has two verandas with a view of 14 miles of Long Lake.-Dining:...

 and Helms Aero Service, floatplane

Floatplane

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 service.
The town was first settled around 1833.

The Town of Long Lake was formed in 1837 from sections of the Towns of Arietta

Arietta, New York

Arietta is a town in Hamilton County, New York, United States. The population was 293 at the 2000 census. The town was named after the mother of one of the first settlers, Rensselaer Van Rennslaer...

, Morehouse

Morehouse, New York

Morehouse is a town in Hamilton County, New York, United States. The population was 151 at the 2000 census. The name is that of an early settler, Andrew Morehouse....

, Lake Pleasant

Lake Pleasant, New York

Lake Pleasant is a town in Hamilton County, New York, United States. The population was 876 at the 2000 census. It contains the county seat of Hamilton County, which is also called Lake Pleasant....

, and Wells

Wells, New York

Wells is a town in Hamilton County, New York, United States. The population was 737 at the 2000 census. The town is named after Joshua Wells, a land agent, who built the first mills in the area....

.