Local Area Attractions Near Lake George / Saratoga KOA Journey

Lake George/Saratoga KOA is a great base camp for many Lake George and Saratoga attractions. Enjoy a paddle wheeler, or a scenic dinner cruise on the lake. Try white water rafting, tubing, zip lining, kayaking, canoeing, etc. on nearby rivers and lakes. Try hiking Prospect Mt., or Hadley Hill, which has a fire tower. Spend a day at the Six Flags Great Escape, or at the many factory outlets. Bring the kids to the Painted Pony Rodeo. Try your luck at the casino and racetracks in Saratoga. Walk or drive over one of the few remaining parabolic bridges in the US. See the narrowest part of the Hudson River while driving over the peace bridge. Drive and enjoy the scenery around Lake George and the Great Sacandaga Lake. Horseback riding and golf are also nearby. When you are all tuckered out from enjoying the area attractions, relax around a campfire under our 200ft pine trees. Oh, remember to bring your hammocks too!

Great Escape/Splashwater Kingdom,  Queensbury

Great Escape/Splashwater Kingdom, Queensbury

More than 125 rides, shows and attractions at Great Escape/Splashwater Kingdom

Lake George Cruises ,  Lake George

Lake George Cruises , Lake George

Lake George Shoreline Cruises. Lake George Steamboat Company, Lake George
3 different ships for cruises from 1hr to 4 1/2 hrs. Moonlight cruises as well as lunch and dinner cruises - We have coupons for some of the cruises.

Haunted Houses

Haunted Houses

Haunted Castle Lake George
Dr. Morbid's Haunted House, Lake George
House of Frankenstein, Lake George

Rodeo,  Lake Luzerne

Rodeo, Lake Luzerne

Professional Rodeo held twice a week. We sell discounted tickets. Seats are covered and rodeo goes on rain or shine. Great family fun.

Painted Pony Rodeo

Painted Pony Rodeo

We will be offering discount tickets to the Painted Pony Rodeo  It is every  Wed,Fri. and Sat. nights July 3-Labor Day  Also NEW this year  the Painted Pony Rodeo is going to have a matinee on Thursdays. Thi s is great for our campers with young children who may not want to have the children up till 11 pm on weekends. For more information, see the Painted Pony Championship Rodeo website.

Museums

Museums

Chapman Historical museum, Glens Falls
Frances Kinnear Museum, Lake Luzerne
Hyde Collection Art Museum, Glens Falls
Lake George Historical Association Museum, Lake George

Shopping

Shopping

There are outlet malls and more nearby.The outlets feature Yankee Candle, Old Navy,Lands End, Vera Bradley,UnderArmor,
La ne Bryant etc.New outlets such as the Book Warehouse  will be coming this summer.Please see our activities page for details

Whitewater Rafting

Whitewater Rafting

Four different companies run the river Lake Luzerne

Saratoga Racino

Saratoga Racino

1300 VLT's at Saratoga Raceway

Natural Stone Bridge and Caves

Natural Stone Bridge and Caves

Caves, gorge, waterfall, potholes

Fort William Henry

Fort William Henry

This convention center and resort is located nearby.

Prospect Mountain

Prospect Mountain

Prospect Mountain in lake George offers a great view. You have choice of hiking all the way up or driving up almost to the top and taking a tram to the top..It is advertised s the 100 mile view. You can see the lake, Lake George Village, the boats  crusing the lake, an d the mountains of Vermont in the distance.

Saratoga RACINO

Saratoga RACINO

1300 VLTs new at Saratoga Raceway

Lake George Cruises

Lake George Cruises

There are 3 major cruises on lake George by the Lake George Steamboat company.The most popular one is the  one hour cruise on the Minnie-Ha-Ha .The steamboat features calliope music and is a good cruise for our campers who have young children. The Mohican is a  longer cruise.Approx 2 and one half hours and it goes further up the lake.The Lak Du St. Sacrament  offers dinner cruises, special firework cruises., special evening cruises,etc.

Saratoga Springs Performing Arts Center

Saratoga Springs Performing Arts Center

SPAC offers a variety of artists and con certs from the Philadelphia orchestra, The ballet,.concerts by many famous rock artists and country singers. At this date we do not have their schedule for 2021.As soon as we receive it  this will be updated.

Zip thru the air.One of the local rating companies now offer

Zip thru the air.One of the local rating companies now offer

One of the local rafting companies now offers a zip line.This is a fun thing to do.

Hadley Mountain Fire Tower

Hadley Mountain Fire Tower

The hike to the Hadley Mountain Fire Tower is 3.6 miles round trip.Bring your camera.s and pones for great view photos.Have someone in your group snap a photo of you at the base of the tower, then again at the top after your climb.The summit elevation. is 2653 ft.Hadley Mt. is a very popular hike.During the ummer there is a summit  guide to greet you and answer  your questions.