The Point

Character and identity

A former Rockefeller great camp on a ten-acre peninsula jutting into Upper Saranac Lake, The Point recreates the gilded-age Adirondack tradition of rusticating in considerable comfort. There are no signs to find it, which is the point. Guestrooms across the log mansions are dressed in Adirondack twig furniture, stone fireplaces, antiques and elegant bathrooms stocked with Kiehl's. Chef Loic Leperlier runs a 24-hour kitchen and presides over communal dining in the great room, where black tie is worn twice weekly. Service is warm and house-party gracious rather than formal: guests effectively have the run of the place.

Who's it for

Bottom line

The defining feature is the format itself: a private great camp where staff treat you as a house guest, the kitchen never closes, and the lake and forest do the rest. Spend the money if the communal black-tie dinners and total disconnection appeal; hesitate if they don't. Winter stays, when the lake freezes, are arguably the most distinctive time to come.