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Lorraine Thorne
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About the Saratoga County, New York Area 

Saratoga County is developing, modern, region with friendly, inviting neighborhoods, extraordinary parks, an international reputation in arts and entertainment, and a strong connection to its past. Its revitalization of its past has combined with new investments to make it a center of culture, education, and industry. This thriving county of 212,706 residents, values the fine art of living well, as demonstrated in its lively cultural venues, its healing spa waters, its rich and varied, natural beauty, and its exciting, world-renown race track. Amazingly, you can enjoy all of this at a low cost of living!  

Location
Saratoga County is in the northeastern part of New York State, north of Albany, northwest of Troy, and east of Utica. The county is in the Albany metro area. It is divided into 19 towns, nine villages and two cities. Saratoga County is located approximately 162 miles north of New York City, 145 miles west of Boston, MA, and 167 miles south of Montreal, Canada. 

Geography/Terrain
Saratoga County has a total area of 844 square miles; 812 square miles of it is land and 32 square miles, or 3.78%, of it is water.  

Saratoga Lake is 8 1/2 miles long and up to 1 1/2 miles wide. The main body of the Lake is 4 1/2 miles long and stretches down another 4 miles into an area about 1/8 mile wide called Fish Creek. The deepest spot in the Lake is 96 feet. 

Another waterway in the region is the Hudson River, which is a river approximately 315 miles long. It begins on the northwest slope of Mount Marcy, and flows south past Glens Falls, Albany, Kingston and Newburgh before emptying into the Atlantic Ocean. 

The northwestern section of the county is bordered by the Adirondack Mountain Range which has 100 peaks of more than 1,200 feet in height. Mount Marcy is the highest of these, and is also the highest in New York State at a height of 5344 feet. 

Jobs
In Saratoga County, retail trade is the largest of 20 major employment sectors.
Agriculture remains an active industry in Saratoga County. Corn, apples and other tree fruit and maple products, including syrup, are abundant in the region due to the moderate climate.  

Companies employing over 1,000 people in the County include Stewart's Ice Cream Company, General Electric-Silicone Division, Shenendehowa Central School District, State Farm Insurance, Target Distribution Center, and Saratoga County.  

Companies employing over 500 people in the County include Saratoga Springs City School District, Navy - West Milton, Saratoga Hospital, First Guarantee Mortgage, LLC, Ballston Spa Central School District, Wesley Health Care, Quad/Graphics, Skidmore College, Sysco Food Service, and New York Racing Association.
The average household income in Saratoga County is $53,653. 

Housing
Saratoga County has an historic aura, accentuated by the Victorian homes that flourish in Ballston Spa, Round Lake, Stillwater and Saratoga Springs. It is an area where an affordable farm with acreage can be less than ten minutes from the office. You can live in a suburban style neighborhood or in rural countryside homes in Saratoga County. The average price for a home in Saratoga County is $235,000. 

Recreation
Saratoga County has golf for all levels, from beautiful tree-lined Saratoga Spa Championship Golf Course to par 29 Executive courses, to Golf Digest's fifth "Best New Upscale Course of 2002". There is also miniature golf for the kids and young at heart. 

Home of Saratoga Race Course and the Saratoga Equine Sports Center, Saratoga is perhaps best known for its Thoroughbred racing. Saratoga Race Course is the oldest and most beautiful thoroughbred race course in the nation. 

Saratoga Lake is also renowned for sailing, boating, rowing, outstanding bass fishing, waterskiing, and ice fishing. 

The presence of natural mineral springs led to the rise of an elegant spa resort in the 19th-century. The 2,100 acre Spa State Park offers bubbling springs, manicured lawns, woods, Georgian architecture, pavilions, pools, mineral bathhouses, golf courses, a hotel and a 5,100 seat semi-enclosed performing arts center.  

Special Attractions/Events
There are so many outstanding arts and entertainment choices to be found in Saratoga County including ballet, cool jazz, baroque music, and outstanding community theater.  

Saratoga Performing Arts Center is the summer home to the New York City Ballet, the Philadelphia Orchestra, and the Freihofer’s Jazz Festival. Classical music as well as today's most popular pop and rock artists perform there. 

In the autumn there are hayrides, house tours, heritage days, fall foliage, craft shows, apple picking and reenactments at the Saratoga National Historical Park.  

Winter brings cross country skiing, skating, snowshoeing, snowboarding and alpine skiing.  

In the Spring, there is golfing, horse shows, and trout or bass fishing.
For night life and dining, there are jazz clubs, coffee bars, Irish pubs, French bistros, Italian restaurants, dance clubs, a Mexican bar and grill, a Brew Pub and classic American sports bars. 

There is shopping to suit every taste, from antique shops to cozy bookstores, to great outdoor shops and charming boutiques. There are the National Museums of Racing, Dance, and the National Bottle Museum.  

Saratoga Spa State Park, is noted for its classical architecture and listed as a National Historic Landmark. It has an incredible range of cultural, aesthetic and recreational resources including the Saratoga Performing Arts Center, the Spa Little Theater, the National Museum of Dance, the Gideon Putnam Hotel and the Lincoln mineral baths.

Interesting Facts
The Saratoga Battle Field is the site of, 'the turning point' of the American Revolution. Located in Stillwater, just minutes away from the downtown business district, it is home to the 154.5 foot Saratoga Monument. Other significant historical sites are the Historical Society of Saratoga Springs Museum
and Grant's Cottage. 

Saratoga has received several awards: the National Trust for Historic Preservation's "Dozen Distinctive Destinations" award, American Heritage Magazine's "Great American Place" and Sports Illustrated's "Top 10 Sports Venues in the World."  

The quality of life here is so relaxed that the Albany-Saratoga-Schenectady area was also ranked #1 in stress free living. 

The name Saratoga is a corruption of an Indian word "sah-rah-ka" or "Sarach-togue", which is supposed to mean "the hill beside the river". 

Saratoga was the location for the filming of: Sea Biscuit, Horse Whisperer, Billy Bathgate, Ghost Story, The Way We Were, and My Old Man. 

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