What is "lake placid"

Lake Placid may refer to:

• Lake Placid, New York, site of the 1932 and 1980 Winter Olympics
  • Lake Placid (New York), a lake near the New York village
• Lake Placid, Florida, a town in Florida
• Lake Placid, a lake in Collier County, Florida
• Lake Placid (Highlands County, Florida), a lake on the south edge of the town of Lake Placid, Florida
• Lake Placid, a lake in Pinellas County, Florida
• Lake Placid, Queensland, a suburb of Cairns, in far northern Queensland, Australia
• Lake Placid (Texas), a lake in Texas
• Lake Placid (film), a 1999 film directed by Steve Miner
  • Lake Placid (film series)
• Lake Placid (Taiwan), a lake in East District, Hsinchu City, Taiwan

Lake Placid is a 1999 American monster horror comedy film. The film was written by David E. Kelley and directed by Steve Miner, starring Bill Pullman, Bridget Fonda, Oliver Platt, Brendan Gleeson, Betty White, Meredith Salenger and Mariska Hargitay. The plot revolves around a giant, man-eating crocodile which terrorizes the fictional location of Black Lake, Maine, United States, and also follows the dysfunctional group who attempt to capture or destroy the creature.

The film was produced by Fox 2000 Pictures and Stan Winston Studios (which did the special effects for the creatures) and principal photography was shot in British Columbia, Canada. The film was distributed by 20th Century Fox and released in cinemas in the United States on July 16, 1999, and in the United Kingdom on March 31, 2000.

The film was a financial success at the box office and was followed by a series of sequels and a crossover film with the Anaconda franchise.

The body of water named Lake Placid is a lake in the Adirondack Mountains in northern New York, the United States. It is on the northern side of the Village of Lake Placid.

Lake Placid is a reservoir on the Guadalupe River one half mile (1 km) southwest of the town of Seguin in Guadalupe County, Texas. The reservoir was formed in 1928 by the construction of a dam on the river. Management of the dam and lake was assumed by the Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority on May 1, 1963. Lake Placid is a venue for outdoor recreation, including fishing, boating, and swimming.

Lake Placid, a gourd-shaped lake, has a surface area of . This lake is south of the city of Lake Placid, Florida; it is just outside the south city limits of the city. This lake was once known as Lake Childs. The area immediately surrounding it is mostly rural, but there are housing developments abutting the lake on part of its west side. Placid View Drive runs along part of the west side and Old State Route 8 runs along part of the east side.

Lake Placid provides public access along part of its shore. There are two public boat ramps on shore, one at 150 Harris Drive (on the northeast side) and the other at 3349 Placid View Drive (on the west side of the lake). There no public swimming areas along the lake shore, but it can be fished from the shore. This lake has a variety of game fish: largemouth bass, catfish, bream, bluegill, redear sunfish, blue catfish, crappie.

This lake named Lake Placid is one of a several Lake Placids in Florida, as well as other places.

Lake Placid is an American series of monster horror/comedy films which started with Lake Placid in 1999 and was followed by three made for television sequels, Lake Placid 2 (2007), Lake Placid 3 (2010) and Lake Placid: The Final Chapter (2012), as well as a made for television crossover film with the Anaconda series, titled Lake Placid vs. Anaconda (2015). Each installment revolves around the presence of giant, 30-foot-long man-eating crocodiles in the fictional location of Black Lake, Maine, and the efforts of various groups to capture or destroy the creatures. All of the films reference members of the fictitious "Bickerman" family.