Schroon (/ˈskruːn/ SKROON)[2] is a town in the Adirondack Park, in Essex County, New York, United States.

Their trip started in New York City by rail to the town of Riverside, then a stagecoach to Pottersville, and finally aboard a steamer that traveled up the lake to the Village.

Capitalizing on this booming tourist trade, grand resorts such as Taylor's on Schroon (later Scaroon Manor), the Leland House and the Brown Swan – along with a number of Adirondack Style Lodges – made Schroon Lake a premier summer vacation spot.

Prior to the construction of the Adirondack Northway (Interstate 87), US Route 9 was the major north–south highway between Albany and Montreal, which made Schroon Lake a convenient stopping point for travelers to purchase gas, lodging, and meals.

The Scaroon Manor resort, which closed in 1962, was the site for the 1957 filming of the Warner Brothers movie Marjorie Morningstar,[4] which starred Gene Kelly, Natalie Wood.

Also featured in the film was Camp Red Wing (though not mentioned by name) on the east side of the lake, from which Wood and Jones depart by canoe at night for their escape to the musical South Winds (Scaroon Manor).

The "Scaroons" is/are mentioned twice in The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper, as a place seen by Hawkeye (Natty Bumppo), Chingachgook and Uncas after they had departed Horicon (the name used by Cooper for Lake George) while traveling northward chasing Magua and his two captives, Cora and Alice Munro.

Each September, hundreds of runners compete in the Adirondack Marathon, which finishes in downtown Schroon Lake.

Schroon's main street is US 9, which offers restaurants, antique and collectible shops, a movie theater and churches.

The Town of Schroon maintains public docks in the village area, which makes the shops and restaurants accessible to boaters.

It is also home to Schroon-North Hudson Historical Museum, Natural Stone Bridge & Caves, and a 9-hole golf course located on Hoffman Road.

Schroon Lake is the home of the Word of Life Bible Institute, as well as family and youth camps and programs.