About Cleverdale and Rockhurst
Cleverdale and Rockhurst are on the Cleverdale peninsula located on the south eastern side of Lake George off Route 9L to the east of Harris Bay and the Harris Bay Yacht Club. It is shaped somewhat like a mitten with Rockhurst being the thumb. They are residential communities with numerous walkers, bikers and skateboarders. At the junction of 9L and Cleverdale Road, easily identified by the yellow blinking light, is the Cleverdale Country Store with the Wine and Liquor Store to the side. The Cleverdale Post Office is at the corner and the North Queensbury Fire Department is just up the road. Beyond the Fire Department on the left is Castaway Marina. Behind the Cleverdale Store heading up Cleverdale Road is Davies Davies. Continuing up the Cleverdale Road you'll come to Boathouse Road leading to Lake George Boat Company and Takundewide Cottages as well as camps and homes. Passing Hillman Road Rockhurst Road comes up on the right. To go to Rockhurst you take that road and at the foot of the hill take a left onto Rockhurst Road, if you don't turn you'll be on Seelye Road. Rockhurst has one road up the center with lakefront houses on either side. Warner Bay Dockage is located at the beginning of the Rockhurst peninsula for launching and docking.
If you don't turn onto Rockhurst Road off Cleverdale Road you'll go past the large white barn, formerly part of Dr. Fielding's cow farm, down the hill past Gunn Lane then Fielding Lane. Mason Road is on the left and that circles back onto Cleverdale Road. Directly on Cleverdale Road is Boats by George. At the upper connection of Cleverdale Road and Mason Road is the Sans Souci Restaurant with casual dining, ideal for families with menus suitable for children as well as the gourmet meals, generally open for dinner. There's a bar area. Beyond the Sans Cleverdale Road runs to the end of the peninsula with lakefront houses on either side.
Cleverdale and Rockhurst are both longtime vacation communities, much of their earlier histories are described in Scott McLaughlin's Barns Buggies and BB Guns: True Tales of Cleverdale [available at the Cleverdale store with many others relating to Lake George] and Howard Mason's Backward Glances
Marinas: Castaway Marina http://www.castawaymarina.com/ ; Lake George Boat Company http://www.lakegeorgeboat.com/ ; Warner Bay Dockage http://www.warnerbay.com/ ; Boats by George http://www.boatsbygeorge.com/ ; Harris Bay Yacht Club http://www.hbyc.com/ ; Dunham's Bay Sea Ray http://www.dunhamsbaysearay.com/Rentals.htm and over on Pilot Knob to the East are Fischer's Marina [didn't find website but their phone is 518-656-9981 and Pilot Knob Marina http://www.pilotknob.com/ . A good site with all the Lake George Marinas is http://www.lakegeorgeassociation.org/html/marinas_on_lake_george.htm
Stores: Cleverdale Country Store with Wine and Liquor Store; Stewarts at 9L and 149
Restaurants: Sans Souci Restaurant http://www.sanssoucicleverdale.com/ . The Ridge Terrace is further along 9L a couple of miles for casual dining and beyond that at the junction of 9L and Rt 149 there's a Stewarts; Adirondack Bar and Grill; Charlie's Barbeque. Bean's Country Store with good pizza, sandwiches and wings is further down 9L which is then Ridge Road. To the west on 9L is Dunham's Bay Lodge with it's restaurant. You can easily go to Lake George Village, down to Queensbury and Glens Falls or up to Bolton Landing for many more.