ZIP Code 12946

12946 is one of New York's ZIP codes, delivering to addresses in Lake Placid, Essex County.

City: Lake Placid
County: Essex County
State: New York
Prefix: 129xx

Where this code sits

12946 is part of the 129xx range, the group of codes handled by one mail processing centre. It is the only ZIP code delivering to Lake Placid.

Lake Placid New York ZIP codes →

Area codes over the same ground

Postal and telephone geography are drawn separately, so these codes cover the area 12946 delivers to without sharing its boundary.

ZIP codes nearest 12946

The ZIP codes whose reference points sit closest to 12946.
ZIP code	Distance	Delivers to
ZIP code 12977	4.8 mi	Ray Brook, NY
ZIP code 12983	8.1 mi	Saranac Lake, NY
ZIP code 12997	9.5 mi	Wilmington, NY
ZIP code 12942	9.6 mi	Keene, NY
ZIP code 12913	9.6 mi	Bloomingdale, NY
ZIP code 12987	11 mi	Upper Jay, NY
ZIP code 12943	12 mi	Keene Valley, NY
ZIP code 12989	13 mi	Vermontville, NY

Straight-line distance between place reference points, not driving distance. Where a place has no Census Gazetteer point, its postal centroid is used instead.

Each point is the reference point for 12946, plotted from its record coordinates.

Reference points and footprint
Not an official NANPA boundary
Not a USPS delivery area

Scope ZIP code 12946. Source GeoNames US postal codes (2026-07 postal dump) and Census 2024 county Gazetteer (2024 Gazetteer). Updated 15 July 2026. A ZIP code is a set of delivery routes, not an area; the point shown is a record coordinate, not a centre.