LAKE PLACID, N.Y. -- A redesigned Web site for New York's Adirondacks region offers aerial videos of the region, with a bird's-eye view of everything from main streets to mountain tops.

The eight high-definition video tours can be found at http://www.VisitAdirondacks.com, by clicking on "first-time visitors" and "aerial tour." Eight helicopter icons then appear on a map, each one linked to a different video, including films of the Adirondack Seaway, the Lake George region, the Lake Placid region and Adirondack lakes.

The Web site also offers resources for trip-planning, accommodations and events. Summer happenings include the "Quadricentennial Float-By," July 25-27, in Queensbury, with homemade vessels competing for prizes; the Ironman USA triathlon competition in Lake Placid, July 26; Durant Days, July 31-Aug. 2, on Raquette Lake, honoring W.W. Durant, the Gilded Age developer who once owned a million acres in the region; the Stony Creek Mountain Festival, Aug. 7-9, in Stony Creek; and a full schedule of productions at the Wood Theater in Glens Falls, from plays to operettas.