Carry Pond.
Carry Pond is a seven-acre water in the Raquette Lake drainage — the kind of small, off-trail pond that holds brook trout or holds nothing, depending on the decade and the beaver activity. The name suggests portage history, likely a link in an old canoe route before the roads came through, but today it sits quiet in second-growth hardwoods with no formal access or maintained trail. No fish data on file with DEC, which usually means either unstocked or too shallow to winter over a trout population. If you know where it is, you already know why you're going.
Carry Pond reaches a maximum depth of 15 feet, with a mean depth of 7 feet. Carry Pond has public access. Summits nearby include Onion Hill and Sturges Hills.
The water, surveyed.
- Peak foliage from the water — the best seats in the Park are in a canoe this month.
Seasonal pattern for this lake · live closures appear above
12 parking areas· 2 accessible
Closest parking lots within range, ranked by walking distance. Accessibility flags come from Google verified-data and NYSDEC records; surface and capacity from NYSDEC and OpenStreetMap. Confirm hours and seasonal closures before you go.
- 01Payne Mountain Trail ParkingTrailhead2.7 miunpavedDirections →
- 02Wakely Dam3.2 miunpavedDirections →
- 03Moose River Recrieation Area3.2 miunpavedDirections →
- 04Wakely Mountain Trailhead Parking Lot3.6 miunpavedDirections →
- 05Wakely Pond Accessible Fishing Dock4.0 miunpavedDirections →
- 06Wakely Pond Accessible Launch4.1 miunpavedDirections →
- 07Wakely Pond4.3 mi
- 08Indian Lake Parking Lot5.4 mi
+4 more on the map above
What’s in the water.
NYSDEC has stocked this water across 14 recent seasons — the ledger below is the public record.
The stocking record.
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Camping.
What the lake is doing today.
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- Where is Carry Pond located?Carry Pond is a pond in the Raquette Lake region of the Adirondack Park in northern New York State.
- How big is Carry Pond?Carry Pond has a surface area of approximately 7 acres, a small pond.
- How deep is Carry Pond?Carry Pond has a maximum depth of 15 feet, with a mean depth of 7.2 feet.
- Is Carry Pond open to the public?Yes, Carry Pond has public access. See the listing page for current trailhead, parking, and boat-launch details, and check active DEC advisories before visiting.
- Can you camp at Carry Pond?Within roughly seven miles of Carry Pond: 67 designated campsites, 10 lean-tos or shelters. Permit and primitive-camping rules vary; check NYSDEC before you go.