Little Lake.
Little Lake sits two acres wide in the Tupper Lake region — small enough that it doesn't register on most paddling itineraries, but labeled and named nonetheless. No fish stocking records, no maintained access points in the state database, and no nearby peaks to anchor a description: this is a backwater in the truest sense, the kind of named water that exists more as a cartographic footnote than a destination. If you're poking around the logging roads or private land corridors west of Tupper Lake proper and you stumble onto it, you've found it — otherwise, it stays off the list.
Little Lake has public access.
The water, surveyed.
Seasonal pattern for this lake · live closures appear above
5 parking areas
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.
- 01Middle Branch Parking LotTrailhead3.6 miunpavedDirections →
- 02Sinclair Falls Parking Area/Lake George Rd4.6 miunpavedDirections →
- 03Sinclair Falls Parking Area/Tooley Pond Rd4.6 miunpavedDirections →
- 04Lampson Falls Parking Area4.7 mipavedDirections →
- 05Harpers Falls Parking Area6.4 miunpavedDirections →
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- Where is Little Lake located?Little Lake is a lake in the Tupper Lake region of the Adirondack Park in northern New York State.
- How big is Little Lake?Little Lake has a surface area of approximately 2 acres, a small pond.
- Is Little Lake open to the public?Yes, Little Lake 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 Little Lake?Within roughly seven miles of Little Lake: 4 designated campsites. Permit and primitive-camping rules vary; check NYSDEC before you go.