Little Long Pond — 43 acres in the Tupper Lake region — is one of those waters that exists in the gap between the documented and the visited, a pond with a name on the map but no trail register, no fish stocking records, and no lean-to coordinates in the DEC database. It's likely a bushwhack or a local put-in, the kind of place that shows up in hunting camp stories but not in hiking guides. No species data on file means it could hold native brook trout, it could be too shallow to overwinter fish, or it could simply be unstocked and unsampled — common enough in the working forest surrounding Tupper Lake. If you know the access, you know; if you don't, start by asking at a local fly shop or checking the landowner status on the DEC mapper.
Closest parking lots within range, ranked by walking distance. Accessibility flags come from Google verified-data; surface and capacity from OpenStreetMap. Confirm hours and seasonal closures before you go.
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Source: NYS DEC Stocking Records via data.ny.gov · Annual refresh
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