Mouldy Pond is a 23-acre water in the Old Forge area — the name alone tells you it's likely tucked in a low, boggy basin where drainage moves slow and the shoreline runs soft. No fish stocking records on file, which usually means either nobody's looking or the pond runs too shallow and warm in summer to hold trout year-round. Old Forge sits at the southwestern edge of the park where the terrain flattens out and the ponds multiply — Mouldy is one of dozens of small waters in that network, most of them better known to locals with canoes than to through-hikers. If you're hunting it down, expect wetland access and bring boots that can take mud.
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