Mud Pond is an 18-acre water in the Old Forge area — a working name that shows up on the topo and likely sees more moose traffic than human traffic in a typical summer. No fish stocking records on file, which usually means either native brookies that never got surveyed or a pond that doesn't hold oxygen through winter drawdown. Access details aren't documented in the standard trail inventories, so this is either private-access or bushwhack-only — worth a closer look at the DEC land classifications and a conversation with someone at the Old Forge visitor center before you plan a trip in. The Old Forge corridor has dozens of small ponds like this one: named, mapped, and mostly left alone.
Free, takes thirty seconds. Yours forever.
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