Shinder Pond is an 11-acre water tucked into the Old Forge township — small enough to miss on most maps, quiet enough to hold that status. No fish stocking records and no formal access documentation in the state systems, which usually means either private inholdings or a pond that simply fell through the recreational development cracks when the surrounding country got parceled and logged in the late 1800s. Old Forge sits at the southwest corner of the park where the working forest still outnumbers the hiking trails, and ponds like Shinder tend to show up as blue dots between the snowmobile corridors and the private hunting camps. Worth a knock on a door if you're curious — or a look at the county tax maps.
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