Every named lake, pond, river, and stream worth fishing in the Adirondack Park — with the species you'll find, the access you can count on, and the regions they sit in.
Negro Lake is a small backcountry water body in the central Adirondacks, accessed by unmarked paths and local knowledge. Remote and lightly visited, it holds brook trout and offers primitive shoreline camping for those willing to navigate in.
Negro Lake is a seven-acre pocket water in the Great Sacandaga Lake region — small enough that it won't appear on most recreational maps, isolated enough that access details are scarce. No fish species data on record, no designated trails or nearby summits to anchor a description. This is the kind of water that exists in the Park's inventory but not in its recreational literature — a named feature on the DEC list, likely private or landlocked, with no public put-in or trailhead to point toward. If you know how to reach it, you already know more than the state's official records will tell you.
Nelson Lake is a remote 381-acre body of water in the West-Central Adirondacks, reached by a 3.5-mile trail from the Nelson Lake trailhead off Route 28N. No motors, primitive shoreline camping, and brook trout fishing in water that sees fewer visitors than the High Peaks lakes.
Neshane Lake is a 35-acre pond in the western Adirondacks, accessed by a short carry from NY Route 8 north of Hoffmeister. The water holds brook trout and offers quiet paddling with a few primitive campsites along the shore.
New Lake sits on the books as a 25-acre water in the Speculator region — one of dozens of smaller named lakes and ponds scattered across the central Adirondacks where documentation runs thin and public records trail off into blank cells. No fish survey data on file, no mapped access trail, no mention in the standard hiking guides. These quiet waters often turn up on USGS quads and old forestry maps with nothing more than a name and an acreage estimate — sometimes reachable by bushwhack or old logging trace, sometimes landlocked by posted land or wetland buffer. If you're headed to New Lake, confirm access and ownership locally before you pack the rod.
Newcomb Lake is a 548-acre body of water in the central Adirondacks, accessible by trail from the Upper Works trailhead. The lake sits within the High Peaks Wilderness and offers backcountry paddling with lean-to camping along its western shore.
Nicks Lake is a 1,080-acre body of water in the town of Webb, open to motorboats and stocked with warmwater species including bass and northern pike. A state campground sits on the north shore—267 sites with direct lake access for swimming and fishing.
Nine Corner Lake sits in the southern Adirondacks near the Great Sacandaga Lake reservoir — a 126-acre body of water whose name suggests the irregular shoreline that defines it. The lake is residential and accessible by road, part of the network of mid-sized waters in this lower-elevation zone where the Adirondacks transition into foothills and private land. No fish species on record in the state database, though warmwater species typical of the Sacandaga drainage (bass, pickerel, panfish) are the safe assumption. For backcountry fishing or peak-bagging, look north — this is lake country for shoreline property and motorboats.
North Branch Lake is a small, 24-acre water tucked in the Speculator area — the kind of backcountry lake that stays off most radar because it requires local knowledge or a topographic map to find. No public access trail is documented, and no fish species records are on file, which suggests limited management history and likely private shoreline or rough bushwhack approach. Waters like this tend to be either overlooked brook trout habitat or catch basins for whatever runs downstream from beaver activity in the watershed. If you're looking at North Branch Lake, you're either already there or working from a very specific set of directions.
North Branch Lake is an 11-acre water tucked into the Old Forge corridor — small enough that it rarely appears on recreational fishery surveys or paddling guides, which usually means private shoreline or limited public access. The name suggests a feeder relationship to a larger system, likely branching off the Moose River or one of its tributaries that thread through this part of the western Adirondacks. Without stocking records or angler reports, it's effectively off the recreational radar — the kind of water that shows up on a topo map but not in a trip plan. If you're poking around Old Forge-area back roads and spot the name on a street sign, assume it's spoken for.
Northrup Lake is an 11-acre pocket water in the Raquette Lake township — small enough that it doesn't show up on most recreation maps, and remote enough that it stays off the weekend circuit. The lake sits in working forest land, and access typically means knowing a logging road or paddling in from a connected water system; this isn't a trailhead-and-sign situation. No fish species data on record, which usually means either the lake hasn't been surveyed in decades or it's been written off as marginal habitat. If you're poking around the Raquette drainage with a topo map and a canoe, Northrup is the kind of place you find by accident — and remember because no one else was there.
Northville Lake is a 61-acre water in the Great Sacandaga Lake region — a lesser-known pocket of the southern Adirondacks where the named waters tend to be private or residential rather than backcountry. Without public access records or fish survey data on file, it sits in the category of Adirondack lakes that exist more as cadastral features than as destinations — visible on the map, but not necessarily reachable by trail or boat launch. If you're sorting through waters in this region, focus your energy on the Sacandaga itself or on the public-access ponds north toward the West Canada Lakes Wilderness.
