Every named pond in the Adirondack Park — quiet waters, lean-to destinations, swimming holes. Browse by region or jump to a name.
Black Pond sits in the Great Sacandaga Lake region — a 63-acre water with no public access data on record and no fish stocking history in the DEC files. The pond name appears on USGS maps but lacks the trailhead, parking, or shoreline detail that would make it a known destination; it's likely landlocked by private parcels or tucked into working forest without marked entry. Waters like this exist all over the southern Adirondacks — named, mapped, but functionally off-grid unless you know a logging road or have permission from an adjoining landowner. If you're hunting stillwater and have a lead on access, bring a topo map and expect to bushwhack the last stretch.
Bradt's Pond is a three-acre pocket water in the Great Sacandaga Lake basin — small enough that it likely gets more attention from local landowners than through-hikers or anglers working a list. No fish stocking records on file, and at that size it's either hold-over brookies or bass that wandered upstream during high water, if anything at all. The name suggests old settler lineage, probably tied to one of the farm families that worked the bottomlands before the Sacandaga Reservoir flooded the valley in 1930. Worth a look if you're already in the area and curious about the micro-drainages that feed the big lake.
Bucket Pond is a six-acre pocket water in the Great Sacandaga Lake region — small enough that it lives in the margins of the bigger lake's recreational orbit but remote enough that it's not a roadside stop. No fish stocking records on file, which likely means native brookies if anything, or a warmwater population that never made it onto DEC survey lists. The name suggests old logging or settlement-era use — "bucket" ponds typically marked a water source for camps or work crews — but the specific etymology is lost to local memory. Access details are scarce; if you're looking for it, start with town records in Northville or Day and expect bushwhacking or an unmarked woods road.
Buddy Pond is a one-acre pocket of water in the Great Sacandaga Lake region — small enough that it likely sees more moose than motorboats, and remote enough that no fish species data has made it into the DEC records. Waters this size in the southern Adirondacks tend to be tucked into second-growth forest off old logging roads or colonial-era settlement routes, accessible but not advertised. If you're looking for it, bring a topo map and expect to bushwhack the last quarter-mile — ponds under five acres rarely come with marked trails or designated campsites.
Bullhead Pond is a three-acre water tucked into the southern Adirondacks near the Great Sacandaga Lake — small enough that it doesn't register on most paddlers' radars, which is half the appeal. No fish data on record, no maintained trails advertised, no lean-tos — this is the kind of pond that shows up on the DEC wetlands inventory and gets visited by locals who know the woods or by hunters glassing for sign in October. The Sacandaga corridor holds dozens of ponds like this: unmapped access, shallow water, worth the bushwhack if you're already in the neighborhood. Bring a compass and don't expect company.
