Every named pond in the Adirondack Park — quiet waters, lean-to destinations, swimming holes. Browse by region or jump to a name.
Eagles Nest Pond is an 8-acre pocket water in the Paradox Lake region — part of the eastern Adirondack lowlands where the named ponds outnumber the people who fish them. No fish species data on file, which usually means either wild brookies that no one bothers to report or a shallow basin that freezes to the bottom and holds nothing at all. The name suggests either a historical raptor nest or the kind of wishful cartography that named half the ponds in this drainage. Access and ownership status unclear — treat it as remote unless you know the parcel.
East Creek Pond is a 34-acre water in the Paradox Lake region — a name that places it in the low country east of Schroon Lake, where the Adirondack foothills flatten toward Lake Champlain and the ponds tend to be warm, weedy, and lightly visited. No fish data on record, which usually means either marginal habitat or simply that no one's bothered to document what's there. The area around Paradox Lake proper sees second-home development and summer camps, but smaller named waters like East Creek often sit back in the woods, accessible by unmarked logging roads or private land — worth a map check and a polite ask before assuming public access.
Ensign Pond is a one-acre pocket water in the Paradox Lake region — small enough that it doesn't appear on most recreational maps and likely holds little more than seasonal habitat for frogs and water bugs. No fish stocking records, no trail access worth mentioning, no reason to seek it out unless you're bushwhacking the drainage or doing wetland survey work. The name suggests some surveyor's notation from the 19th century, and the pond itself probably dries to mud flats by late summer in dry years.
