Every named pond in the Adirondack Park — quiet waters, lean-to destinations, swimming holes. Browse by region or jump to a name.
East Pine Pond is a 67-acre water in the Tupper Lake region — mid-sized by local standards, wooded shoreline, no documented fish survey on the DEC records. The pond sits in working forest country where seasonal access depends on private timber road conditions and whoever holds the current easement; this is hunt-camp and float-plane territory, not trailhead-and-lean-to infrastructure. No formal public launch, no maintained trails noted in the state's public database. If you're headed here, verify access locally — Tupper Lake outfitters or the regional DEC office will have current routing.
East Pond is a nine-acre pocket water in the Tupper Lake region — small enough that most paddlers will drift the perimeter in twenty minutes, large enough that it holds its own name on the map. No fish species data on record, which likely means unstocked and unsampled rather than fishless; small Adirondack ponds this size often hold wild brookies or fall off the DEC's stocking radar entirely. The pond sits in working forestlands where access and ownership can shift — worth confirming current public entry before planning a trip. If you're headed this direction, bring a compass and the latest DEC lands map.
East Pond is a 72-acre pond in the Tupper Lake region with no public access data on file and no stocking or survey records in the DEC database — which usually means private shoreline, limited put-in options, or both. Waters like this exist throughout the northern Adirondacks: intact, lightly visited, and absent from the trailhead-to-trailhead circuit that defines most trip planning. If you're poking around the Tupper Lake township on a map and spot East Pond, assume it requires local knowledge or permission unless you find a marked easement or launch. Worth a call to the local DEC office in Ray Brook if you're serious about fishing it.
Echo Pond is a 17-acre pond in the Tupper Lake region — small enough to hold no formal species data, which typically means it's either stocked inconsistently, fishes marginal habitat, or simply flies under the radar of DEC survey crews. The name suggests local use, but without documented access or nearby trail infrastructure in the curated system, this is likely a bushwhack or private-road approach rather than a trailhead destination. Worth a call to a Tupper Lake outfitter or the local DEC office if you're sorting through topo maps and looking for a quiet put-in. Ponds this size in the Tupper Lake wild often fish better than their paperwork suggests.
Egg Pond is a one-acre pocket water in the Tupper Lake region — small enough that it likely lives up to its name in shape and scale, and remote enough that it hasn't made it onto the stocking lists or the angling reports. Waters this size in the Tupper Lake Wild Forest tend to be walk-in only, accessed by old logging roads or unmarked paths that require a map, a bearing, and a willingness to bushwhack the last few hundred yards. No fish data on record means either it doesn't hold fish or no one's bothered to document it — both possibilities are common for Adirondack ponds under five acres. If you're hunting for it, bring a GPS waypoint and expect to earn it.
Egg Pond is a one-acre pocket water in the Tupper Lake region — small enough that it likely sits tucked in second-growth forest without formal trail access or DEC signage. Waters this size in the northwest Adirondacks tend to be old beaver work or glacial depressions, seasonal in depth, and more often reached by bushwhack or snowshoe than by maintained path. No fish species on record, which is typical for ponds under five acres without inlet streams to sustain populations through winter draw-down. If you know where it is, you're probably hunting, trapping, or exploring with a good topo map.
Egg Pond is a six-acre kettle in the Tupper Lake region — small enough that it rarely shows up on recreational fishing reports, quiet enough that it holds its place as a local reference point rather than a destination. No formal trail system, no DEC-maintained access, no stocking records in the state database. These small waters tend to function as landmarks for hunters, trappers, and the occasional bushwhacker working between better-known ponds, and Egg follows that pattern — it's there, it's named, and it marks a spot on the map more than it draws a crowd.
Elbow Pond is a 14-acre water tucked into the working forest west of Tupper Lake — small enough that it doesn't draw a crowd, large enough that it holds its own character. No official fish stocking records on file, which usually means either wild brookies or nothing at all; worth a cast if you're already in the neighborhood. Access typically runs through private timberland or gated logging roads — check current public status with the local DEC office before heading in. The name suggests a bent shoreline or a crooked inlet, the kind of cartographic detail that only makes sense when you're standing at the water's edge.
