Every named pond in the Adirondack Park — quiet waters, lean-to destinations, swimming holes. Browse by region or jump to a name.
Fifth Pond is a two-acre pocket water in the Keene township — small enough that it likely doesn't register on most trail maps, and remote enough that it exists in the gap between the named routes and the DEC lean-to circuit. No fish species data on record, which in the Adirondacks usually means either too shallow for winter survival or too far off the stocking routes to justify the hike. The name suggests it's part of a numbered chain — First through Fifth, or Third through Seventh — but without a clear trailhead reference, this one lives in the category of bushwhack destinations and local knowledge. If you're headed in, bring a topo and a compass.
Frances Pond is a 14-acre pocket water in the Keene township — small, off-trail, and absent from most recreational databases. No fish surveys on record, no marked access, no adjacent trailheads pulling traffic from NY-73 or the Giant Wilderness corridor. It sits in that middle category of Adirondack waters: named, mapped, but functionally wild — the kind of place you bushwhack to with a topo and low expectations, or stumble onto while hunting the back ridges. If you're looking for solitude over infrastructure, Frances Pond delivers by default.
