Every named pond in the Adirondack Park — quiet waters, lean-to destinations, swimming holes. Browse by region or jump to a name.
Horseshoe Pond is a 51-acre water in the Saranac Lake region — small enough to be overlooked, large enough to hold fish if they're stocked or hold over from inlet streams. The name suggests a curved shoreline or basin shape, typical of glacial scour ponds that dot the lower-elevation forests between the village and the Wild Forest tracts to the west. No fish species data on record, which often means either light pressure or intermittent stocking — worth a call to the DEC Ray Brook office if you're planning to wet a line. Access details aren't widely documented, so local inquiry or a DEC forest ranger contact will clarify whether there's a formal trail or if it's a bushwhack approach.
Horseshoe Pond is a five-acre tuck in the Paradox Lake region — small enough that it doesn't pull crowds, large enough to feel like a destination if you're willing to work for it. The name suggests a curved shoreline, the kind of pond that reads as a glacial scoop on the topo map, and the acreage puts it in that sweet spot between *pond* and *puddle* where brook trout might hold over if the water stays cold and deep enough. No fish data on file means either it's been overlooked by DEC survey crews or it's seasonal and marginal — a coin flip in this terrain. Check the Paradox Lake access points for the nearest trailhead leads.
Horseshoe Pond is an 11-acre water tucked into the Old Forge area — small enough to paddle in an hour, quiet enough that most traffic flows past to bigger destinations in the Fulton Chain or toward the western High Peaks. No fish species on record, which typically means it's either been overlooked by DEC surveys or it's a shallow, tea-colored basin better suited to frogs and dragonflies than trout. Access details are sparse in public records — if you're hunting for it, start with local outfitters or the Old Forge Visitor Center for current conditions and put-in intel.
Horseshoe Pond sits northwest of Tupper Lake village — a small, 16-acre water with no documented fishery and limited online mention, which typically means either private shoreline or a put-in that requires local knowledge to find. The name suggests the classic glacial scour shape common to ponds in this part of the Park, and the acreage puts it in canoe-and-float-tube range if access exists. Without a DEC stocking record or marked trailhead, this is one to ask about at the Tupper Lake tackle shops or the town clerk's office — the kind of spot that shows up on the map but lives mostly in the mental geography of year-round residents. If you locate access, bring a depth finder; small ponds this quiet sometimes hold panfish or perch that never made it into the state database.
Horseshoe Pond is an 88-acre water in the Tupper Lake region — mid-sized by local standards, named for the bend in its shoreline. No fish stocking records on file, which typically signals either private ownership or a pond that doesn't hold trout through summer drawdown. The name appears on DeLorme but not in most paddling guides, a tell that access is either gated or simply undeveloped. Worth a phone call to the local DEC office in Ray Brook if you're looking to explore it — they'll know whether there's a put-in and whether you need permission.
Horseshoe Pond is a small backcountry pond accessible via the Horseshoe Pond Trail from Route 3 near Tupper Lake. The half-mile trail is relatively flat and suitable for families; the pond itself is quiet water good for a short paddle or shoreline fishing.
Horton Ponds — plural on the map, one continuous shallow basin in practice — sits in working forestland southwest of Tupper Lake, accessible via a network of private logging roads that shift status season to season. The 24-acre spread is too remote for casual day-use and too undefined for targeted fishing pressure, which keeps it in that middle category of Adirondack waters: known to locals with land access or snowmobile routes, invisible to the trailhead crowd. No stocking records, no DEC campsites, no designated trail — this is a pond you find because you're already out there, not one you drive to find.
Horton Ponds sit in the working forest northwest of Tupper Lake — eleven acres of backcountry water accessible via private logging roads that shift status depending on timber operations and landowner agreements. No formal trails, no DEC signage, no stocking records in the state database. This is not a destination pond unless you're already deep in the region's timber road network with a map, a truck, and a reason to be there. For public-access fishing and paddling near Tupper Lake, Raquette Pond and Hitchins Pond to the south are the reliable alternatives.
Hotwater Pond is a 10-acre water tucked into the southern Adirondacks near Indian Lake — a region more forgiving than the High Peaks, where ponds like this tend to sit off unblazed woods roads or old logging routes rather than official DEC trails. The name suggests either a warm shallow basin (common in lowland ponds that heat up by midsummer) or some forgotten local story that never made it into the record books. No fish data on file, which either means it's been unstocked for decades or it winters out — shallow ponds in this drainage tend to go anoxic under ice. Worth a look if you're poking around the Cedar River Flow corridor or the old routes between Indian Lake village and the Moose River Plains, but expect to bushwhack the last stretch.
Hour Pond is a 40-acre water in the Indian Lake township — part of the lower-elevation fabric of ponds and wetlands that defines the central Adirondacks south and west of the High Peaks. No fish species data on record, which typically means limited angling pressure and a water that's more about paddling access or bushwhacking curiosity than stocked trout. The name suggests either an old surveyor's measure or a logging-era reference, though the specifics are lost to time. Worth checking DEC atlases for road or trail proximity if you're mapping a route through the area.
House Pond is an 8-acre water in the Speculator region — small enough that it doesn't pull crowds, large enough that it holds a shoreline worth exploring if you're already in the area. No fish stocking records on file, which typically means either wild brookies that never got documented or a pond that winters out too shallow to hold anything year-round. The name suggests an old homestead or hunting camp nearby, a common enough pattern in the southern Adirondacks where the forest reclaimed clearings a century ago. If you're poking around the Speculator backcountry and see the blue line on your map, it's worth the detour — but don't expect put-in infrastructure or a marked trailhead.
Hovey Pond is a two-acre pocket of water in the Lake George region — small enough that it doesn't show up on most recreational fishing reports and quiet enough that it stays off the summer lake-hopping circuit. No maintained trail infrastructure or designated camping, and no fish stocking records in the DEC database, which means it functions more as a landscape feature than a destination. The kind of pond you pass on a bushwhack or notice from a ridgeline and file away as a landmark rather than a place to paddle or cast a line.
Howard Pond is a 13-acre water in the Paradox Lake region — small enough to miss on a map, tucked into the low-relief country east of the High Peaks where the Adirondacks begin their long roll toward Lake Champlain. The pond sits in mixed second-growth forest without nearby trail infrastructure or maintained access, the kind of spot that shows up in DEC pond inventories but rarely in trip reports. No fish species data on record, no designated campsites, no established parking — this is private-land-checkerboard territory where a topo map and polite inquiry are your starting tools. For anglers and paddlers hunting solitude over scenery, ponds like Howard are the trade: access homework required, but no company once you're there.
Huckleberry Pond is a 23-acre water in the Old Forge area — small enough to feel tucked away, large enough to paddle without circling every ten minutes. No fish species on record, which usually means either it winters out or the DEC hasn't surveyed it in recent memory; either way, it's not a fishing destination. The name suggests old blueberry barrens or logged-over second growth — common in the southwestern Adirondacks where the forest bounced back from the turn-of-the-century timber era. Access details vary by season; check the latest DEC Wild Forest map or stop at the Old Forge visitor center for current trailhead conditions.
Hudson River — the pond, not the iconic waterway — is a two-acre backcountry stillwater in the Lake Placid region, tucked far enough off-trail that it doesn't appear on most paddlers' radars. The name is a historical artifact: many small Adirondack ponds bear the names of surveying-era landmarks or nearby drainages, sometimes lending outsized identity to modest waters. No fish data on file, no formal access trail, no lean-tos — this is a bushwhack destination for orienteering types or hunters working the perimeter ridges. If you're expecting the river, keep driving south.
Hudson River — classified by DEC as a pond — is a two-acre backwater oxbow or side channel somewhere in the Indian Lake region, likely a remnant meander or wetland basin named for its proximity to the main river corridor rather than the main stem itself. Without fish survey data or mapped access, this is probably a swampy, unmarked pocket of water visible from a logging road or a bushwhack destination for someone with a GPS unit and a tolerance for alder thickets. The Indian Lake stretch of the Hudson proper runs northwest through open country and past multiple state boat launches — this pond, by contrast, is off that grid entirely.
Hunter Pond is a small two-acre pocket tucked somewhere in the Lake Placid region — minimal surface area, no documented fishery, and no obvious trailhead or public access infrastructure that registers in the DEC inventory. It's the kind of water that shows up on USGS quads but rarely in trip reports: either landlocked by private holdings, or remote enough that paddlers and anglers route around it. Without species data or a known put-in, it exists more as a cartographic footnote than a destination. If you're hunting for quiet water in the Lake Placid area, you're better off with Copperas, Owen, or Oseetah — all of which offer confirmed access and something swimming below the surface.
Huntley Pond is a 41-acre water in the Indian Lake township — one of the many mid-sized ponds scattered across the southern Adirondacks that don't appear on the standard hiking circuit but hold interest for paddlers willing to do the access research. No fish species data on record with DEC, which typically means either limited stocking history or overlooked surveying in a drainage that doesn't see heavy angling pressure. The pond sits in working forestland east of NY-30, where seasonal roads and private inholdings make access a matter of asking locals or studying the most recent tax parcel maps. Worth a call to the Indian Lake town office or the local DEC ranger if you're planning a trip in.
Huse Pond is a small nine-acre water in the Paradox Lake region — one of those backcountry ponds that doesn't advertise itself with roadside parking or marked trailheads. The pond sits in the transitional zone between the High Peaks corridor to the west and the Champlain Valley to the east, part of the lower-elevation patchwork of wetlands, hardwood ridges, and quiet water that defines the eastern Adirondacks. No fish data on record, which typically means either limited natural reproduction or a pond that doesn't get stocked — worth a reconnaissance trip if you're already in the area. Access details are scarce; expect to do some map work and ask locally if you're serious about finding it.
Hyde Pond is a 14-acre pond in the Raquette Lake township — small enough that it doesn't anchor its own trail system, quiet enough that it rarely shows up in trip reports. No fish stocking records on file, which usually means wild brookies or nothing at all, and either outcome fits the character of these back-basin ponds south of the Raquette corridor. Access details are sparse in the DEC records, suggesting either private inholdings along the shore or a bushwhack entry from one of the larger lake systems nearby. If you're poking around the Raquette Lake region with a topo map and a afternoon to kill, this is the kind of water worth investigating — but call the Ray Brook DEC office first to confirm access and avoid a wasted hike.
Hyslop Pond is an 8-acre pocket water in the Indian Lake township — small enough that it's easy to miss on a map, remote enough that it holds onto quiet even in summer. No fish species on record, no marked trail registers or lean-tos in the immediate orbit — this is the kind of pond that gets visited by locals who know the woods and paddlers willing to bushwhack or explore unmarked routes in from larger access points. The Indian Lake region is laced with these smaller waters, most of them tucked into old-growth transitions between the central Adirondack drainages. If you're looking for Hyslop specifically, start with the town clerk's office or a conversation at the hardware store.
