Every named pond in the Adirondack Park — quiet waters, lean-to destinations, swimming holes. Browse by region or jump to a name.
Haupt Pond is a one-acre pocket water in the Great Sacandaga Lake region — small enough that it rarely shows up on recreational maps and likely named for a local family or landowner rather than any public landmark. No fish stocking records and no formal access trail, which typically means private shoreline or wetland margins that don't invite exploration. These tiny named ponds scattered around the southern Adirondacks often exist as cartographic artifacts — labeled on the quad map, visible from a back road or a neighboring property line, but functionally off the public recreation grid. Worth noting only if you're chasing completist naming projects or researching old property plats.
Hillabrandt Vly is a 58-acre pond in the Great Sacandaga Lake region — one of the smaller waters tucked into the quieter folds of the southern Adirondacks, where the terrain softens and the crowds thin. The "Vly" (a Dutch-derived term for wetland or marsh) signals the pond's character: expect shallow edges, a marshy shoreline, and the kind of stillwater habitat that holds wood ducks and painted turtles more reliably than trout. No fish species on record, which often means either unstocked and acidic or too shallow to winter-over a sustainable population. Access details are sparse — check local topo maps or inquire with the town of Day for put-in options if you're launching a canoe.
Hines Pond is a 19-acre water in the Great Sacandaga Lake region — small enough to stay off most paddlers' radar, large enough to hold interest for an afternoon if you're looking for quiet water away from the reservoir's motorboat traffic. No fish species data on record, which usually means either unstocked or not surveyed in recent years; worth a casting attempt if you're already there but don't plan a trip around it. Access details are thin — this is the kind of pond that either has a local dirt-road put-in or requires a bushwhack from a nearby trail system, and neither shows up in the standard DEC registers.
