Every named pond in the Adirondack Park — quiet waters, lean-to destinations, swimming holes. Browse by region or jump to a name.
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.
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.
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.
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.
