Every named pond in the Adirondack Park — quiet waters, lean-to destinations, swimming holes. Browse by region or jump to a name.
Hidden Pond is one of dozens of small, nameless-on-the-map waters scattered across the Saranac Lake region — five acres tucked into forest cover with no formal trail access and no stocking records. The name suggests local use rather than DEC designation, which usually means a property-line situation or a bushwhack-only approach known to a few families or hunting camps. Waters like this hold brook trout if they hold anything at all, but without access data or angling reports it's a placeholder on the list more than a destination. If you know the approach or the history, we'd welcome the detail.
A 440-acre pond at the eastern gateway to the St. Regis Canoe Area. Often the put-in for the Floodwood Pond loop and an early stop on the canoe-area through-paddle.
Hope Pond is a 23-acre water in the Saranac Lake region — small enough to miss on a map, quiet enough to hold your attention if you find it. No fish stocking records on file, which suggests either unstocked native brookies or a pond that's been left to its own devices for decades. The name shows up in DEC records and on older USGS quads, but it doesn't pull the day-hiker traffic of the bigger named waters nearby — which means it's either off-trail access or tucked into private land with limited public approach. Worth confirming access and ownership before you bushwhack in.
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.
