Every named pond in the Adirondack Park — quiet waters, lean-to destinations, swimming holes. Browse by region or jump to a name.
Minnow Pond sits on 108 acres in the Blue Mountain Lake township — a mid-sized backcountry pond without the trail traffic or the storied trout fishery that defines waters closer to the High Peaks or the Fulton Chain. The name suggests baitfish abundance, and the lack of stocking records means this is either overlooked, access-limited, or holding native populations that haven't made it onto DEC survey lists. Blue Mountain Lake as a region pulls most visitors to the lake itself and the Adirondack Museum; Minnow Pond remains in that second tier of waters where solitude is the primary feature. Worth a map check for put-in options if you're already in the area with a canoe.
Mitchell Ponds — four acres tucked somewhere in the Blue Mountain Lake township — sits in that category of Adirondack waters where the name exists on older maps but the access details have gone quiet. No fish stocking records, no marked trailhead in the DEC inventory, no lean-to or campsite in the usual registers. It's the kind of spot that shows up in a land survey or a local's directions but rarely in a trip report — either landlocked by private parcels, grown in at the shoreline, or simply remote enough that paddlers and anglers have better options within a mile. If you're driving through Blue Mountain Lake and see the name on a sign, you've found more than most.
Mud Pond — one of several by that name in the Park — spreads across 100 acres near Blue Mountain Lake, the kind of modest backcountry water that tends to fly under the radar in a region thick with named peaks and trail-accessible ponds. No fish species data on record suggests either minimal stocking history or simply minimal attention from anglers and surveyors alike. The pond sits in flat, marshy country typical of the central Adirondacks — more likely accessed by bushwhack or logging road than maintained trail, and more appealing to paddlers willing to portage in than to hikers chasing summits. Worth checking local outfitters or the Blue Mountain Lake Association for current access conditions.
