Every named pond in the Adirondack Park — quiet waters, lean-to destinations, swimming holes. Browse by region or jump to a name.
Mink Pond is a 136-acre water in the southern Adirondacks near Indian Lake — large enough to paddle but off the main recreational corridor, which keeps it quiet even in summer. No fish stocking records on file, and no formal DEC access or maintained trail system documented, so this is likely private-access or bushwhack territory unless you know a local put-in. The acreage suggests decent open water for a canoe or kayak if you can get to it — southern Adirondack ponds of this size tend to have soft shorelines, shallow bays, and beaver activity rather than the rocky drama of the High Peaks zone. Worth a conversation with the Indian Lake town office or a local outfitter before you load the boat.
Moose Pond is a 51-acre water in the Indian Lake town cluster — one of several mid-sized ponds scattered through the working forest west of Indian Lake village and south of the Cedar River Flow. The pond sits in low-relief country: no dramatic peaks, no rock ledges, just spruce and hardwood shoreline and the kind of water that holds its ice late and warms slowly. Access typically means navigating private timber company roads or longer paddle routes from more established put-ins — this is scout-it-yourself territory, not trailhead-and-sign country. No fish data on file, which usually means limited angler pressure and a pond that fishes how it fishes.
Mud Pond is a three-acre pocket water in the Indian Lake region — small enough that it likely sits off the main trail corridors and sees more moose than paddlers. No fish species on record, which usually means shallow, weedy margins and seasonal draw-down, the kind of pond that warms early and freezes late. These tiny waters are common throughout the southern Adirondacks: navigation markers for bushwhackers, beaver habitat, and the occasional surprise brook trout holdover if there's spring flow. Worth a look if you're already in the area with a topo map and time to explore.
Mud Pond — one of dozens in the Adirondacks — sits in the Indian Lake township, an 18-acre water that hasn't made it onto the fishing reports or the trail blogs. No fish species data on file, no lean-tos flagged on the maps, no obvious trailhead pull-off that would mark it as a day-hike destination. These are the ponds that show up as blue spots on the DeLorme but stay quiet: locals who know the access keep it to themselves, and the rest of us drive past on our way to bigger water. If you're poking around the Indian Lake backcountry and come across it, you'll have it to yourself.
Mud Pond — nine acres in the Indian Lake town corridor — sits in the category of small, lightly-visited Adirondack waters that exist more as waypoints than destinations. No fish stocking records, no marked trailhead, no lean-to within easy distance: it's the kind of pond that appears on the DEC inventory but rarely on anyone's itinerary unless you're threading between bigger objectives or hunting grouse in the surrounding hardwoods. If you're based in Indian Lake and looking for a bushwhack objective or a reason to pull out the topo map, this is that — but bring your own reason to go.
Mud Pond is a seven-acre pocket water in the Indian Lake region — small enough that it likely sees more moose traffic than paddler traffic, and remote enough that it doesn't show up on most recreation lists. No fish stocking records on file, which usually means brookies if anything, or nothing at all. Waters this size in the central Adirondacks tend to be either beaver-flowage gems or tannic bowls choked with lily pads by mid-July — Mud Pond could go either way. Worth a look if you're already in the area and curious, but this isn't a destination pond unless you're surveying or hunting.
