Every named pond in the Adirondack Park — quiet waters, lean-to destinations, swimming holes. Browse by region or jump to a name.
Marcy Dam Pond is a 5-acre pond at the High Peaks' busiest trail junction, where the original dam stood until Hurricane Irene took it in 2011. Wright Peak and Mount Phelps frame the water — a reliable vista on the way to Marcy, Algonquin, or the interior ranges.
Marsh Pond is an 11-acre water tucked into the broader Lake Placid region — small enough to scan in a single glance, large enough to hold the quiet when you need it. No fish stocking records on file, which usually means native brookies if anything, or it's simply a wetland holding basin with beaver activity and seasonal depth. The name tells the story: expect soft edges, marsh grass, and the kind of shoreline that keeps casual visitors at a distance. Worth a look if you're already working through the area's less-trafficked ponds, but confirm access and conditions locally before committing to the bushwhack.
Moose Pond is a 26-acre water just outside Lake Placid village — close enough to the Olympic complex that you can hear the bobsled run on a quiet winter morning, but far enough off the main corridors that it holds its privacy. The pond sits in mixed hardwood and hemlock, shallow enough to warm by mid-June and ringed by private parcels that keep public access minimal. No fish data on file, which usually means it's either stocked irregularly or not at all — worth a call to the Ray Brook DEC office if you're planning to wet a line. A local spot, mostly — the kind of water that shows up in conversation but not on trail maps.
Mountain Pond is a 30-acre water in the Lake Placid region with no public access data on file and no fish species formally recorded by DEC surveys — which usually means either private land or a pond tucked behind enough terrain that it doesn't pull fishing pressure. The name suggests elevation, but without trailhead or lean-to references in the state database, this is likely a backcountry water reached by bushwhack or a pond that straddles private/public boundaries. If you're chasing unmapped water, cross-reference the DEC Unit Management Plan for the subunit and check property lines; otherwise, this one stays off the list until access is confirmed.
Mud Pond is a 3-acre pocket water in the Lake Placid township — small enough that it won't appear on most recreational maps, and typical of the dozens of unnamed or lightly-named ponds that dot the lowland corridors between the High Peaks drainages. No fish stocking records, no formal trail access, no DEC campsites — this is either private, landlocked by posted parcels, or tucked into a wetland complex where the shoreline is more alder thicket than open water. If you're looking for a swimmable or fishable Mud Pond in the Lake Placid area, you're likely thinking of a different water with better road or trail access.
Mud Pond is a 19-acre pond in the Lake Placid region — one of several waters by that name in the Park, and a reminder that not every named water comes with a trailhead sign or a stocking report. The acreage suggests something more than a beaver flowage, but without recorded fish data or established access, it's likely a bushwhack destination or a pond visible from a longer route rather than a standalone trip. If you're chasing down every named water in the Adirondacks, this is the kind of entry that keeps the project honest. Check the DEC unit management plan or the 7.5' quad for the Lake Placid area to confirm location and approach before heading out.
Mud Pond sits north of Lake Placid village — one of several small ponds in the area that share the name, this one tucked into working forest where the shoreline shifts between alder thicket and second-growth hardwood. At 16 acres it's marginal for paddling and off the radar for most anglers, though ponds this size in the region often hold self-sustaining brook trout populations that DEC hasn't surveyed in years. The lack of formal fish records doesn't mean the pond is fishless — it means it's small, obscure, and low on the stocking priority list. Worth a look if you're already in the area and curious about what lives in the shallow end of the Adirondack pond spectrum.
