Every named pond in the Adirondack Park — quiet waters, lean-to destinations, swimming holes. Browse by region or jump to a name.
Nesbit Pond is a three-acre puddle in the Keene town limits — small enough that it likely doesn't hold much beyond the occasional brook trout, if that, and obscure enough that it doesn't show up on most hiking itineraries or DEC stocking records. The name suggests old surveyor's marks or a family parcel from the 19th century, but without maintained trail access or a known put-in, it's functionally off-grid. If you're counting ponds for completionist purposes or chasing property-line curiosities, Nesbit qualifies; otherwise, it's a dot on the topo map and not much more.
New Pond is a 99-acre water tucked in the Keene town footprint — big enough to hold some depth and thermal stratification, small enough that the name tells you everything about its historical profile in the region. No fish stocking records and no formal access trail in the DEC inventory, which usually means either private-boundary complications or a bushwhack-only approach through unbroken forest. Worth checking the town tax map and the latest DEC Wild Forest unit plan if you're hunting for overlooked water in the Keene Valley orbit. Most ponds this size without a trail got passed over for a reason — but that reason is often just topography, not water quality.
Nichols Pond sits in the town of Keene at 79 acres — a mid-sized pond with no public fish stocking records and limited documentation in the accessible DEC files. The water is named but not heavily promoted, which in the Adirondacks often means private shoreline or minimal formal access infrastructure. Without confirmed trail data or lean-to information, this is a pond that requires local knowledge or direct contact with the town clerk's office to fish or approach legally. If you're working through the Keene ponds systematically, confirm access first — trespassing violations in Essex County are enforced.
North Pond sits in the Keene township — a 33-acre water with no published fish survey and limited trail infrastructure, which means it stays quiet even in peak season. The pond falls into that category of named Adirondack waters that appear on the DEC map but don't show up in guidebooks — accessible to locals who know the old logging routes, largely off the radar for visitors working the standard lake loops. No designated campsites, no formal trailhead signage. If you're looking for solitude and you know how to read a contour map, North Pond delivers — but expect to bushwhack the last quarter-mile.
