Every named pond in the Adirondack Park — quiet waters, lean-to destinations, swimming holes. Browse by region or jump to a name.
New Pond is a 57-acre water in the Raquette Lake township — one of dozens of mid-sized ponds in the central Adirondacks that never made it onto the tourist loop but still hold their own quiet appeal. The name tells you what you need to know: it's a working placeholder, not a landmark, and access details are thin on public record. No fish species data logged with DEC, which usually means limited angling pressure or private-land complications upstream. Worth a closer look if you're already in the Raquette drainage and hunting for stillwater off the main routes.
Nicks Pond is a 15-acre water tucked into the Raquette Lake township — small enough to paddle in an hour, remote enough that most visitors to the Raquette Lake corridor never see it. No fish survey data on file with DEC, which often signals light angling pressure or a pond that doesn't hold fish through winter; worth a scouting trip with a topo map and low expectations. Access details are scarce — likely old logging roads or unmaintained footpaths from the north or west — but ponds this size in this region tend to reward the effort with glassy mornings and the occasional moose at the inlet.
North Pond sits on the north side of the Raquette Lake hamlet — a small, tight-shoreline water that most visitors pass without noticing on their way to the bigger-name destinations in the Fulton Chain corridor. The 51-acre pond is one of dozens of quiet satellite waters scattered through the Raquette Lake township, the kind of place that rewards local knowledge or a willingness to poke around with a canoe and a DeLorme. No fish species on record, which typically means unstocked and likely winter-kill prone in shallow bowls like this one. Access and shore conditions vary widely on ponds this size in the region — check with the town or local outfitters before planning a paddle.
