Every named pond in the Adirondack Park — quiet waters, lean-to destinations, swimming holes. Browse by region or jump to a name.
Ore Bed Pond is a 4-acre pocket water in the Keene backcountry — small enough that it doesn't show up on most recreational itineraries, tucked into the kind of terrain that favors local knowledge over trailhead signs. The name hints at historical mining activity in the area, part of the 19th-century iron extraction that left scattered adits and tailings throughout the eastern Adirondacks. No fish data on file, no maintained trail markers — this is walk-in-and-see territory, the kind of pond that rewards the curious and punishes the unprepared. Worth confirming access and property boundaries before bushwhacking in.
