Every named pond in the Adirondack Park — quiet waters, lean-to destinations, swimming holes. Browse by region or jump to a name.
Oncio Pond is a seven-acre pocket water in the Lake Placid region — small enough that it rarely shows up on anyone's radar, which is exactly why it matters to the handful of paddlers and anglers who know it. No fish species data on file, which usually means either brook trout that no one's bothered to report or a pond that doesn't hold fish through the summer. Access details are sparse in the DEC records; if you're heading out, bring a topo and expect to work for it. The reward is a quiet pond where you're unlikely to see another boat all day.
Owen Pond is the middle link in the Copperas–Owen–Winch chain off NY-86, a 22-acre water that sees less traffic than Copperas but shares the same quiet-pond character — low ridges, soft banks, and the kind of stillness that makes a lunch break feel like a reset. The loop trail connects all three ponds, and Owen sits roughly halfway, making it the turnaround point for families who start at Copperas and decide the full circuit is more than they bargained for. No designated campsites on Owen itself; paddlers occasionally portage in from Copperas for a few hours of solitude. The pond drains north into Copperas Brook, which eventually feeds the West Branch of the Ausable.
