Every named pond in the Adirondack Park — quiet waters, lean-to destinations, swimming holes. Browse by region or jump to a name.
Partridge Pond is a 14-acre pocket water in the Long Lake township — small enough that it won't appear on most recreation maps, remote enough that access details are scarce in the standard guidebooks. Waters this size in the central Adirondacks typically mean either private land or a bushwhack approach through mixed hardwoods and wetland margins; without a documented trail or public put-in, this one stays quiet by default. No fish species data on record — which usually means either unstocked, too shallow to winter over, or simply un-surveyed. Worth a look if you're already in the area with a topo map and a tolerance for route-finding, but not a destination water on its own.
Pear Pond is a 23-acre water tucked into the Long Lake township — small enough to miss on a topo map, quiet enough that it likely stays that way in practice. No fish survey data on record, which in Adirondack terms usually means limited access, limited pressure, or both. The name suggests an old surveyor's notation or a vague shoreline shape — either way, it's the kind of pond that rewards the hiker willing to bushwhack or follow an unmarked route. If you're launching a canoe here, you carried it in yourself.
Pickwacket Pond sprawls across 165 acres in the Long Lake township — a mid-sized water in a region where "mid-sized" still means room to disappear. The name (likely Abenaki in origin, though the etymology is debated) suggests old hunting-ground territory, and the pond sits in that classic Long Lake corridor landscape: mixed hardwood-conifer shoreline, beaver activity, and the kind of quiet that makes you check your watch to see if time stopped. No fish data on record, which in the Adirondacks usually means either unstocked and acidic or simply overlooked by DEC survey crews. Access details are sparse — worth confirming with the Long Lake town office or local outfitters before committing to a paddle-in.
Polliwog Pond is a 7-acre pocket water in the Long Lake township — small enough that it won't appear on most regional maps, and remote enough that it's likely reached by bushwhack or a woods road that hasn't seen maintenance in decades. The name suggests early settler or logging-era usage, when every named water had a purpose: drinking supply, log-holding pond, or a landmark for survey crews. No fish data on record, which usually means either the pond winters out or it's simply too far off the grid for DEC sampling crews to bother. If you're chasing it down, start with the Long Lake town clerk or old USGS quads — this one's for map collectors and completionists.
