Every named pond in the Adirondack Park — quiet waters, lean-to destinations, swimming holes. Browse by region or jump to a name.
Panther Pond is an 11-acre pocket water in the Raquette Lake region — small enough that it doesn't pull crowds, tucked into a landscape where most attention goes to the bigger named lakes and the Old Forge corridor to the south. No fish species on record, which often means either unstocked brook trout water or a pond that doesn't hold fish through winter drawdown — worth a speculative cast if you're passing through, but not a destination fishery. The Raquette Lake township has a network of private inholdings and logging roads that complicate access to some of these smaller ponds; check ownership and ask locally before bushwhacking in.
Partlow Milldam is a two-acre pond in the Raquette Lake region — a mill remnant that tells the story of early logging infrastructure in a part of the Park where settlement preceded conservation. The name telegraphs its origin: a working dam that likely powered a sawmill in the late 1800s, when Raquette Lake was a timber hub and these small ponds dotted the woods around camps and lumber operations. No fish species data on file, and at two acres it's more likely a seasonal holdover pool than a managed fishery. Best approached as local history rather than a destination — the kind of water you find on a bushwhack or while poking around old timber roads.
Pelcher Pond is a 41-acre water tucked into the Raquette Lake township — one of the quieter ponds in a region better known for its resort history and steamboat routes. Access details are sparse in the public record, which usually means either private shoreline or a bushwhack approach through thick Adirondack lowland. The pond sits in the working forest southwest of the core Raquette Lake settlement, where timber company roads and old hunting camps define the landscape more than marked trails. No fish species data on file — a gap that suggests light pressure or overlooked surveys, not absence.
Pilgrim Pond is a 12-acre water in the Raquette Lake township — small enough that it rarely appears on general Adirondack maps but large enough to hold its own basin and shoreline character. No fish stocking records on file, no maintained trails leading in, no lean-tos or campsites listed in the DEC inventory — this is either private-access water or remote enough that it functions as a cartographic placeholder rather than a paddling destination. If you're sorting through the dozens of minor ponds in the Raquette Lake drainage, cross-reference property maps before making plans.
