Every named pond in the Adirondack Park — quiet waters, lean-to destinations, swimming holes. Browse by region or jump to a name.
Quackenbush Pond is an 11-acre pocket water in the Old Forge area — small enough to skip most maps, quiet enough to hold your attention if you're already nearby. No fish stocking records on file, which often means either wild brookies or nothing worth targeting, but it reads like a pond that gets fished casually by whoever finds it. The Old Forge corridor has dozens of these minor ponds tucked between the bigger destinations — some accessed by unmarked trails or old logging roads, some best reached by canoe from connected waters. If you know where it is, you already know whether it's worth the trip.
Quebec Pond is a 60-acre water in the Saranac Lake region — quieter and less trafficked than the named ponds along the tourist corridors, but still accessible enough for a late-afternoon paddle or shoreline fish. No species data on file, which usually means it's either managed for brookies or left alone entirely; local knowledge will tell you which. The pond sits outside the High Peaks bustle, making it a workable fallback when the popular day-use waters are crowded. Worth confirming access and current regulations with the local DEC office before heading in.
Quiver Pond is a 20-acre water tucked into the Old Forge working forest — the kind of pond that shows up on a topo map but not in the trailhead conversation, which means it's either gated private, logged-over and difficult, or both. No public fish stocking records, no DEC campsite markers, no trail register to sign. The name suggests either an old hunting camp or a surveyor's inside joke; either way, it sits in that wide buffer zone between the resort corridor and the true backcountry, where access depends on landowner relationship and local knowledge. If you're asking about Quiver Pond, you're either looking at a deed map or you heard the name from someone who grew up here.
