Every named pond in the Adirondack Park — quiet waters, lean-to destinations, swimming holes. Browse by region or jump to a name.
Round Pond sits in the southern Adirondacks near the Lake George Wild Forest boundary — 80 acres of undeveloped water in a region better known for its resort lakefront and roadside campgrounds. No formal DEC access or launch facilities; local knowledge and older Forest Preserve maps suggest a bushwhack approach from nearby dirt roads, but expect a quiet, low-traffic paddle if you make the effort. No fish data on file, which usually means minimal stocking history and light angling pressure. This is a walk-in pond in a drive-to district — more solitude than most Lake George-area waters, but you'll work for it.
Round Pond is a 22-acre water in the Tupper Lake region — small enough to paddle in an afternoon, remote enough that you won't share it with jet skis or bass boats. No fish species data on record, which typically means it's either unstocked or lightly surveyed brook trout habitat; bring a rod and keep expectations modest. The pond sits in working forest country, where access roads shift with logging cycles and the best route in is usually confirmed by local outfitters or the DEC Ray Brook office before you load the canoe. If you're camping nearby, it's a quiet exploratory paddle — not a destination water, but a reliable blank spot on the map.
Round Pond is a 201-acre pond in the St. Regis Canoe Area, accessible only by paddle — a 1.3-mile carry from the Fish Creek trailhead. Remote water; brook trout and lean-to camping at the north shore by permit.
Rush Pond is a 24-acre pond in the Lake George region — small enough to hold some intimacy in a corridor that skews toward crowded shoreline and resort traffic. No fisheries data on file, which usually means either stocked-out years ago or never managed for angling in the first place. The pond sits outside the more trafficked lake zones, a quiet pocket that doesn't pull the summer rental crowd. Access details aren't widely documented — if you're headed there, confirm the approach with a local outfitter or the closest DEC ranger station before you commit the drive.
Russett Pond is a 24-acre water in the Keene town limits — small enough to stay off most touring itineraries, large enough to hold its shape on a USGS quad. No fish data on file with DEC, which typically means either naturally fishless or stocked once decades ago and left alone since. The pond sits in mixed hardwood-conifer forest at mid-elevation, the kind of water that serves as a landmark on longer through-hikes more often than a destination itself. Worth checking local trail registers or the DEC Region 5 office in Ray Brook for current access routes if you're working a loop in the area.
Ryan Pond is a two-acre pocket water in the Lake George region — small enough that it likely holds more interest as a bushwhack destination or a name on the map than as a fishing or paddling objective. No fish stocking records, no formal trail access, no DEC lean-tos or campsites in the immediate vicinity. The kind of water that shows up on the quad but doesn't generate much foot traffic — worth knowing about if you're piecing together wetland corridors or exploring unmapped corners of a larger tract, but not a destination pond in the conventional sense.
