Every named pond in the Adirondack Park — quiet waters, lean-to destinations, swimming holes. Browse by region or jump to a name.
Rat Pond is a 31-acre water in the Saranac Lake region — the kind of small, name-on-a-map pond that doesn't show up in guidebooks but holds local knowledge about access and use. No fish stocking records on file, which usually means either wild brookies or nothing at all; the DEC doesn't survey every small water in the Park. Without maintained trails or nearby trailheads in the database, access is likely bushwhack or private-land permission — worth a stop at a local outfitter or the regional DEC office before making the trip. These off-grid ponds are where you earn your solitude.
Roiley Pond is a 15-acre pocket of water in the Saranac Lake region — small enough to disappear from most recreational radar, no fish data on the DEC books, no trailhead signs pointing you in. The name suggests old surveyor's shorthand or a long-gone camp owner, but the pond itself sits quietly in second-growth woods, likely accessible by bushwhack or private road rather than maintained trail. These are the waters that show up on the USGS quad and nowhere else — known to the neighbor with a canoe in the shed, unknown to the hiker with the guidebook. If you're looking for it, you already know why.
Rollins Pond is a 460-acre paddle-access pond within the Fish Creek Ponds campground complex. A state campground on the shore serves as a launch point into the wider St. Regis Canoe Area route network — multi-day trips possible; day paddles common.
