Every named pond in the Adirondack Park — quiet waters, lean-to destinations, swimming holes. Browse by region or jump to a name.
Sarnac River — listed in state records as a pond, not a river — sits in the Keene drainage at 219 acres, though details on access and shoreline character are sparse in the public record. The name itself is an outlier: no major tributary or outlet called "Sarnac" runs through the Keene Valley corridor, and the listing may reference a smaller impoundment or a remapped feature that predates modern DEC surveys. No fish species on file, no nearby trail infrastructure in the curated database. If you're chasing this one down, start with the town clerk in Keene or the Ray Brook DEC office — sometimes these old pond names live only in tax maps and pre-1980 USGS quads.
Scribner Pond is a two-acre pocket water in the Keene town boundary — small enough that it rarely shows up on trail maps and quiet enough that most through-hikers miss it entirely. No fish stocking records on file, which usually means native brookies or nothing at all, and the shallow basin suggests it runs warm by mid-July. The pond sits in mixed hardwood cover, far enough from the High Peaks corridor that it doesn't pull weekend crowds, close enough to Keene Valley that locals know it as a low-effort bushwhack or a short unmarked approach. Best use: early-season reconnaissance, off-trail navigation practice, or a reason to get wet without company.
Secret Pond lives up to its name — a four-acre pocket of water tucked into the Keene backcountry with no formal trail, no lean-to, and no fish stocking on record. It's the kind of place that shows up on the DEC database but not in any guidebook, accessed by bushwhack or local knowledge and left alone by the crowds that fill the Route 73 corridor a few miles west. No species data means either no one's fishing it or no one's reporting — both possibilities track for a pond this size and this quiet. If you're here, you probably already know why.
Slush Pond is a 38-acre water east of Keene Valley — quieter and less trafficked than the roadside ponds along NY-73, tucked into the middle elevation forest where the High Peaks begin their descent toward the Champlain Valley. The name alone keeps some people away; the lack of stocked fish and the absence of a groomed trailhead keeps most others at arm's length. What remains is an off-the-radar pond for anglers willing to bushwhack, paddlers looking for solitude, and the occasional hunter working the hardwood ridges in October. No DEC campsite data on file — which in this region usually means walk-in camping by permit only, or none at all.
