Every named pond in the Adirondack Park — quiet waters, lean-to destinations, swimming holes. Browse by region or jump to a name.
Sand Pond sits off Alder Meadow Road in the Schroon Lake region — a 63-acre pond with limited public profile and no fish stocking records on file with DEC. The name suggests a sandy bottom or shoreline, common in ponds tucked into the lower-elevation till country east of the High Peaks, but access details and ownership patterns here aren't well documented in the standard trail or paddling guides. If you're working this area, confirm access locally before you go — these mid-sized ponds sometimes live behind private land or old logging corridors that aren't marked on the standard DEC maps.
Stony Pond is a 75-acre water in the Schroon Lake region — mid-sized for a backcountry pond, though details on access and fishery are sparse in the state records. The name suggests the characteristic Adirondack glacial scatter: boulders in the shallows, maybe a rock-slab put-in if there's road or trail access. Without confirmed species data, it's either unstocked and holding wild brookies, or it's a pond that doesn't get much pressure — which in the Schroon corridor usually means limited access or private inholdings nearby. Worth a call to the Ray Brook DEC office or the Schroon Lake chamber for current conditions and parking.
