Every named pond in the Adirondack Park — quiet waters, lean-to destinations, swimming holes. Browse by region or jump to a name.
Shiras Pond is an 8-acre water tucked into the Speculator area — small enough that it likely holds brook trout even without formal stocking records, typical of these backcountry ponds that sit off the main corridors. The name suggests early surveyor or logging-era heritage, common in this stretch of the southern Adirondacks where most waters were named for the men who cut timber or ran the first survey lines through in the 1800s. Access details are scarce, which usually means old logging roads or unmaintained footpaths — worth a local inquiry at the Speculator town offices or a stop at a nearby sporting goods shop before committing to the bushwhack.
South Pond is a small, quiet water in the Speculator area — seven acres, tucked into the working forest landscape south of town where the named ponds thin out and the timber roads multiply. No fish stocking data on record, which usually means brook trout if anything, or nothing at all. Access details are sparse in the public record, but ponds this size in this region are often walk-ins from old logging routes or private inholdings — worth a stop at the local DEC office or a conversation at Charlie Johns Store if you're planning to fish it.
