Every named pond in the Adirondack Park — quiet waters, lean-to destinations, swimming holes. Browse by region or jump to a name.
Tamarack Pond sits in the Raquette Lake township — a 16-acre pond in the wooded backcountry south of Blue Mountain Lake, far enough off the main corridors that it sees minimal traffic. No public record of fish stocking or species surveys, which usually means either wild brookies or nothing at all; local anglers will know. Access details are sparse in the official records, but ponds of this size in this region typically require either a bushwhack or a seasonal logging road approach — worth a call to the DEC Ray Brook office or a conversation at a Raquette Lake trailhead before you commit to the drive.
Toad Pond is a 23-acre water tucked into the Raquette Lake township — not a destination pond, but the kind of small stillwater that turns up on the edges of longer paddling routes or while scouting off-trail in the central Adirondacks. No fish species on record, which usually means either unstocked and acidic or simply under-sampled by DEC surveys. The pond sits in timber company or private land patchwork typical of the Raquette Lake region, so confirm access before bushwhacking in. For named, accessible ponds in this area, Shallow Lake and South Inlet offer clearer public entry points and better fishing.
Touey Pond is a six-acre water in the Raquette Lake township — small enough that it doesn't pull crowds, remote enough that it likely doesn't see intentional visits outside of hunters working the surrounding ridges in November. No fish stocking records on file, no maintained trail access in the DEC database, no lean-to within bushwhack distance. This is the kind of pond that shows up on the topo map as a blue dot with a name — a cartographic artifact more than a destination, the sort of place you'd only reach by deliberate effort or by accident while chasing a bearing line through second-growth hardwoods.
Townsend Pond is an 11-acre pocket of water in the Raquette Lake township — small enough that it rarely shows up on regional hiking maps, which in this part of the park usually means private-land margin or minimal public access. No fish species on record, no maintained trails flagged in the DEC inventory, no nearby peaks to anchor a day hike — it sits in that middle-distance category between the Blue Mountain Wild Forest to the west and the more trafficked corridors around Raquette and Forked lakes. If you're poking around dirt roads or studying the township tax maps for shore access, this is the kind of water that rewards local knowledge more than a trailhead sign.
