Every named pond in the Adirondack Park — quiet waters, lean-to destinations, swimming holes. Browse by region or jump to a name.
Tamarack Pond is a 14-acre water in the Saranac Lake region — small enough to hold a sense of enclosure, large enough to paddle without circling back every ten minutes. The name suggests the bog-edge conifers common to ponds this size in the northwest quarter of the Park, though without documented access or fish stocking records, it reads more as a named feature on the map than a recreational destination. If you know where it is, you probably already know how to get there — and whether it's worth the effort.
The Flow is a 35-acre pond in the Saranac Lake region — a small, low-profile water that sits off the main recreation corridors and outside the High Peaks bustle. No fish species on record, no trailhead parking lots, no lean-tos in the DEC inventory — which tells you most of what you need to know about its character. This is backwater Adirondack: quiet, unmanaged, the kind of pond that shows up on a topo map but not in a guidebook. If you're looking for it, you already know why.
The Springs is a 2-acre pond in the Saranac Lake region — small enough that it lives in the gap between local knowledge and the hiking guides, which usually means private land, old easements, or a put-in that requires asking around. No fish species on record, no nearby peaks, no formal trail system in the database — this is either a working pond with a quiet reputation or a name that predates the DEC lean-to era and never made it onto the recreation maps. If you're looking for it, start with the town clerk's office or the older USGS quads; sometimes these small waters only show up in the survey lines.
Turtle Pond is a seven-acre pocket water in the Saranac Lake region — small enough that it doesn't show up on most driving routes, quiet enough that it holds its character even in high summer. No fish species on record, which typically means either it winters out or it's been passed over by DEC surveys; either way, it's more of a paddle or a stillwater look than a fishing destination. Access details are sparse in the state records, so if you're planning a visit, stop by a local outfitter or the DEC ranger station in Ray Brook for current conditions and directions. Worth confirming before you commit the afternoon.
Turtle Pond is a 40-acre brook trout pond in the St. Regis Canoe Area, reached by carry from Long or Slang Pond. A lean-to sits on the shore — quiet water, paddle-only, part of the inner-loop circuit.
Twin Ponds sits in the quiet western corner of the Saranac Lake region — 36 acres split into two connected basins that read as a single water from most shoreline angles. No formal fish stocking records and no maintained trail system means this one stays off the weekend circuit, attracting the occasional paddler willing to scout access and the few who know it from older maps. The ponds drain north toward the Saranac Lakes chain but sit far enough from the main water routes to hold their distance from the paddling crowds. Bring a compass and expect to share the shoreline with beaver workings and the kind of silence that comes from being two turns off the last marked road.
Twin Ponds is a 116-acre pond in the Saranac Lake region — substantial enough to anchor a day on the water, quiet enough that it doesn't show up on most touring routes. No fish species data on record, which usually means limited public access or private shoreline; worth confirming access before launching. The acreage suggests a legitimate paddle, not a roadside pull-off, and the "Twin" designation implies a connecting body or close neighbor — typical of the glacial pond clusters northwest of the village. If you're looking at it on a map, call the local ranger station or DEC Region 5 office to verify put-in options and ownership boundaries.
