Every named pond in the Adirondack Park — quiet waters, lean-to destinations, swimming holes. Browse by region or jump to a name.
Thirtyfive Pond is an eight-acre backcountry water in the Tupper Lake region — small enough that it rarely appears on recreation lists but large enough to hold a shoreline worth exploring if you're already in the area. No fish stocking records on file, which usually means native brookies or nothing at all; the pond sits in working forest land where access depends on seasonal logging roads and whatever informal paths have been cut or maintained over time. This is the kind of water that rewards locals with a truck and a tolerance for unmapped routes — not a destination hike, but a quiet detour if you know where you're going. Confirm current access and ownership status before heading in.
Toad Pond is a 12-acre water in the Tupper Lake region — small enough to slip past most paddlers hunting for bigger destinations, which is half the appeal. No fish data on record, no marked trails leading in, no lean-tos advertised — the kind of pond that shows up on the DEC map as a blue dot and rewards anyone willing to bushwhack or poke around old logging roads to find it. If you're based in Tupper Lake and looking for a quiet morning paddle or a place to test a new canoe without company, Toad Pond delivers exactly that: 12 acres of water, no pressure, no crowd.
Tooley Pond is a 41-acre water in the Tupper Lake region — small enough to paddle in an afternoon, remote enough that you won't share it with many others. No fish species data on file with DEC, which typically means either unstocked brook trout water or a shallow pond that winters out; local knowledge beats the database here. Access details are sparse in the official record, but ponds of this size in this township usually come with either a rough seasonal road or a short bushwhack from a logging trace. Worth a call to a Tupper Lake outfitter or the local DEC office before you load the canoe.
Town Line Pond is a 41-acre water in the Tupper Lake region — the kind of small working pond that sits between named roads and doesn't broadcast its presence. No fish species data on file, which usually means it's been overlooked by DEC surveys rather than actually fishless, but it's worth confirming locally before you bring a rod. The name suggests it straddles a town boundary, a common Adirondack pattern for ponds that never quite belonged to one hamlet's identity. Best bet for access intel: ask at a Tupper Lake bait shop or check the county tax maps for adjacent public land.
Tracy Pond is a 16-acre pocket water in the Tupper Lake region — small enough that it rarely shows up on general recreation maps, but present in the DEC inventory and on USGS quads. No fish stocking records on file, which usually means either legacy brookies (if the pond connects to inlet flow) or a sterile basin. The surrounding forest is working timberland, so access may be gated or seasonal depending on harvest schedules — check with the local DEC office or area outfitters before planning a trip in. These off-the-radar ponds often hold the best stillwater solitude in the park, assuming you can reach them.
Train Pond is a small 13-acre water in the Tupper Lake region — one of those named ponds that exists on the map more definitively than it does in paddling guides or trail registers. No fish stocking records, no marked access trail in the standard inventories, which typically means either private-land borders or a bushwhack approach through second-growth forest and wetland edge. The name suggests railroad history — the region's logging-era rail corridors often left ponds with utilitarian names and few formal recreation structures. If you're hunting it down, start with the DEC's Unit Management Plan maps and confirm land status before you walk in.
Triangle Pond is a 15-acre pond in the Tupper Lake region — small enough that it lives in the margin between named water and local-knowledge spot. No fish stocking records on file, no marked trails in the state database, no lean-tos or designated campsites in the immediate vicinity. These quiet ponds often hold native brook trout or yellow perch that never make it into DEC survey reports, and they're often reached by old logging roads or hunter's paths that predate the trail register system. Worth a stop if you're already in the area with a topo map and a canoe; otherwise, it's a placeholder on the larger water network until someone with recent intel files a trip report.
Trout Pond sits northeast of Tupper Lake village in a mid-elevation flat — 155 acres of workable water with no formal DEC access and no trail record in the current database. The name suggests brook trout at some point in its management history, but there's no species data on file and no stocking reports in recent memory. It's the kind of pond that shows up on the quad map but not in the guidebooks — likely private-access or surrounded by posted timberland. If you're putting in here, you already know how you're getting there.
Turtle Pond sits south of Tupper Lake village in a quiet corridor of working forest and seasonal camps — 68 acres with no formal public access infrastructure and no fish stocking records on file with DEC. The pond shows up on the paddling circuit for people launching from nearby Raquette River access points, but it's not a destination water in the way the bigger flow-through ponds are. This is the kind of place that gets its pressure from locals who know the put-in and don't advertise it — a pond that holds its secrets because it doesn't make anyone's top-ten list. Check the DEC Region 5 mapping for surrounding land status before you plan a visit.
Twin Lakes sits in the Tupper Lake town complex — a 34-acre water that reads more residential than backcountry, with private shoreline and seasonal camps defining the character. The name suggests a paired system, though one body dominates the acreage and the public footprint here is minimal compared to the state-managed ponds farther into the park. No fish species data on file with DEC, which typically signals either unstocked water or limited angling pressure worth recording. For paddlers passing through Tupper Lake proper, this is a neighborhood water — visible from the road, but not a destination unless you're staying on it.
Twin Lakes — despite the name — is a single 15-acre pond in the Tupper Lake region, likely named for a second, smaller basin that dried or silted in over time, or for visual symmetry that's clearer from certain angles than others. No fish species on record, which in Adirondack terms usually means either it's too shallow to winter over, or it's simply off the stocking and survey grid. The pond sits in working forest — expect limited or seasonal access depending on timber company road gates and hunting season closures. Best confirmed locally before committing to the drive.
Twin Ponds sits north of Tupper Lake village in a wooded pocket of state land — small, quiet, and off the recreational radar for paddlers who typically track toward Raquette River or the bigger forest ponds. At 16 acres it's barely a blip on the topo, and without fish stocking data or a documented trout population it's more of a stop-and-look pond than a destination fishery. The value is in the stillness: no boat launch traffic, no motorboats, just a shallow basin and whatever brookies might have migrated upstream on their own. Best accessed by local knowledge or a willingness to bushwhack short distances from nearby forest roads.
Twin Ponds sits north of Tupper Lake village in a quiet pocket of mixed forest — small, shallow, and off the main recreation grid. At 11 acres it's more kettle pond than destination water, the kind of place you find by local knowledge or old topo habit rather than trailhead signage. No fish stocking records and no formal access means this is catch-and-release-your-expectations territory: a study in bog mat ecology, maybe a solo paddle on a glass-calm morning, but not a spot you'd build a weekend around. Best treated as a rest stop if you're already threading the backroads between Tupper and Piercefield.
Twin Ponds is an 8-acre water in the Tupper Lake region — small enough that it likely sees more moose than anglers, and remote enough that access details aren't part of the standard trail inventory. The name suggests a paired-pond system, common in the glacial scour country west of the High Peaks, where shallow bowls collect runoff and connect through beaver-modified drainages. No fish species on record, which in Adirondack terms usually means either too shallow for winter survival or simply never stocked and never surveyed. Worth a look if you're already in the area with a topo map and a tolerance for bushwhacking.
Twin Ponds sits in the Tupper Lake region as one of those small, numbered waters that only show up when you're deep into the registry — three acres, no stocking records, likely brook trout if anything. The name suggests a second pond close by, connected or within sight, but without maintained trails or DEC signage, access here is a bushwhack proposition or a local's route handed down by word of mouth. Waters this size in this part of the park tend to be shallow, tea-stained, ringed with blowdown — more valuable as a waypoint than a destination. If you know how to get there, you already know what you're walking into.
