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Upper Browns Tract Pond is one of three Browns Tract ponds in the Raquette Lake Wild Forest — a cluster of small, shallow waters that sit in second-growth forest between Raquette Lake village and the Fulton Chain corridor. At 51 acres it's the largest of the trio, though still quiet, marshy-edged, and far enough off the main roads to filter out casual traffic. Access typically requires navigating unmarked woods roads or following old logging cuts — this is not trailhead-and-signpost territory. The pond drains into the Browns Tract Inlet, which feeds into Raquette Lake proper; no fish species data on file, but the shallow, weedy character suggests warmwater habitat if anything holds.
