Every named pond in the Adirondack Park — quiet waters, lean-to destinations, swimming holes. Browse by region or jump to a name.
Warner Pond is a six-acre pocket water in the Great Sacandaga Lake region — small enough that it likely sees more pressure from locals who know it than from passing traffic. No fish species data on record, which in this part of the southern Adirondacks can mean anything from a quiet pickerel pond to a seasonal wetland depending on the year's water table. The Great Sacandaga shoreline is a patchwork of private land and old logging roads, so access here is a question mark without local knowledge or a county tax map. If you're fishing the Sacandaga system, this is a detour for the curious, not a destination.
Waters Millpond is a 20-acre impoundment in the Great Sacandaga Lake region — the kind of small millpond that anchored a settlement crossroads before the reservoir economy took over. No documented fish surveys in the state database, which usually means local panfish and chain pickerel if the pond holds oxygen through winter, but you're prospecting without a map. The name suggests an old sawmill or grist operation; most of these ponds were working infrastructure before they became fishing holes. Access details aren't widely published — start with the town clerk in Northville or Edinburg if you're serious about finding the put-in.
West Vly sits in the southern Adirondack lowlands near the Great Sacandaga Lake basin — a 19-acre pond in an area where "vly" (the old Dutch term for wetland or marsh) shows up on half the water names within ten miles. The region runs more to bass, pike, and panfish than trout, but no fish survey data exists for West Vly specifically, and the name itself suggests marshy edges and shallow water. Access is unclear — likely private road or bushwhack — and the pond doesn't appear on the standard DEC paddling or fishing maps, which in this part of the Park usually means private shoreline or limited public interest. Worth a phone call to the nearest DEC office in Northville if you're serious about reaching it.
Winslow Pond is a two-acre pocket of water in the Great Sacandaga Lake region — small enough that it likely holds more interest as a local landmark or a fishing curiosity than as a paddling destination. No fish species on record, which either means it hasn't been surveyed in recent years or it doesn't hold much of a population worth documenting. The Great Sacandaga corridor is reservoir country, so smaller natural ponds like this one tend to sit quietly in the margins, known mostly to hunters, snowmobilers, and anyone walking old logging roads. Worth a look if you're already in the area; otherwise, it's the kind of water that stays off most itineraries.
Wohlfraths Pond is a one-acre pocket of water in the Great Sacandaga Lake region — small enough that it likely functions more as a wetland feature than a fishing or paddling destination, and remote enough that it carries a name but no public access infrastructure on record. Waters this size in the southern Adirondacks often sit on private land or exist as seasonal high-water basins connected to larger drainages; without fish data or trail references, this one reads as either landlocked by ownership or simply undeveloped. If you're hunting obscure named waters for completionist purposes, Wohlfraths qualifies — but expect to do your own reconnaissance on access and conditions.
