Every named pond in the Adirondack Park — quiet waters, lean-to destinations, swimming holes. Browse by region or jump to a name.
Wakely Pond covers 25 acres near the Cedar River Flow, with road access to the Wakely Mountain trailhead. Brook trout fishing and primitive shoreline campsites — a quiet base for the fire tower climb above.
Whortleberry Pond is an 18-acre water in the Indian Lake township — remote enough that it doesn't show up on the standard paddling circuits but accessible to anyone willing to work through the local road network and ask around. The name marks it as old Adirondack nomenclature (whortleberry being the colonial-era term for what we now call huckleberry or blueberry), which usually means it's been on the map since the tannery and logging era but never developed a recreational reputation. No fish stocking records on file, no established campsites, no trailhead signage — this is a pond you visit because you want to be the only boat on the water. Best confirmed with the Indian Lake town office or a local outfitter before committing to the drive.
William Blake Pond is an 8-acre backcountry water in the Indian Lake township — small enough that it likely sees more moose than paddlers, and remote enough that you won't find it marked on the DEC's stocked-waters list or clustered with the better-known ponds farther north. No fish species on record, which in Adirondack terms usually means either brook trout that never got surveyed or a shallow basin that winterkills. The name suggests an old lease or a surveyor's mark from the township days, but the pond itself has stayed off the recreational radar. Worth investigating if you're already in the Indian Lake backcountry and looking for stillwater solitude without a destination mandate.
