Every named pond in the Adirondack Park — quiet waters, lean-to destinations, swimming holes. Browse by region or jump to a name.
Warrens Pond is a 10-acre water in the Schroon Lake region — small enough to be overlooked, big enough to hold a quiet afternoon if you find it. No fish data on record, no designated access or nearby peaks to pull hikers off the main corridors, which likely means private shoreline or minimal public footprint. These mid-sized ponds scattered through the Schroon Lake township tend to sit tucked in mixed forest between larger named waters — local knowledge spots, camp-access ponds, or simply waters that never made it onto the DEC stocking rotation. If you're working the region, it's worth a map check to see what connects.
Wilcox Pond is a two-acre pocket water in the Schroon Lake region — small enough that it likely holds brook trout if it holds fish at all, but there's no stocking or angling records on file to confirm it. Waters this size in the central Adirondacks tend to be either old beaver work, kettle ponds left by glacial melt, or both; without trail access noted in DEC records, this one's either on private land or tucked into a roadless drainage where it sees more moose than anglers. If you're chasing obscure ponds in the Schroon corridor, start with confirmed access at Pharaoh Lake Wilderness or the trails off Schroon Lake Road.
Wolf Pond sits in the Schroon Lake region at 57 acres — mid-sized by Adirondack standards, large enough to hold water through dry summers but small enough that most paddlers can work the shoreline in an hour. No fish species data on file with DEC, which typically means either limited angling pressure or a pond that doesn't hold reliable populations — worth a scouting trip with a rod but not a destination fishery. The name suggests old trapping or logging history, common across ponds in this part of the Park that were working landscapes before the Forest Preserve boundaries hardened. Access details aren't widely documented; local inquiry at the Schroon Lake town offices or the nearest DEC ranger station is the reliable play.
