Every named pond in the Adirondack Park — quiet waters, lean-to destinations, swimming holes. Browse by region or jump to a name.
Trout Pond is a 31-acre water tucked in the Keene township — not to be confused with the dozen other Trout Ponds scattered across the Park, each claiming the name for the same predictable reason. The pond sits outside the High Peaks corridor but still in the gravitational pull of Keene Valley, which makes it less of a weekender magnet than the roadside pull-offs on NY-73. No fish species data on file with DEC, though the name suggests brook trout at some point in its stocking history — or just wishful thinking by an optimistic surveyor. Access and trail details aren't widely documented, which usually means either private land complications or a bushwhack situation; call the Keene town office or stop by the Mountaineer in town for local beta.
Twin Pond is a three-acre pond in the Keene town footprint — small enough that it doesn't carry the recreational or access infrastructure of the region's better-known waters, and remote enough that it holds to itself. No fish species data on file with DEC, which usually means either no stocking history or catch reports too thin to register. The name suggests a paired-pond system, common in the Park's glacial hollows, though whether the twin is still mapped or has since silted into wetland is unclear from the survey records. If you're heading this direction, confirm access and current conditions locally — ponds this size can shift from open water to beaver meadow in a single heavy flow year.
Water Hazard 7/8 is a three-acre pond in Keene with a name that suggests golf course origin — likely part of a private development or resort property rather than wild forest land. No public access information or fishery data on file, which typically means private ownership or landlocked placement within a larger parcel. These numbered "water hazard" ponds appear in DEC records but rarely show up on hiking maps or in paddling guides. If you're looking for public water in Keene proper, head to Styles Brook or the Ausable River branches instead.
White Lily Pond is a 15-acre water tucked into the Keene township — small enough to stay off most hiking itineraries, large enough to hold its own character. The name suggests the kind of aquatic bloom that clusters in shallow bays by mid-July, though whether white lilies still claim the pond or ever did is a question for anyone who bushwhacks in to confirm. No fish stocking records on file, no formal trail designation — this is either a local swim spot with access known by word-of-mouth, or it's a pond best left to the deer and the dragonflies. If you're looking for it, ask at the Keene Library or thetown clerk's office.
Woodruff Pond sits in the Keene township footprint — 78 acres of relatively shallow water with no public access road and no formal trail system linking it to the wider High Peaks network. It's the kind of water that shows up on the DeLorme but not on most recreation maps, held in private or conservation easement status and functionally off the grid for day-trippers. No fish stocking records, no lean-tos, no put-in — which means it holds its quiet in a valley where quiet is increasingly hard to claim. If you're researching it, you're likely looking at a bushwhack or you already know the landowner.
