Every named reservoir in the Adirondack Park — flood-control basins, drinking-water sources, and the impoundments anchoring the southern watersheds.
Soft Maple Reservoir is a 423-acre impoundment in the Old Forge working forest — a big sheet of water with limited public information and almost no recreational infrastructure in the usual sense. The reservoir sits in active timber country, which means access and shoreline conditions shift with forestry operations and easement terms; if you're headed out here, confirm current access with the local ranger or the landowner before launching. No fish species on record — not unusual for reservoirs in managed timberlands where stocking priorities follow commercial rather than recreational logic. This is a paddle-your-own-adventure situation: bring a chart, expect solitude, and don't count on a boat launch or a marked put-in.
