Every named reservoir in the Adirondack Park — flood-control basins, drinking-water sources, and the impoundments anchoring the southern watersheds.
Taylor Pond is a 331-acre reservoir in the northern Adirondacks, open to motorboats and known for steady smallmouth bass and northern pike fishing. Public access via a concrete ramp off Silver Lake Road; the pond sees moderate traffic but rarely crowds.
Taylorville Pond is a 92-acre reservoir on the northern edge of the Old Forge township — a working impoundment rather than a natural water, set in second-growth mixed forest west of the main tourist corridor. The pond sits quiet and underdeveloped compared to the chain lakes to the south; no formal boat launch, no DEC campground, no tackle shop buzz about what's biting. It's the kind of water that shows up on a topo map but not in conversation — more utility than destination, more local than regional. Access details are sparse; if you're fishing it, you're likely putting in from private land or discovering it on your own terms.
Tupper Lake Reservoir is a 3,000-acre impoundment on the Raquette River, created by a 1919 hydroelectric dam. Open to motorboats and fishing for northern pike, walleye, and smallmouth bass; public launch off Route 3 in the village of Tupper Lake.
