Lester Flow and Cheney Pond
Cheney Pond and Lester Flow
Interactive map showing the campsites and lean-tos along Cheney Pond and Lester Flow (Vanderwhacker Creek) in the Cental Adirondacks.
Cheney Pond
This is a beautiful aerial photo super-imposed on the LiDAR hillshade to show the area with detail as you might see it from an airplane in late winter.
You can drive down to Cheney Pond via an unmarked road along Boreas Road, on top of a hill with a pull-off. The road is somewhat rutted but there is a drive-in campsite at the bottom of the road. From there, you can paddle across Cheney Pond and follow a narrow but navigable stream down to Lester Flow, which is little more then a still water in the Boreas River. At one time, Lester Flow was a all flooded but the dam is long gone, just leaving the still water.
Back Out at Cheney Pond
After spending a good portion of the afternoon up at Tawandus, I decided to go back down to Cheney Pond, and camp at the roadside site there. But first some paddling around the pond, then some dinner.
Taken on Saturday May 21, 2011 at Lester Flow and Cheney Pond.Road Campsite at Cheney Pond
There was a single road campsite, overlooking the parking lot and Cheney Pond. There is a lean-to and two other campsites on the other side of the lake, only accessible by boat.
Taken on Saturday May 21, 2011 at Lester Flow and Cheney Pond.Looking Towards the High Peaks
Sandy Bank of Cheney Pond
As afternoon progressed, it really start to clear out and look quite nice.
Taken on Saturday May 21, 2011 at Lester Flow and Cheney Pond.