North of Mountain Pond in Paul Smiths is an old routing of NY 30 and several old fire protection roads that are used today for hiking, horseback riding, and accessing backcountry hunting locations. Known as the Hays Brook Horse Trails, there is a small parking area along Mountain Pond Road (Old Route 30), along with a falling apart wooden sign indicating the trail head.
The last hill that makes up Jenkins Mountain is where Mountain Pond gets it's name from.
Taken on Saturday August 14, 2010 at Mountain Pond.
While this picture is somewhat in shadow, there where loons on Mountain Pond. They were not all that noisy, compared to Polliwog Pond or especially Mason Pond, where they howled quite bit more in the evening.
Taken on Saturday August 14, 2010 at Mountain Pond.
I love this camping area. Not that popular, but very nice, quiet, and right off of NY 30.
Taken on Friday July 1, 2011 at Mountain Pond.