Taylor Pond Wild Forest

he Taylor Pond Wild Forest is a discontinuous 43,000-acre (174 km2) tract of state land designated as Wild Forest by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation in the northeastern Adirondack Park. The tract covers portions of 13 towns in three counties in the region around Taylor Pond, Silver Lake and Union Falls flow, in the town of Franklin in Franklin County and the town of Black Brook in Clinton County.

Other parts of the Wild Forest are in the towns of Ausable, Peru, and Saranac in Clinton County, and the towns of Chesterfield, Elizabethtown, Essex, Jay, Lewis, St. Armand, Westport and Willsboro in Essex County.

Car camping is available at Taylor Pond campground; Poke-O-Moonshine campground is closed. Catamount, Silver Lake, and Poke-O-Moonshine Mountains are popular destinations for hikers in the Wild Forest. There is camping on Union and Franklin Falls ponds.

Activities supported include hunting, fishing, hiking, biking, boating and paddling, horseback riding, snowmobiling, skiing and snowshoeing.

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Taylor Pond

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Taylor Pond

Even if you don't camp at the Taylor Pond Campground, there is a lot you can do at Taylor Pond from hiking to paddling to camping at the numerous free lean-tos and primitive campsites along the lake.

Union Falls Pond

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While not totally apparent, on clear days there are amazing views of the High Peaks from this location.

Taken on Sunday July 3, 2011 at Union Falls Pond.

Pok-o-Moonshine

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Ortho Pok-o-Moonshine

Pok-o-Moonshine with the Adirondack Northway running along it in the Northern Adirondacks.

Franklin Falls Pond – Saranac River Campsites

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Franklin Falls Pond - Saranac River Campsites

This shows the campsites south-west of the Franklin Falls Pond/Reservoir. The Saranac River at this point is mostly navigable at higher level flows but it is shallow with lots of big boulders and some rapids. You will be hoping in out of your canoe. Most of the campsites can also be accessed by parking on the shoulder of the road and climbing down a steep bank to campsites along the shoreline.