Taylor Pond Wild Forest

The Taylor Pond Wild Forest is a discontinuous  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 along with a few boat-in sites; 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. 

See also
List of New York wild forests

External links
NYS Department of Environmental Conservation - Adirondack Park - Land Units Map
NYS Department of Environmental Conservation - Taylor Pond Campground

Category:Adirondack Park
Category:Protected areas of Franklin County, New York
Category:Protected areas of Clinton County, New York
Category:Protected areas of Essex County, New York
Category:Forests of New York (state)