page_title: Five Ponds Wilderness Area
section_title: Recreation
hierarchical_section_title: Five Ponds Wilderness Area / Recreation
caption_attribution_description: The Plains, Five Ponds Wilderness, New York
context_page_description: The Five Ponds Wilderness Area, an Adirondack Park unit of New York's Forest Preserve, is located in the towns of Fine and Clifton in St. Lawrence County, the town of Webb in Herkimer County and the town of Long Lake in Hamilton County. It includes 1,064 acres of private inholdings, 99 bodies of water covering 1,964 acres, 57.9 miles of trails, and 14 lean-tos.
context_section_description: In addition to these spots, other points of interest to the hiker, camper and fisherman are: High Falls on the Oswegatchie River; Alder Bed Flow on the Middle Branch of the Oswegatchie River; Cat Mountain; Sand Lake; Wolf Pond; Big Deer Pond; Nicks Pond; "The Plains," which are very similar in soil and cover type to that of the Moose River Plains; and the numerous, clear, spring-fed ponds, most of which support brook trout.
caption: View of The Plains in December
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