Siamese Ponds Wilderness Area

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Siamese Ponds Wilderness Area
IUCN category Ib (wilderness area)
Location	Adirondack Park New York United States
Nearest city	Lake Pleasant, NY
Coordinates	43°35′05″N 74°14′29″W / 43.58484°N 74.24144°W / 43.58484; -74.24144
Area	114,010 acres (461.4 km2)
Governing body	New York State Department of Environmental Conservation

The Siamese Ponds Wilderness Area, an Adirondack Park unit of the Forest Preserve, is located in the towns of Lake Pleasant, Wells and Indian Lake in Hamilton County and the towns of Johnsburg and Thurman in Warren County. It is one of the larger wilderness areas of the Northeast; extending about 18 miles (29 km) from north to south and about 13 miles (21 km) from east to west at its widest part.

It is roughly bounded by NY 28 on the north; by private land tracts near Thirteenth Lake, Gore Mountain and Bakers Mills and by New York State Route 8 on the east; by Route 8 on the south; and by Route 8, International Paper lands and Indian Lake on the west.^{[citation needed]}

The area contains 33 bodies of water covering 945 acres (3.8 km²), 33 miles (53 km) of foot trails, and 4 lean-tos.^{[citation needed]}

The topography consists of relatively low rolling hills with a few mountain summits like Bullhead, Eleventh, Puffer and South Pond Mountains above the 3,000 foot (914 m) level. In addition, the area contains a large number of beaver meadows and swamps. On most of the higher elevations, except those in severely burned spots, spruce and hemlock predominate, while mixed hardwoods and softwoods cover the remainder of the area.^{[citation needed]}

Some of the more popular natural features are Thirteenth Lake, Chimney Mountain, Puffer Pond, Siamese Ponds, Augur Falls on the West Branch of the Sacandaga River, and John Pond. Chimney Mountain has ice caves that usually retain snow and ice through the summer months.^{[citation needed]}

Thirteenth Lake has a small sand beach at the northern end that makes a very desirable spot for picnics, bathing and camping. There are also other desirable camping spots on this lake.^{[citation needed]}