Weller Pond is a wilderness pond southwest of the village of

Saranac Lake Saranac Lake may refer to: * Saranac Lake, New York, a village in the northern Adirondacks *One of the three nearby Saranac Lakes, part of the Saranac River: **Upper Saranac Lake **Middle Saranac Lake **Lower Saranac Lake Note: There is no lake nam ...

in the

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in northern

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within Franklin County. The lake is found at an elevation of . It is connected to

Middle Saranac Lake Middle Saranac Lake, also called Round Lake, is the smallest of three connected lakes, part of the Saranac River, near the village of Saranac Lake in the Adirondacks in northern New York. Two-thirds of its shoreline is state-owned. The lake is lo ...

and is entirely state-owned. It sits in the shadow of Boot Bay Mountain; there is a canoe carry to

Upper Saranac Lake Upper Saranac Lake is one of three connected lakes, part of the Saranac River, in the towns of Santa Clara and Harrietstown, near the village of Saranac Lake in the Adirondacks in northern New York. Upper Saranac Lake is the sixth largest lak ...

. It is a popular paddling and cross-country skiing destination. There are five public

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s on the pond, which are part of the Saranac Islands Public Campground. Weller Pond was made famous by

Martha Reben Martha Reben (born Rebentisch, 1906-1964) ''Adirondack Daily Enterprise'', January 9, 1964 was a writer. She who wrote ''The Healing Woods'' (1952), ''The Way of the Wilderness'' (1954), and ''A Sharing of Joy'' (1963) memoirs of her experience ...

's ''The Healing Woods'', a memoir of her experiences camping on its shore in 1931 while attempting a self-cure of

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References

Jamieson, Paul and Morris, Donald, ''Adirondack Canoe Waters, North Flow'', Lake George, NY: Adirondack Mountain Club, 1987. .

External links

New York State DEC - Camping Information
Adirondacks Protected areas of Franklin County, New York Ponds of New York (state) Bodies of water of Franklin County, New York {{FranklinCountyNY-geo-stub