Duck Harbor Pond is a roughly 230 acre Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission stocked pond in Damascus Township, Wayne County, Pennsylvania, near the hamlet of Equinunk. The pond center is at approximately 41.7535 N, 75.2087 W at about 1,391 feet of elevation. The pond surface is open to the public for fishing, paddling, and small-boat recreation via a PFBC-maintained semi-improved boat launch on the southwestern shore, accessed from Duck Harbor Road (boat launch GPS approximately 41.749145, -75.211382). The surrounding 960 acre forest and shoreline community known as The Woods at Duck Harbor is private; public access to the water is via the PFBC launch only.
The public access point is the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission boat launch on the southwestern shore of Duck Harbor Pond, off Duck Harbor Road in Damascus Township, Wayne County. Boat launch GPS: 41.749145, -75.211382. View the location on OpenStreetMap, open turn-by-turn directions in Google Maps, or in Apple Maps.
Cell service is spotty up here. Mobile coverage along Duck Harbor Road is unreliable. Open Google or Apple Maps and let it cache the route before you leave Honesdale, Hancock NY, or Equinunk village. The PFBC ramp is gravel and signed for public access; the surrounding roads inside The Woods at Duck Harbor community are private.
Duck Harbor Pond is a Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission stocked pond managed as a destination walleye fishery, with brown trout stockings and seven PFBC-verified species. Anyone age 16 or older needs a current Pennsylvania fishing license, plus a Trout/Salmon Permit to keep trout. The detailed species, regulations, best-times, and ice fishing information lives on the dedicated guide.
Read the full Duck Harbor Pond Fishing Guide for species-by-species detail, month-by-month best times, license and regulation specifics, the public boat launch GPS, and a first-trip checklist.
Duck Harbor Pond is open to the public for boating via the PFBC-maintained boat launch on the southwestern shore. Standard Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission boating regulations apply; there is no horsepower restriction listed for the pond under Wayne County special regulations.
Duck Harbor Pond is roughly 230 acres at about 1,391 feet of elevation in Damascus Township in northern Wayne County, Pennsylvania. The pond and surrounding wetlands sit on the Atlantic Flyway and host a wide range of birds including bald eagles, great blue herons, common loons, and osprey. White-tailed deer, black bear, beaver, and river otter are seen along the shoreline. The water and the PFBC boat launch on the southwestern shore are open to the public for fishing and small-boat recreation; the surrounding 960 acre community land, The Woods at Duck Harbor, is private.