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Leavitt Beach, which is a Meredith town area located about 1/2 mile off Route 25 and close to the Center Harbor-Meredith town line is a great place to launch a kayak. It is probably open every day throughout the entire year during the daylight hours, and the very large gate gets closed at sunset or something. I cannot recall if the gate is above or below the parking lot. It is possible that the large gate is below the parking area and is used to close the beach area after dark or something.

There's a dirt road at the back of the parking lot with a sign for kayaks-canoes that leads down to the water and this Town of Meredith facility is open to everyone for no charge with no windshield sticker needed, as far as I know.

From Leavitt Park, you look directly at Black Cat Island which is an unknown distance of maybe one to two miles (?) across the open water beyond Beaver Island and Three Mile island. A very small section of Black Cat Island is actually located in the Town of Meredith, too.