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Old 05-08-2022, 09:50 AM   #24
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Talking ..... only in Waterville Valley!

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Originally Posted by SailinAway View Post
The beach is strictly for residents.
Yes, is pretty much the rule in the lakes region that local town beaches are strictly for residents, only.

Is the case at Moultonborough neck/bridge beach, at Center Harbor beach below the hardware store, at Meredith's Leavitt Park/Beach, at Laconia's only town beach with lifeguards, Bond Beach-Opechee Bay, and at the longest natural beach at 1100' on Lake Winnipesaukee, the Gilford town beach. All exclusive to non-residents and non-property-taxpayers.

Everywhere you go in the lakes regions, all the town beaches are exclusive.

Only up in Waterville Valley, at 7-acre, beautiful, scenic, brook fed, clean cool water Corcoran's Pond, there are NO exclusions, and everyone is welcome at their town beach. .... .... plus there is easy, free parking a short walk away .... and kayak/canoe/sup/4-seat pedal boat rentals ... and clean public rest rooms w/ very high quality hot & cold, town water. Is a one mile pedal away on your bicycle from the $20/night, U S Forest Service, https://www.recreation.gov/camping/campgrounds/232179, Waterville Campground with NO rv hook-ups and mostly tent camping.

One way to somewhat get around the local town restrictions on beaches is with a stand-up paddle board. Unlike a kayak, is relatively easy to get on and off the board while in the water, so's you basically have a 'portable beach' with you, wherever you paddle. Ditto this for NH Fish & Game boat launch ramps that restrict swimming because a sup is considered to be a vessel by the Coast Guard so it should be okay to launch a sup from a F&G swim restricted boat launch ramp and then go swimming off the sup, away from theri launching/retrieval trailer ramp.

Hooray for the U.S.F.S. and the U.S.C.G. .....
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