Starting about 18-minutes into this high quality video, it suggests the Town of Meredith's Cattle Landing town dock and parking lot as a good place to park your car, and unload a rooftop kayak (free parking, no trailers allowed). Paddling along the picturesque Lake Winnipesaukee shoreline for two miles to the Stonedam Island Conservation dock and walking their trails in the early morning sun that rises behind Gunstock Mountain, one will truly appreciate the smile of the great spirit ....
.... named Lake Winnipesaukee.
This is an excellent suggestion on the Cattle Landing town dock and parking lot, one acre, unpaved, room for 40-cars as an underused entry spot for paddlers to access the big lake. Paddling just 250-yards will get you to the shoreline of three mile long Bear Island and the opportunity to paddle the six mile Bear Island perimeter close to the shoreline and safely away from the powerboats where you paddle past numerous island homes and two summer camps and the Town of Meredith's Post Office dock at the north end of Bear Island within the no wake zone. It is not unusual for kayak paddlers to avoid paddling Lake Winnipesaukee because of the powerboats but this Bear Island 6-mile perimeter paddle is fun, safe, and beautiful for paddling the shallow rocky shorelines, where the powerboats don't go.