Does anybody recognize this location on Winnipesaukee?

[tis]

It looks like a church steeple on the left side of the picture in the little village. And is that a lighthouse to the left of the island? As Descant said they often take "license" so you don't know. It just looks too closed in to be the lake.........Things like this drive me crazy though.

[MRJS]

Originally Posted by tis

It looks like a church steeple on the left side of the picture in the little village. And is that a lighthouse to the left of the island? As Descant said they often take "license" so you don't know. It just looks too closed in to be the lake.........Things like this drive me crazy though.

I responded to Riviera's theory that it might be a view from Wolfeboro Neck toward Rattlesnake Island. I'm wondering if the church steeple and houses to the left of the picture are indicating the entrance to Alton Bay?

[StevenGilford]

Endorsing the Wolfeboro Neck identification

[MAXUM]

The only problem that I see with that theory of vantage point is the fact that the area of open water from Wolfeboro neck to rattlesnake appears to be way to small. Furthermore, if you look to the left there there is a clearing with a little "village" on a hill side doesn't really correlate to the shoreline along the eastern side of the broads. Therefore, I would then suggest the total opposite side of the lake, particularly Center Harbor. Vantage point would be southern shore looking north and the islands pictured would be half mile or maybe mile? The little village on the hill to the left is more like where the present-day village of Center Harbor is. Finally, if you look closely at the far shore, it almost looks like a natural beach, again if looking north from the southern shore you'd see the long beach just beyond where the mount is docked?

Of course, we'll never know for sure!

[MRJS]

Originally Posted by MAXUM

The only problem that I see with that theory of vantage point is the fact that the area of open water from Wolfeboro neck to rattlesnake appears to be way to small. Furthermore, if you look to the left there there is a clearing with a little "village" on a hill side doesn't really correlate to the shoreline along the eastern side of the broads. Therefore, I would then suggest the total opposite side of the lake, particularly Center Harbor. Vantage point would be southern shore looking north and the islands pictured would be half mile or maybe mile? The little village on the hill to the left is more like where the present-day village of Center Harbor is. Finally, if you look closely at the far shore, it almost looks like a natural beach, again if looking north from the southern shore you'd see the long beach just beyond where the mount is docked?

Of course, we'll never know for sure!

Another excellent possibility. A supporting factor for your suggestion is in the foreground. The hunter is at a higher elevation than the houses below. That's the way it looks when entering Center Harbor on route 25 with the road up high and the houses down low.

Hmmm...

[MRJS]

Originally Posted by StevenGilford

Endorsing the Wolfeboro Neck identification

Wow, great pic! That's some good ammo there.