9 Canoeing Areas near Concord, NH
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Waukewan Beach
Meredith
30.4 miles NMeredith's free town beach on Lake Waukewan, with about 20 parking spots and no resident sticker required, unlike Leavitt Beach across town. Because the lake is Meredith's drinking water supply, swimming is fine but flotation devices, pets in the water an
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Edward MacDowell Lake
Peterborough
31.3 miles SWA free, Army Corps-run day-use park on a 165-acre flood-control lake in Peterborough, with a small sand swim beach (no lifeguards), picnic shelters, a car-top boat launch and wooded trails.
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Squam Lake Camping
Center Harbor, New Hampshire
35.1 miles NA conservation organization that maintains over 50 miles of hiking trails around the Squam Lakes in New Hampshire, with camping available on Moon and Bowman Islands.
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Contoocook Beach
Jaffrey
37.1 miles SWContoocook Beach is the Town of Jaffrey's sand beach on 344-acre Contoocook Lake, with a buoyed swim area, a bathhouse and concession stand, and Mount Monadnock filling the skyline across the water. Swimming is free for everyone, but the parking lot is re
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Lake Gardner Beach
Amesbury
38.7 miles SEFree city beach at the south end of Lake Gardner in Amesbury, with a shallow roped swim area, seasonal restrooms, a car-top boat launch and trails into the Powow River Conservation Area.
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Freeman Lake Beach
North Chelmsford
40.3 miles SFree town beach on Freeman Lake at Varney Playground in North Chelmsford, open dawn to dusk to everyone. No lifeguards, weekly E. coli testing in summer, and hand-launched small boats welcome.
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Surry Mountain Lake Beach
Surry
41.8 miles WA free Army Corps of Engineers beach on Surry Mountain Lake, six miles north of Keene, with a long sandy swim area, no lifeguards, and weekly water testing that sometimes brings summer bacteria advisories.
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Heart Pond Beach
Chelmsford
44.9 miles SFree, unguarded town beach on 91-acre Heart Pond in South Chelmsford, open dawn to dusk to residents and non-residents, right beside the Bruce Freeman Rail Trail.
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Lake Dennison Recreation Area
Winchendon
48.1 miles SWA DCR-run state recreation area in Winchendon with a sandy beach on Lake Dennison, a wooded Army Corps lake. Summer parking is $8 for Massachusetts plates and $30 for others.
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