5 Kayaking Areas near Franklin, NH
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Waukewan Beach
Meredith
15.6 miles NEMeredith'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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Squam Lake Camping
Center Harbor, New Hampshire
19.9 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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Edward MacDowell Lake
Peterborough
41.6 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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Surry Mountain Lake Beach
Surry
45.5 miles SWA 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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Contoocook Beach
Jaffrey
48.3 miles SContoocook 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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