13 Kayaking Areas near Manchester, NH
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Freeman Lake Beach
North Chelmsford
25.1 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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Edward MacDowell Lake
Peterborough
27.8 miles WA 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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Lake Gardner Beach
Amesbury
27.8 miles EFree 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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Heart Pond Beach
Chelmsford
29.7 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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Contoocook Beach
Jaffrey
31.2 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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Micozzi Beach
Billerica
33.2 miles SMicozzi Beach is Billerica's town swimming beach on Nutting Lake, with sand, summer lifeguards, a bathhouse and boat rentals. Swimming is allowed only when guards are on duty, and parking needs a small town pass.
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Lake Dennison Recreation Area
Winchendon
40.4 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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Shannon Beach
Winchester
41.5 miles SFree DCR swimming beach on Upper Mystic Lake in Winchester, with summer lifeguards, a new bathhouse and free but limited parking. Frequent bacteria closures, so check the state beach dashboard first.
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Surry Mountain Lake Beach
Surry
43.6 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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Waukewan Beach
Meredith
45.1 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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Wayland Town Beach
Wayland
47.0 miles SLifeguarded town beach on the North Pond of Lake Cochituate in Wayland, with a roped swim area, boat rentals and a picnic grove. Day passes are $5 for residents and $10 for non-residents.
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Crystal Lake Beach
Newton
48.1 miles SNewton's lifeguarded city beach on Crystal Lake, a 33-acre spring-fed great pond a short walk from the Newton Highlands Green Line stop. Day passes are sold at the bathhouse ($8 residents, $15 non-residents).
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Squam Lake Camping
Center Harbor, New Hampshire
49.9 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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