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M-n-M -- I think that in the past it has been relatively easy to get "up close and personal" at Alton, with the confines of the bay being quite narrow and Wolfeboro being quite wide open. I will totally agree that the hill sides in Alton offer an excellent sounding board for the really big booms and for noise, Alton has it all over our neighbors to the North and East.


I just felt that the overall length of the program for the past 4 or 5 years has been 10-15 minutes longer on average in Wolfeboro than here in Alton and that would give the nod to them. I have always thoroughly enjoyed our fireworks here and I thought last years Old Home fireworks were nothing short of spectacular. I look forward to our new "shooter" this year and hope it will be better than ever.

KathyNH. 6 to one, half dozen to the other which way you come. You can run into a mess of traffic either way,but I would probably opt to come into Alton from the west (the weirs). When you cross the Weirs channel bridge, take the left on 11A towards Gilford. Follow that to rte 11 (Patricks Pub on your right.) and take a left on Rte 11 to Alton. Parking is permitted on Rte 11 coming into the bay, and the earlier you get there, the shorter walk you will have. There are restaurants in the Bay (Pop's Clam Bar, Shibley's at the pier = sit down type meal, Shibleys ice cream has food as well, JP china for chinese, and Dockside on the east end of the bay. OOPs forgot Sandy Point on Rte 11 about a mile and a half from the end of the bay. Hope you can make it and enjoy!